Explainer: What leverage do US, allies have over Taliban in Afghanistan?
WASHINGTON: The United States and its allies may have left Afghanistan in the hands of the Taliban but they still have "leverage" to make...
Taliban preparing to reveal new Afghanistan government amid economic turmoil
KABUL: Afghanistan's Taliban rulers were preparing on Thursday to unveil their new government as the economy teetered on the edge of collapse more than...
Syed Ali Geelani passes away
ISLAMABAD: Veteran Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Geelani, 91, passed away at his Srinagar residence on Wednesday evening, according to his family.
Under strict house arrest...
PTM in tatters as Dawar forms new political party
ISLAMABAD: Pashtoon Tahaffuz Movement suffered a major shock on Wednesday as its vocal leader and Member of the National Assembly from North Waziristan Mohsin...
Qureshi warns int’l community against abandoning Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday cautioned the West of serious consequences of abandoning Afghanistan, which could result in civil war and...
Is relief to public possible?
The Prime Minister has clearly indicated his desire to provide maximum relief to the public in the remaining two years of his tenure. With...
Blame Pakistan for the defeat?
It seems incumbent on most analysts in the USA to mention Pakistan, whenever asked about the source of the humiliation of the USA in...
Plight of Muslims in India
Amid Delta-IV onslaught, Muslim persecution in India continues unabated. A Kashmiri truck driver, Rayees Ahmed, and his conductor, Salman Dar, were beaten by a...
Pakistan gets 1m doses of Russian Sputnik V vaccine
KARACHI: The first consignment of one million doses of Russian-made Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine arrived in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad on Wednesday, the country’s health ministry...
Terrorists targeting Chinese
This year saw an increase in terrorist attacks on the Chinese in Pakistan. In April, the TTP conducted a suicide attack on a Quetta...
Pakistan rejects US congressman’s accusations over Kabul fall
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday rejected accusations by a US congressman against Islamabad over the fall of Kabul, saying the former Afghan government collapsed due...
Getting back to normal
The world has been living with the Covid-19 pandemic for over 18 months now and countries are in various stages of responding to it....