As an enraged Pakistan presses on with the deportation of Afghan refugees, it has set up detention camps in various parts of the country to hold ‘undocumented Afghan refugees’. The issue of deportation of nearly…
Armed groups kill Pak mining official as resource…
In a major blow to Pakistan’s efforts at inviting international investments in Balochistan, project manager of the Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation (PMDC) Shabahat Mirza was killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Balochistan’s…
Is Pakistan finally selling off its stake in…
The Pakistani government is planning to sell off its part of the shares in the Reko Diq copper and gold mining project to Saudi Arabia. The other partners in the venture are the Canada-based Barrick…
China punishes Sri Lanka for getting too close…
The much-sought-after bailout loan of $330 million by Colombo from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has not materialised ostensibly after Beijing’s refusal to restructure bilateral loans it extended to the Indian Ocean island – a…
I believe geography will soon change in Pakistan…
Pakistan has the world in bewilderment – never-ending wars, a growing poor-rich divide, politicians thriving in foreign lands, army generals running businesses in Western countries and its people on the verge of a civil war.…
Has LeT terrorist Qaiser Farooq been shot dead…
It seems that Karachi has become the graveyard of anti-India terrorists with the reported gunning down of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative Qaiser Farooq on Saturday. An unverified video of a man being shot dead in Karachi…
US-China tug of war enters Gwadar with ambassador’s…
US ambassador Donald Blome’s visit to the Pakistani port city of Gwadar raised a lot of heat and dust in the desert lands of Balochistan. The glare on the ambassador’s visit on September 12 remains…
Chinese firm Qihoo 360 provides cyber security for…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s accusations against India over the murder of Khalistani accused Hardeep Singh Nijjar are now regular page-one screechy headlines globally, particularly in the Western English media. However, as days have passed,…
Baloch activist slams Pakistan for disguising ‘death squad’…
London: It is unusual that the interim government in Pakistan has a Prime Minister, an Interior Minister, an Information Minister and even the Supreme Court justice from Balochistan. The Baloch are, however, not impressed as they…
Nearly one-fourth children in the UK are deprived…
London: The Akshaya Patra Foundation (TAPF) holds a record in serving the largest number of mid-day meals in the world. It raised quite a few eyebrows when it began serving free meals in British capital London…