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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...
Beijing, Jan 24 (IANS) As the US remains absorbed in the crisis involving Venezuela and Iran, China’s opportunism reflects a broader contest for global leadership, with Beijing presenting itself as a 'stabilising force' through economic partnership rather than military intervention....
Islamabad, Jan 24 (IANS) Pakistani journalists have increasingly been subjected to intimidation in recent years under the country’s Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act for their online reporting, as well as through criminal defamation cases filed by public officials or private...
Ottawa, Jan 24 (IANS) Bangladesh’s interim government, led by Muhammad Yunus, which is linked to the so-called "reformist and technocratic" figures, appears either incapable or unwilling to control the growing unrest across the country. Attacks on Indian diplomatic facilities in...
Kathmandu, Jan 24 (IANS) Pakistan's Sindh province, home to the bulk of the country's Hindu minority, has faced recurring outbreaks of communal violence sparked by blasphemy accusations. These attacks unfold in a similar pattern, beginning with an allegation, followed by...
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina condemned Dhaka’s interim government led by Muhammad Yunus in her harshest words yet, accusing it of plunging the country into “an age of terror”, and termed the Chief Adviser...
Paris, Jan 23 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation on Friday asserted that the gravest threat to the independence of lawyers in Bangladesh stems not from chaos, but from governance failure under the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government.The statement came ahead...
Dhaka, Jan 23 (IANS) Bangladesh risks being embedded in a Sino-Pakistan security ecosystem – one that serves Beijing’s regional ambitions at the expense of Dhaka’s national interest. Since Muhammad Yunus assumed office as the interim government’s chief advisor in 2024,...
Tel Aviv, Jan 23 (IANS) Bangladesh’s national election on February 12 has raised concerns over the potential resurgence, whether "direct or indirect", of Islamist radical forces, including Jamaat-e-Islami and affiliated networks. Although these groups often present their activities as part...
