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Pakistan alerts world powers against Indian designs of another attack
India is planning to launch another attack inside Pakistan, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Sunday, while asking world powers to take note of New Delhi’s “irresponsible” behavior. Qureshi told journalists in his hometown of Multan...Apr 7, 2019 662 0 -
In countrywide crackdown, Pakistan detains mililtant leaders; seizes control of seminaries
In a countrywide swoop against militant groups, Pakistan has detained more than one hundred activists of banned organizations and seized control of around 400 seminaries and assets. State Minister for Interior, Shehryar Afridi says the Government...Mar 7, 2019 878 0 -
India kills 14 Kashmiris amid freedom protests; Pakistan seeks world focus
Indian forces have killed 14 Kashmiri protestors demanding freedom from New Delhi’s repressive rule, reports said prompting an outcry in neighboring Pakistan and calls for realization of Kashmiri people’s right to self-determination. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran...Dec 16, 2018 827 0 -
How advertisers in Pakistan use the media clout key
Governments and private sector organizations the world over spend billions of dollars every year on promoting their “products” whether it be individuals, political parties, corporate entities, programs, etc. While history records many propaganda campaigns, the most notoriously...Nov 13, 2018 986 0 -
Pakistan Elections: Caretakers and the process of accountability
Supreme Court of Pakistan, Islamabad, Photo: Khalid Mahmood/Wikimedia Commons Headed by former Chief Justice Nasirul Mulk, the Caretaker Regime taking office today includes in its mission statement (1) running the affairs of the govt according to the Constitution...Jun 1, 2018 952 0 -
U.S., Russia spar at UN over Syrian regime’s reported use of chemical weapons
A 2013 photo of destruction in Aleppo, Image credit: English: Foreign and Commonwealth Office/Wikimedia Commons Amid international tensions over reports that the Syrian regime used chemical weapons in an attack in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta region, the...Apr 10, 2018 940 0 -
UN seeks independent probe into Gaza fence violence after 15 Palestinians killed
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for an independent and transparent investigation into clashes at the Gaza fence on Friday between Palestinians participating in the ‘Great Return March’ and Israeli security forces which resulted in at least...Mar 31, 2018 1143 0 -
Thawing US-Pakistan relations raise Afghan peace hopes
The downslide in U.S.-Pakistan relations that began with President Donald Trump’s Twitter tirade against Islamabad, seems to have stopped, or at least halted. Washington and Islamabad have taken the route of constructive diplomacy with exchange visits...Mar 18, 2018 989 0 -
U.S. warns countries ahead of UN General Assembly vote on Jerusalem move
The U.S. is employing some muscular diplomacy at the United Nations, where it faces a General Assembly vote on President Donald Trump’s declaration of Jerusalem as Israeli capital. Trump has indicated that the U.S. would halt...Dec 20, 2017 1167 0 -
Trump may replace Tillerson with CIA Director Pompeo as top American diplomat
Mike Pompeo, Photo: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons President Trump could oust Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and replace him with CIA Director Mike Pompeo, according to a report in The New York Times Thursday. The change in...Nov 30, 2017 1015 0