Tag: pakistan

Women make inroads in Pakistan as they become firefighters, barriers slowly fall

November 8, 2025 admin

Thick black smoke clawed at the sky last week over the industrial zone in Pakistan’s largest city as firefighter Syeda Masooma Zaidi raced toward the raging blaze in Karachi. The storage facility was packed with truck and car tires, and the flames leapt hungrily, black plumes twisting skyward. Heat shimmered off the asphalt, turning the…

World

Pakistan, Afghan Taliban to resume peace talks in Istanbul

November 6, 2025 admin

Pakistan claimed that at least 206 Afghan Taliban and 110 Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan operatives were killed, while Pakistan suffered the loss of 23 soldiers. File | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban were set to resume peace talks in Istanbul on Thursday (November 6, 2025), aiming to tackle the issue of cross-border terrorism and avoid…

World

Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir ‘most oppressive dictator’ in history: Imran Khan

November 5, 2025 admin

Former Pakistani PM Imran Khan. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Launching a fresh attack on Pakistan Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir, jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan has described him as the “most oppressive dictator” in the country’s history and a “mentally unstable” man. The 73-year-old former cricketer-turned-politician has been in jail since August…

World

Pakistan, Afghanistan to hold second round of talks in Turkiye to ease border tensions

October 25, 2025 admin

Trucks loaded with goods are parked near the closed Spin Boldak border crossing with Pakistan, after the border was shut for nearly two weeks following clashes between Afghan and Pakistani forces, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on October 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP “Officials of Pakistan and Afghanistan are set to hold the second round…

World

Pakistan recalls Babar and Shah for cricket T20s against South Africa

October 23, 2025 admin

Pakistan’s Babar Azam. File. | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan has recalled Babar Azam and fast bowler Naseem Shah to the Twenty20 squad after nearly a year for the next week’s home series against South Africa and a subsequent tri-series involving Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. Babar, the world’s second leading scorer in T20 internationals, is back…

Sports

Trump again claims he pushed India, Pakistan to peace through trade pressure, tariff threats

October 9, 2025 admin

U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump has again claimed that he played a key role in defusing tensions between India and Pakistan by threatening to impose massive tariffs on both countries, saying the move “stopped the fighting” between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. In an interview with Fox News…

World

Pakistan reports another poliovirus case, yearly tally rises to 24

September 1, 2025 admin

A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child in a school, in Karachi, Pakistan, on September 1, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP One more poliovirus case was reported in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday (September 1, 2025), taking the total number of cases in the country this year to 24, the National…

World

From Abbottabad to Trump: The unbroken chain in U.S.–Pakistan military relations

August 23, 2025 admin

On a chilly evening in January 2006, enroute from Islamabad to Muzaffarabad in my host’s hatchback car, we passed through a small town called Abbottabad which is part of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Abbottabad for all practical reasons is an extension of Pothwari-speaking area of Pakistan, which includes Islamabad-Rawalpindi area and northern Pakistan-occupied Jammu and…

World

Pakistan launches new security operation against militants near Afghan border

August 12, 2025 admin

Internally Displaced People, who fled from their homes due to security forces launched a targeted operation against militants, walk at a camp set up in a sports complex in Khar, the main town of Bajaur, a northwestern Pakistani district bordering Afghanistan, on August 12, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Pakistani security forces have launched a…

World

Pakistan Face Brutal Criticism, Asked To Leave Champions Trophy And Join Series With Zimbabwe

February 21, 2025 admin

Pakistan skipper Mohammad Rizwan in action© AFP Pakistan got off to a forgettable start in their Champions Trophy 2025 campaign as they lost against New Zealand by 60 runs. Opting to bowl first, Pakistan gave away 320 runs after Will Young and Tom Latham smashed centuries. Later, the hosts got bundled out for…

Sports