Saudi deputy FM arrives in Pakistan amid India tensions
Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir arrived in Islamabad for high-profile meetings amid tensions with India. Jubeir will hold talks with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, as well as other office holders. The Saudi minister recently visited India as well. His visit is being linked with a possible mediation effort to […]
Territorialism and tribal rivalry: Inside the power struggle between TTP and Hafiz Gul Bahadur group
In mid-January, a top commander of the proscribed Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group repudiated his own group to pledge allegiance to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). This marked the hiatus of a process that has just begun to expand. Non-state actors (NSAs) with jihadist leanings have always been territorially antagonistic to other groups despite aligned goals. The […]
Afghan national involved in terrorism killed in Balochistan: ISPR
Pakistan Army said on Tuesday that it had killed an Afghan national involved in terrorism in Balochistan. According to a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations, the Afghan national was identified as Muhammad Khan Ahmedkhel, Son of Haji Qasim Dawran Khan, resident of Village Bilorai, District Wazekhwa, Paktika Province, Afghanistan. ISPR added that Ahmedkhel was […]
Biden administration swaps two Americans for Taliban prisoner
Hours before Donald Trump was sworn into office, the United States government reached an agreement with the Afghan Taliban to complete a prisoner exchange. The deal involved the release of two American citizens, Ryan Corbett and William McKenty, by the Taliban in exchange for Khan Mohammed, a member of the Afghan Taliban being held by […]
Gunship helicopters target ‘miscreants’ in Kurram, over a dozen families displaced
A sanitising operation in Kurram district of the province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa targeted hideouts of miscreants in the area on Monday. However, no deaths have been reported so far. According to local sources, the hideouts were targeted through gunship helicopters in Pastwani, Manddara, Sangrobba and Jarrni areas. The operation will also involve collecting weapons from armed […]
Another polio case detected in DI Khan after terrorism derails vaccination drive
Another case of polio virus has been detected in Drazinda, a merged tehsil in Dera Ismail Khan. The latest case has taken the tehsil’s total number of cases to 11. According to the district health officer, the vaccination campaign in the area was severely hampered by terrorism. Terrorism has targeted polio vaccination workers and security […]
Pakistan condemns Indian Army Chief’s claims of cross-border terrorism
The general had called Pakistan an ‘epicentre of terrorism’ in the region.