Islamabad/New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Pakistan faces structural economic problems under its latest $7 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) arrangement, which analysts argue cannot be resolved by revenue raised from arms exports alone. Defence sales, particularly of aircraft, hinge on...
Islamabad/New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Pakistan faces structural economic problems under its latest $7 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) arrangement, which analysts argue cannot be resolved by revenue raised from arms exports alone. Defence sales, particularly of aircraft, hinge on...
United Nations, Jan 27 (IANS) India has expressed concern over the emergence of platforms "parallel" to the United Nations, seeking to take on peace and security roles while the Security Council is paralysed."Security conversations and discussions have moved on to...
United Nations, Jan 27 (IANS) India has expressed concern over the emergence of platforms "parallel" to the United Nations, seeking to take on peace and security roles while the Security Council is paralysed."Security conversations and discussions have moved on to...
Beijing, Jan 27 (IANS) The Uyghur minority in China has faced severe restrictions under the policies of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since 2014, following Beijing’s launch of mass arrest campaigns under the 'Strike Hard Campaign Against Violent Terrorism'. This...
Beijing, Jan 27 (IANS) The Uyghur minority in China has faced severe restrictions under the policies of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since 2014, following Beijing’s launch of mass arrest campaigns under the 'Strike Hard Campaign Against Violent Terrorism'. This...
Dhaka, Jan 26 (IANS) Bangladesh's Awami League on Monday expressed concern over the country’s deteriorating security situation, which it said has taken a dark turn, warning that kidnapping has transitioned from isolated criminal acts into an organised, nationwide business.According to...
Dhaka, Jan 26 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Interim Government (IG) headed by Muhammad Yunus is likely to be remembered for an unprecedented adhoc governance marked by absence of a strategic approach and the creation of multiple counterproductive legal and operational risks that...
Kabul, Jan 26 (IANS) Pakistan’s engagement with militant groups, analysts argue, serves strategic purposes including deterring Chinese investment in Afghanistan to preserve Pakistani regional influence and pressuring the Afghan Taliban over Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) sanctuaries, a report said on Monday....
Islamabad, Jan 26 (IANS) The Pakistani Army, which dominates the country’s domestic and foreign affairs, has been accused of widespread human rights violations in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, long-plagued by militancy and dozens of Pakistani military operations since the...
Washington, Jan 26 (IANS) Pakistan continues to face high youth unemployment, with inflation steadily eroding purchasing power, while secure jobs in the formal sector are becoming increasingly scarce. For a large number of young people, early adulthood in the country...
Islamabad, Jan 24 (IANS) The recent gang rape of a minor girl by policemen in custody in Jacobabad district of Pakistan’s Sindh province reflects a grave procedural failure that warrants serious institutional accountability. The subsequent arrest of six policemen is...