Tel Aviv, July 25 (IANS) Pakistan is currently grappling with multiple challenges – from a prolonged economic crisis that has repeatedly pushed it to the brink of bankruptcy – to deepening ethnic tensions between the Punjabi-dominated state institutions and ethnicities such as the Pashtuns and the Balochs, a report has stated. The conflict involving Iran has introduced a new layer of strategic uncertainty that extends far beyond Tehran. If a prolonged war weakens state authority in Iran’s easter…
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Islamabad, July 5 (IANS) The core of the dispute between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), is a problem of Islamabad, which was created by Pakistan’s own wars, policies, deals, betrayals and ideological infrastructure, according to a report.According to Pakistan, the TTP operates from the territory of Afghanistan with the protection or at least toleration of the Afghan Taliban, while Kabul denies this and calls the TTP Pakistan’s internal problem.”The TTP is inde…
Islamabad, June 20 (IANS) The massive agitation in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) has exposed a widening gap between Pakistan’s Kashmir rhetoric and the realities on the ground, with a report highlighting that Islamabad’s narrative abroad rests on the very principles it tramples at home.It argued that calls for dignity and justice for Kashmiris at the United Nations ring hollow when similar demands in PoK are met with restrictions and crackdowns.“There is a peculiar genius to Pakistan’s rul…
Quetta, June 11 (IANS) Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) chief Allah Nazar Baloch has said that the resistance of people of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) against Pakistani and Punjabi domination demonstrates that “oppressed nations cannot be subjugated by force,” local media reported on Thursday. In a statement, the BLF leader mentioned that Pakistan could no longer impose their decisions on the people of PoK, adding that the struggle of Kashmiris was an expression of their demand for basic r…
Islamabad, June 9 (IANS) The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Tuesday expressed concern over the escalating confrontation in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and loss of life of protesters and law enforcement personnel. HRCP has called for an immediate de-escalation of tensions and stated that demands for constitutional change should be pursued through peaceful, representative and democratic processes instead of confrontation and violence.In a statement shared on X, HRCP mentioned, “…
Islamabad, Feb 3 (IANS) Pakistan’s hostility towards Afghanistan is not about terrorism – as for Islamabad, terrorism has always remained negotiable – but the Taliban in Kabul acting like a sovereign authority – brutal, responsive, incompetent but independent, a report has highlighted. Taliban, it said, refused to take instruction, rejected hierarchy, and declined the role scripted for them in Pakistan’s strategic theatre. The report in ‘Counter Currents’ stated that nothing makes a patron ang…
Islamabad, Feb 2 (IANS) Tirah Valley in Khyber tribal district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has witnessed another wave of displacement amid talks of a “limited offensive” against the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). This exodus marks yet another chapter in the tribal region’s tumultuous history, with local residents caught in the cross fire and facing the consequences of the blame game between the federal and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led provincial government. “Over the p…
Berlin, Jan 8 (IANS) Shafi Burfat, Chairman of the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM), accused the Pakistani military of defending its incompetence by blaming neighbouring countries for internal failures.The Sindhi leader asserted that such rhetoric by Pakistan’s military media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), targeting India and Afghanistan does not reflect the conduct of a responsible state institution but rather exposes a deep psychological insecurity, rooted in decades of failure…