22 more terrorists killed

Security forces continued large-scale counterterrorism and sanitisation operations across Balochistan, killing 22 more terrorists during overnight follow-up actions, taking the total number of terrorists eliminated over the past three days to at least 177. Officials said that the operations were launched in response to coordinated attacks carried out on Saturday across several districts of the […]

Death of ‘cricket diplomacy’

In February 1987, Pakistan’s cricket team was touring India amid one of the most serious military stand-offs between the two countries. Under the pretext of the “Brasstacks” military exercises, India had amassed tens of thousands of troops along Pakistan’s borders, a move Islamabad viewed as a direct threat. Against this backdrop, President General Zia-ul-Haq’s aircraft […]

Professors protest college neglect

Hundreds of college teachers took to the streets of Karachi on Thursday to protest the deteriorating condition of Sindh’s public colleges and call for urgent solutions to their long-standing problems. The rally, organised by the Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA), stretched from Government SM Arts and Commerce College to the Sindh Secretariat, with female […]