New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) In recent months, Pakistan’s military establishment has come under increasing criticism from the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F). Its chief, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, has openly questioned Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir’s handling of both national security and governance, accusing him of incompetence in addressing the country’s mounting challenges.The army has been successful in putting down dissent when it arrested Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) chief and former Pakistan p…
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Islamabad, July 18 (IANS) Following Islamabad’s air strikes on the Afghan provinces of Kunar, Paktia, and Paktika in late June, India emerged as the only country to denounce the strikes publicly. New Delhi still continues to condemn Pakistan’s cross-border strikes in Afghanistan at the United Nations, a report has highlighted.Pakistan was widely regarded as the Taliban’s closest ally and principal backer from 1996 until the group’s return to power in Kabul in August 2021. However, relations betw…
Islamabad, July 15 (IANS) Pakistan’s struggle with terrorism is the result of historical strategic decisions, evolving militant ecosystems, ideological radicalisation, governance deficiencies, and regional instability. Pakistan’s experience showcases that the cultivation or selective tolerance of militant organisations can eventually produce security threats that extend far beyond its original goals, a report has detailed. Pakistan’s struggle with terrorism is often projected as a security chall…
Kabul, July 15 (IANS) Pakistan has been facing insurgency inside its territory despite fencing the border, closing the crossings and conducting strikes inside Afghanistan, a report has highlighted. “Pakistan can demonstrate military reach across the Durand Line, pressure Kabul, restrict trade and deport Afghans. But none of these measures explains why militant violence inside Pakistan keeps regenerating after years of operations, surveillance and emergency laws,” Afghan researcher and Fulbright …
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Since the year 2025, the police have busted nine modules handled by Pakistani national Shahzad Bhatti. This man, who was once a social media influencer has become the latest headache for the security agencies and would continue to remain for some more time as Bhatti is waiting for complacency to set in so that he can strike India.Bhatti has emerged as the key figure in the modules that have been busted by the police.While four separate modules relating to Bhatti have bee…
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) The impact Operation Sindoor had on the morale of the Pakistan Army is becoming increasingly visible. Post the operation that was carried out by the Indian armed forces to avenge the Pahalgam attack, Pakistan falsely claimed that it had, in fact, managed to gain the upper hand over India. Officials say that Operation Sindoor did not just have an impact on the Pakistan Army’s morale, but the same is visible among the rest of the security forces in the country.One could…
Washington, June 22 (IANS) Former US Ambassador to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, has raised questions over Pakistan Defence Minister’s statement about failure of diplomatic efforts with Afghanistan while urging lawmakers in Islamabad to encourage their government to negotiate an agreement with Kabul. In a statement shared on X, Khalilzad urged Pakistani lawmakers to seek greater transparency from the Pakistani government on what assurances it had sought from Afghanistan and how Kabul’s response…
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Pakistan is further being engulfed by the very fires it helped to ignite – from the rugged mountains of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the deserts of Balochistan, and the simmering unrest in Pakistan‑Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) to the volatile Afghan frontier – the state is fighting wars it stoked itself. Add to this the turbulence spilling over from Iran, and Pakistan stares at further descent into chaos.Since the major Pakistan-Afghanistan border firefight and the …
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) For Field Marshal Asim Munir, it is becoming a classic case of trying to bite off more than he can chew. Seeking to divert attention from the major setback and embarrassment inflicted by the Indian armed forces during Operation Sindoor, Munir appears to have opened multiple fronts simultaneously, widening the scope of his challenges.He simultaneously took on the Afghan Taliban, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), and the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), opening multi…
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Pakistan’s economy has suffered losses of $1.4 billion over the past seven months as border tensions with Afghanistan and the ongoing Middle East crisis disrupted trade flows and export activity, a report has said.According to an analysis by Kabul Now, the country lost nearly $850 million due to the closure of border crossings with Afghanistan between October 2025 and May 2026.The report described tensions with Afghanistan and the wider Middle East conflict as two majo…