Army chief General Qamar Bajwa seems to be against the military’s direct intervention in politics but Khadim Rizvi and his cohorts have been making insinuations that the general might not belong to the right sect. If the history of Pakistan was made into a movie, one scene would be repeated several times albeit with a new cast of characters each ...

BANNU: Khozabat Khan, a middle-aged father of six, sees no logic in being forced to leave his village in western Pakistan’s South Waziristan tribal district yet again. As a member of the Pashtun Mehsud tribe, the goat farmer has suffered enormously after being forced repeatedly to leave his home during the past decade. After his scenic mountainous homeland became the ...

‘The General Assembly proclaims this Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, ...

The commander of the NATO-led coalition in Afghanistan, US Army Gen. John Nicholson, said Thursday that Pakistan had not changed its behavior since President Donald Trump announced his new policy for Afghanistan and the wider region, a policy that specifically called on Pakistan to do more. “No, I haven’t seen any change yet in their behavior,” Nicholson told reporters following ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s foreign minister Khawaja Asif once again revealed Islamabad’s opposition towards the new US strategy for South Asia, claiming that the policy has been influenced by the defeated US generals. Asif said Wednesday that the new US policy was ineffective because it was influenced by the generals who suffered defeat in Afghanistan. “The Americans have devised a framework for ...

WASHINGTON: Pakistan is trying to reacquire an unspecified number of helicopters from the United States for anti-narcotics operations after returning nine Huey II helicopters it had acquired in 2002, diplomatic sources said on Monday. Earlier in the day, Pakistan returned five of the nine helicopters it had received almost 15 years ago. The ministry of interior, which was using the ...

Islamabad has demanded from the United States to cut India’s role in Afghanistan, alleging that the country is involved in destructive activities inside Pakistan using the Afghan soil, it has been reported. According to the Pakistani officials privy of the conversation between the Pakistani and US officials, Washington in response to Islamabad’s demand has said that New Delhi is involved ...

Chief of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party, Mahmood Khan Achakzai has called on Pakistan to stay away from violating Afghanistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, Voice of America (VoA) reported. While opposing FATA merger into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa or any other part of Pakistan, Achakzai said any development regarding fate of FATA must be done in the light of agreements between the people ...

“Peace in Pakistan would be a dream until durable peace, stability in Afghanistan” Awami National Party (ANP) Chief, Asfandyar Wali Khan has called on China to play role as guarantor between the Afghanistan and Pakistan instead of facilitator. While addressing a huge workers power show in Pishin district of Baluchistan, Wali Khan said wars and terrorism were imposed on Pashtun ...

Islamabad once again revealed its opposition against the sale of modern unmanned aerial vehicles or drones by the United States to India. A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan Nafees Zakaria told reporters on Friday that the balance of power in the region would be disrupted because of the deal. Zakaria further added that providing sensitive military ...