The Diplomat14h
Afghanistan, Pakistan Point Fingers Over Islamic State Presence
Each government is attempting to blame the other for the continued activities of ISKP. Meanwhile, the group continues to ...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty4h
What's Behind The New Wave Of Violence In Pakistan's Balochistan?
Attacks targeting security forces are increasing in frequency and lethality in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, where a separatist militant group has adopted new tactics.
Khaleej Times on MSN1h
Pakistan shuts universities in southwest province over 'security concerns'
The decision to reopen the campuses, which will impact thousands of students, will be made after the festival of Eid, just two weeks away, the official said.
Business Recorder12h
Provincial revenue mobilisation
Within provincial taxes, there is a wide variation in the level of revenues mobilized. By far the biggest tax is the sales ...
This Region Of Present-Day Pakistan Wanted To Merge With India In 1947, But The British Had Other Plans
The resentment over the merger has fuelled political instability in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for decades. Even today, several separatists continue to challenge the Pakistani government’s control.
Pakistan Today18h
The real problem isn’t Cholistan —It’s Pakistan’s shrinking water supply
By: Mohsin LeghariIt would be an understatement to say the Cholistan Canal Project has triggered outrage. The project, which aims to dig six new canals intended to irrigate barren lands in South P ...
The Pioneer17h
Pakistan NA speaker summons closed-door session, military leadership to brief lawmakers
The Pakistan government has convened an in-camera meeting of a high-level parliamentary security panel on Tuesday where the top military leadership would brief lawmakers on the prevailing situation, ...
Opinion
Opinion | Train Hijack A Ghastly Reminder Of How Balochistan Is Victim Of Pakistan’s Exclusionary Politics
In recent times, BLA has become an even more dangerous threat to Pakistan’s security owing to the consolidation of various Baloch separatist factions into one group—the Baloch Raji Aajoi Sangar or BRA ...
Jammu and Kashmir: High-security alert sounded in valley after recent terror attacks in Pakistan
The recent spike in terror activities in Pakistan's Balochistan province — including a train hijacking incident and the ...
The Express Tribune on MSN1h
Babar slams use of seized funds for new university
Former senator and PPP Human Rights Cell President, Farhatullah Babar, has condemned the decision to allocate £190 million?returned by the British government to Pakistan?for the construction of ...
Balochistan Train Hijacking: A Deadly Flashpoint In Pakistan’s Longest-Running Insurgency
A group of militants seized a Peshawar-bound train, igniting a 36-hour hostage crisis, but this attack is part of a decades-long insurgency rooted in the Baloch separatist groups' violent struggle for ...
Suicide car bomber hits buses carrying security forces, killing 5 in southwestern Pakistan
At least five Pakistani officers have been killed and 10 wounded when a suicide car bomber targeted a convoy of buses ...