The 1971 Indo-Pak war started after the Pakistani Air Force launched strikes on 11 Indian airbases on 3 December 1971. For India, this was a two-front war as its forces were arrayed on the Western…
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…
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…
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,…
The world watches Maldivian elections with bated breath
Maldivians turned up in large numbers to vote in presidential elections on Saturday as Asian competitors India and China await the results. President Ibrahim Solih is pitted against Opposition rival Mohamed Muizzu and estranged party…
‘Pakistani Army is like a hedge fund that…
Pakistan’s economy has been in the news for almost two years now – rising inflation, food riots, chasing the International Monetary Fund (IMF), selling off national assets, and asking friendly nations to boost dipping foreign…
Chinese nationals attacked in Balochistan on eve of…
Just one day before Pakistan celebrates its Independence Day on August 14, Baloch nationalists carried out a big attack on a convoy carrying 23 Chinese nationals at Gwadar port city on Sunday morning. The encounter…
After Italy’s re-think on BRI, will the EU…
Ever since Giorgia Meloni took over as Italy's new Prime Minister, the rumblings against China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) have only grown louder. Now the rumblings have grown so loud that they are about…