The government’s counter-terrorism approach has sparked debate within its own ranks as PML-N Senator Irfan Siddiqui asserted on Saturday that the government retains the option to launch an operation if needed just days after the interior ministry ruled out a fresh military offensive against terrorism. Stressing that terrorists cannot be allowed to roam freely and […]
Three people were killed and another was injured in a grenade blast in Parachinar, Kurram district, while police successfully repulsed a terrorist attack on a police station in Lakki Marwat. Terrorists launched an assault on the Dara Pezo Police Station using heavy weapons and rocket launchers. However, the police successfully repelled the attack, forcing the […]
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday performed Umrah, along with his high-level delegation, during the four-day official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The prime minister, who arrived here in the holy city of Makkah on Friday, also offered Nawafil at the Holy Ka’aba. He prayed for the progress and betterment of Pakistan and […]
Proscribed organisations, including Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), are raising funds through cryptocurrency, with recent appeals for financial aid surfacing on online platforms. According to BBC Pakistan, TTP, in a message released on Telegram, has urged its supporters to contribute funds via a Binance account. This is not the first instance of a banned outfit seeking financial […]
As the country grapples with a dire water situation this year, particularly at the fag end of the Rabi season, the country’s top leadership on Saturday called for conserving the precious resource of nature – not only for the present but also for the future generations. In their separate messages on World Water Day, President […]
On his first day in office, President Trump signed an Executive Order that put on hold for 90 days all USAID and State Department programmes. In these 90 days all programmes would be reviewed and a decision made to cancel them, keep them running, or change them to better align with President Trump’s priorities. The […]
When events are filtered through time and space, they give us patterns that help us formulate future projections. In international relations, resembling current circumstances and arrangements with past patterns greatly aid in drawing comparisons and forecasting the emerging conflicts in the world. The worst conflict that the world has dreaded since the culmination of WWII […]
What has ailed Pakistan since its very inception is not external enemies but internal challenges. Extremism, terrorism, insurgencies and radicalisation, intensified by the government’s inadequate policies to address them, have wreaked havoc on the country. These internal threats, if left unaddressed, will continue to undermine Pakistan’s stability and progress. Reforming education is the first step […]
Members of the federal cabinet have followed the lead of the National Assembly and given themselves massive pay hikes, even though the vast majority of ministers are already billionaires. Cabinet members in Pakistan who also hold elected office are essentially entitled to two separate salaries – one for their parliamentary role and one for their […]
Today the nation will celebrate the 85th Pakistan Day with a renewed zeal to overcome the crisis of governance and an existential threat that looms in the form of terrorism. The day is in commemoration of the spirit of egalitarianism that our forefathers strived for in pursuit of creating an independent homeland for the Muslims […]