by Imtiaz Gul in The Express Tribune, Dec 2nd, 2022.The writer heads the independent Centre for Research and Security Studies, IslamabadGeneral Qamar Javed Bajwa’s swansong at GHQ on November 23 was a cocktail of admissions of past guilt, mistakes and the armed forces’ resolve to stay away from politics. By doing so, he kicked up more questions than he answered. The first-ever public admission of political interference notwithstanding, Bajwa opened a Pandora’s box — a…
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Short of according diplomatic recognition Pakistan has done everything possible to help the Taliban interim government feel its feet on the ground and function as a viable entity to help the Afghans move out of their bitter past and join the international community as an equal partner. But the response has been laconic, in that it wants recognition first and anything then, and thus the Pak-Afghan bilateralism falls short of fulfilment, conceding space to elements…
By Zeeshan Bakhsh in The News, Dec 02, 2022LAHORE: Several Punjab lawmakers belonging to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf PTI have advised the party’s Chairman Imran Khan against dissolving the provincial assembly immediately, Geo News reported on Thursday quoting sources. The development came after the party’s high-level committee submitted a report in relation to the dissolution of the Punjab Assembly to Khan, sources said. The lawmakers advised the PTI chief not to immediately dissolve the assembly, citing…
report in Dawn, Dec 2nd, 2022CHARSADDA: A police constable, Zarmast Khan, was martyred when unknown assailants opened fire on him at Chontra bridge in the limits of Tangi police station here on Thursday. The attackers riding on a motorcycle opened fire on the police constable while he was coming home in Tangi after performing his duty at the exise and taxation office. He died on the spot. The police personnel reached the site, cordoned off…
report in Times of India online, Dec 1, 2022 at 05.10 PM ISTNEW DELHI: Pakistan has topped the list of countries at the highest risk of experiencing new mass killings, according to a new report. The report cites violence by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as one of the main challenges for the nation already facing political and economic crises.It said that Pakistan is estimated to have about a one in six chance of experiencing a new…
report in Khaama Press online, Nov 30, 2022Hina Rabbani Khar, the State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, stressed the imperative for the world community to engage “practically” with the caretaker Afghan government. According to a statement from the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday, November 29, the Pakistani official Hina Rabbani Khar undertook a one-day official visit to Afghanistan where she met with the current Afghan administration’s several authorities. The Pakistani top official,…
report in Hindustan Times, Dec 1, 2022Taliban founder’s son and Afghanistan defence minister Mullah Yaqoob reportedly had rejected a request for meeting by Pakistan’s deputy foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar yesterday in Kabul. Afghan media reported that Yaqoob is unhappy with Pakistan’s conduct towards Afghanistan and reportedly conveyed his anger to the Pakistani side through concerned offihttps://www.hindustantimes.com/videos/world-news/pak-embarrassed-as-taliban-defence-minister-refuses-to-meet-hina-rabbani-khar-report-101669833142889.html.
Pakistan is on the precipice of a food crisis as malnourishment runs high, especially in flood-affected areas which have been left severely deprived. Children and women have been severely impacted by the shortage of food, resulting in health problems as well. Flood relief campaigns have made the provision of food the central focus but the simple fact of the matter is that there is little produce circulating the domestic market already since most productive lands…
Pakistan’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar, along with a delegation of foreign ministry and other officials, was in Kabul on Tuesday for a one-day visit to meet her Afghan counterpart and discuss a range of issues involving bilateral relations. Apart from the issues on the agenda – education, health, regional connectivity, people-to-people contact, and socio-economic cooperation, as well as cross-border trade – possibly what took most attention were the powerful optics: a…
by Shahid Khan in The Nation, Nov 30, 2022PESHAWAR – While Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leadership is expected to hold a parliamentary party meeting within the next several days to discuss the issue of resignations from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly to push for fresh elections, the leadership of various political parties believe that the PTI chairman Imran Khan’s announcement of resignations is not practical while some legal experts believe that even if PTI lawmakers resign, KP can face…
Khan’s new war game
by Zahid Hussain in Dawn, November 30th, 2022The writer is an author and journalist.IMRAN Khan’s latest change of tack has caught his opponents by surprise. For months, the federal government had braced itself for a siege, and was reinforcing security around the capital. But the PTI’s decision to call off the march and dissolve the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies has changed the entire scenario. It all happened on the eve of the change of…