by Malik Muhammad Ashraf in The Nation, Dec 16, 2022To say that Pakistan’s economy is in the doldrums would be an understatement. It is perilously perched on the edge of a precipice. However, the fears being expressed by some quarters that the government might soon face a situation of default on its loan obligations is an exaggerated assessment. This is corroborated by the fact that the government instead of refusing to pay has already arranged…
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by Shahzad Chaudhry in The Express Tribune, Dec 16th, 2022The writer is a political, security and defence analyst.Pakistan’s Afghan sore continues to bleed. As a policy, relations with Afghanistan have mostly bordered on superficial, aspirational and delusional. In search of an ideational chimera termed ‘strategic depth’ it has been a policy of unrealistic promise and zero return. The policy can essentially be divided over three phases. Till 1979 Afghanistan was a neighbour which shared ethnic…
by Naeem Sahoutara in Dawn, Dec 16th, 2022KARACHI: The Charsadda (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) police interrogated MNA from South Waziristan Ali Wazir in the central prison here on Thursday in the sixth sedition case lodged against him some two years ago, Dawn learnt on Thursday. He was shown arrested by the Charsadda police, who obtained permission from judges of Karachi’s two antiterrorism courts (X and XII) on an application moved by Inspector Ghulam Ali of the Parang…
by Umer Farooq | Ghulam Mursalin Marwat in Dawn, December 16th, 2022PESHAWAR / LAKKI MARWAT: Traders affiliated with the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf have requested party chairman Imran Khan for a meeting over an “alarming” law and order situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. “I would like to bring to your kind attention that extortion and kidnapping have started again in KP, especially in Peshawar,” the Insaf Traders’ Wing (ITW) said in a letter dated Dec 12. The letter,…
report in Khaama Press online, Dec 15, 2022The Prime Minister of Pakistan and the President of Tajikistan both underlined the imperative for an inclusive administration to be formed in Afghanistan, concurring that a peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan is to the security, prosperity and development of the region. According to a statement from the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Tajik President, Emomali Rahmon paid a visit to Pakistan, upon an official invitation of the Pakistani…
report in Khaama Press online, Dec 15, 2022Local authorities in the Kandahar province of southern Afghanistan said that Afghan and Pakistani forces re-engaged in an armed skirmish on Thursday near the Chaman border. According to the local officials, the clash erupted between the Afghan and Pakistani sides on Thursday, December 15, at around 11:30 local time, in the Shiro Oba area of Kandahar province’s Spin Boldak district, along the supposed Duran borderline. Following a clash…
By Mujeeb Rahman Awrang Stanikzai in TOLOnews, Dec 15, 2022 at 7:00 PMClashes have resumed between Islamic Emirate forces and the Pakistan military along the Durand Line in Spin Boldak in Kandahar province, local officials said. The commander of Spin Boldak in Kandahar, Mawlawi Mohammad Hashim Mahmood, confirmed the resumption of clashes to TOLOnews but didn’t provide details about the motive or any numbers of casualties. In a statement, the Defense Ministry said that on…
by by Imtiaz Gul in The Express Tribune, Dec 14th, 2022.The writer heads the independent Centre for Research and Security Studies, IslamabadDecember is a month of grief for Pakistanis that has witnessed the break-up of Pakistan; the APS massacre with 148 deaths; and the carnage at the Parade Lane Mosque, Rawalpindi that claimed some 40 lives. As recently as December 6, the incumbent rulers added yet another day of embarrassment to this month. The Capital…
by Umer Gujjar in The Frontier Post, Dec 13, 2022A highly regretful incident occurred on Sunday at the Pak-Afghan Chaman border when Afghan troops resorted to unprovoked and indiscriminate firing from across the border that resulted in the martyrdom of six innocent civilians and serious injuries to 17 others. According to the Pakistan Army media wing, the Afghan border forces used heavy weapons in the attack, while Pakistan’s troops gave a befitting albeit measured response…
by Zahid Hussain in Dawn, Dec 14th, 2022The writer is an author and journalist.IF there were any illusions about Pakistan having secured peace on its western frontier after the Afghan Taliban’s return to power last August, they should have been dispelled by now. The escalation in border clashes and the Afghan Taliban’s patronage of the Pakistani outlawed militant network have heightened national security concerns in this country. The mounting tension between the two countries is…
By Saqalain Eqbal in Khaama Press, Dec 13, 2022 at 0404hrsConcerned about the developments on the Afghan border, the Pakistani Army has reportedly decided to conduct a heavy military operation against the country’s growing terrorism and border infiltration. General Asim Munir, the newly appointed head of Pakistan’s armed forces, presided over a meeting of senior generals at General Headquarters (GHQs) in Rawalpindi over the weekend, CNN NEWS18 of India reported. The Pakistani military official evaluated…