- 20 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityPakistan
Finance watchdog FATF ‘grey lists’ Turkey in threat to investment, retains Pakistan in grey list with stern warning
ISTANBUL (Reuters) -An international watchdog downgraded Turkey to a so-called grey list on Thursday for failing to head off money laundering and terrorist financing, a decision that could further erode…
Biden picks career diplomat for top posting in Pakistan
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden plans to nominate Donald Blome, currently ambassador to Tunisia, as his top diplomat in Pakistan as Washington works to manage…
Pakistan – America’s Blind Spot
September 2001, a tall man with a privileged background and radical ideas sent aircrafts smashing into American buildings and pride, killing nearly 3000 Americans in the process. The US immediately…
By Major Manik M Jolly (Retd)
Migrant workers in Kashmir to be moved to army camps after killings
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Vulnerable migrant workers in Kashmir will be moved to army and police camps for protection after several were killed by militants, the DGP of Jammu &…
The Battle Within Islamists – Militant Vs Institutional
Islamists in the Muslim world have remained in conflict, as there is no consensus within the Muslim world on the ideal political system. So political Islam remained in trouble for…
By Dr Qamar Cheema
Pakistan Airlines suspends Afghan operations, citing Taliban interference
By Syed Raza Hassan ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) suspended flights to Kabul on Thursday after what it called heavy-handed interference by Taliban authorities. The suspension took place…
Imran Khan-Pakistan Army Tensions: A Mexican Standoff
What was supposed to have been a routine transfer and posting in the top echelons of the Pakistan Army has now become a full-blown civil-military crisis. When the reshuffle in…
By Sushant Sareen
The Curious Case of Pakistan, China, TTP and BRI
On 1st October Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan broke all hell loose when on the Turkish government-run TV channel, TRT World, he disclosed that the Pakistani government is in secret…
By Cdr Sandeep Dhawan (Retd)
US-Pakistan Relations: What Sanctions?
When the first reports came of 22 Republican senators in the US Senate moving a bill to sanction the Taliban and other persons/entities assisting them, alarm bells started ringing in…
By Sushant Sareen
Pakistan opposition urges PM to remove ministers named in Pandora Papers
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan's opposition on Monday called on Prime Minister Imran Khan to order cabinet ministers and aides named in leaked financial documents known as the Pandora…
Pakistan discussing expansion of CPEC to Afghanistan -ambassador
By Charlotte Greenfield ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has discussed Taliban-led Afghanistan joining the multibillion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) infrastructure project, the Pakistani ambassador to the country said on Monday. "Regional…
Imran Khan Being His Vacuous, Vapid and Vituperative Self in UNGA
As much as Imran Khan’s cult (which includes obsequious retired Pakistani generals, diplomats and ‘serving’ journalists) might like to imagine that the world comes to a stop when Taliban Khan…
By Sushant Sareen
