Islamabad, Feb 5 (IANS) Pakistan is grappling with mounting social and security challenges, as well as economic pressures with tensions escalating across different parts of the country, especially in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province. The persisting tensions over the Tirah valley operation in the province triggered chaos and disruption among Pakistan’s federal government, provincial administration and military, a report said on Thursday.“Since the inception of Pakistan as an independent e…
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Islamabad, Jan 30 (IANS) Pakistan’s federal government and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government trading blame on each other for Tirah Valley exposes the divergence on counter-terrorism policy, something that would benefit the anti-state elements and increase the sufferings of the residents who had to migrate from the native areas amid harsh winter season, a report has stated. “That Tirah Valley is a troubled spot in the context of the state writ goes without saying. Credible reports suggest that the Va…
Kabul, Jan 26 (IANS) Pakistan’s engagement with militant groups, analysts argue, serves strategic purposes including deterring Chinese investment in Afghanistan to preserve Pakistani regional influence and pressuring the Afghan Taliban over Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) sanctuaries, a report said on Monday. It added that the January 2026 terror attack on a Kabul restaurant by the terrorist group Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) highlights the security challenges undermining foreign eco…
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) Operation Sindoor has forced a major shift in the national security planning of Pakistan. The ISI, which is considered to be one of the most lethal spy agencies in the world, was caught napping during the operation, when several terror launch pads and other infrastructure were hit hard by the Indian armed forces. The failure of the ISI to detect the operation has turned out to be an embarrassment for the agency.An official said that this was largely because, in a fast ch…
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Tens of thousands of residents have streamed out of Tirah Valley in northwestern Pakistan in recent days, cramming into overloaded vehicles and enduring gruelling journeys amid bitter cold, all to escape an impending army operation targeting the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants who dominate the strategic border region near Afghanistan, media reports said.According to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the Pakistani military imposed a January 25 deadline for the ev…
Islamabad/Kabul, Jan 1 (IANS) The recent Pakistan-Afghanistan border clashes have triggered a spike in militant activity inside Pakistan, reflected in a rise in suicide bombings and attacks on security personnel, a report said on Thursday. Citing Islamabad-based think tank Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS), it said at least 3,187 people, including civilians and security personnel, were killed, and 1981 were injured in the first 11 months of 2025 – marking a 25 per cent rise in fa…
Washington, Dec 27 (IANS) Pakistan’s labour corridor to the Persian Gulf, marked by isolated compounds and informal religious networks, serves as a breeding ground for radicalisation and transnational recruitment, combining sectarian influences with worker vulnerabilities, a report said on Saturday. It added that returnees reinforce Pakistan’s terror ecosystems like Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan and Lashkar-e-Taiba, while onward migrants through Turkey-Balkans or Libya routes create blind spots in E…