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Pakistan ramps up security along tense Afghan border to combat common enemy
Torkham Border crossing on Pak-Afghan border, Photo by Master Sgt. Michael O’Connor (US armed forces), via Wikimedia Commons After a week of Afghan border tensions arising from a new wave of terrorist attacks in Pakistani cities,...February 20, 2017 878 0 -
Pakistan moves fiercely against militants after a week of deadly bombings
Torkham Gate on Pakistan-Afghanistan border Photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Matson (U.S. Armed Forces) via Wikimedia Commons Pakistan is moving fiercely against militant hideouts both in its mainland and along the Afghan border after a week...February 18, 2017 956 0 -
Terrorists target Sufi shrine in Pakistan
Shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, Photo by Zainab Arain via Wikimedia Commons In one of the deadliest bombings since a sudden surge of terrorist attacks in Pakistan this week, around 50 people were killed and over...February 16, 2017 1108 0 -
DIG Police among 13 killed in Lahore terror bombing
At least 13 people perished on Monday in the heart of Pakistan when a suicide bomber blew himself up in the middle of a protest rally outside Punjab Assembly in Lahore. The victims included Deputy Inspector...February 13, 2017 987 0 -
India escalates nuclear tensions
South Asia, NASA Map Pakistan is ringing alarm bells over what it calls New Delhi’s massive clandestine nuclear arsenal build-up as well its precarious nuclearization of the Indian ocean. Chief Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz has...February 12, 2017 1132 0 -
Pakistan peace exercise brings together US, Russian, Chinese ships
American, Russian and Chinese ships will be part of a multinational naval exercise Pakistan is hosting in the Arabian Sea from Friday. The five-day exercise codenamed “Aman-17” (Peace 17) will feature warships from 36 countries, with...February 9, 2017 976 0 -
Pakistan’s brightening economic prospects attract auto industry investment
As Pakistan continues its remarkable economic turnaround after years of security challenges, international investment is fast making its way to the South Asian country as an expanding middle class gets money to purchase middle and high...February 8, 2017 1013 0 -
China Pakistan Economic Corridor and South Asian Stability
A prominent Sweden-based think tank has termed the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor – a network of infrastructure connecting China from Pakistan’s north all the way to the Gulf through Gwadar port in the southwest – as a...February 5, 2017 2153 0 -
With 2.3 million new jobs, China Pakistan Economic Corridor could help curb extremism
Pakistan took an important step this week toward producing energy from a coal-fired Sahiwal Power plant in Punjab. The 1380 MW plant is part of a series of projects Chinese collaboration is realizing under $ 52...February 1, 2017 1248 0 -
Malala asks President Trump not to turn his back on refugee children, families
Photo by Southbank Centre via Wikimedia Commons Nobel Peace Prize winner educationist Malala Yousafzai has urged President Donald Trump not to shut US doors on defenseless children and families, rendered refugees by conflicts. “In this time...January 28, 2017 772 0
