The South Asian country supplies 9% of Nigeria’s defence imports, even as China cements its role as Islamabad’s dominant supplier
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Thursday, Trump revealed that he had personally requested Khan not be invited to the state banquet hosted in his honour.
The move comes just weeks after Washington placed both groups on its own terror list, highlighting a nuanced distinction between national and international sanctions.
Pakistan and China had submitted a joint bid at the UN Security Council to designate the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and its suicide wing - Majeed Brigade - as a terrorist entity.
India’s Operation Sindoor had targeted several major Jaish-linked facilities in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Yet within months, the group appears to be openly rebuilding under Islamabad’s nose.
Field Marshal Asim Munir, the country’s de facto ruler, has cast himself as a champion of the Ummah, floating ideas of an “Islamic NATO” to project power abroad and to shore up support at home.
Bangladesh recently asked the visiting Pakistani foreign minister to apologise for the mayhem unleashed 54 years ago. Successive Pakistani governments have sidestepped the issue but it refuses to go away. The events preceding Bangladesh’s liberation are an albatross that limit the efficacy of Pakistan’s outreach
The Jaish commander disclosed that the Pakistan Army General Headquarters (GHQ) had instructed senior commanders to honour slain terrorists with military protocol.
By naming Masood Azhar’s safe haven in Pakistan and exposing generals at terrorist funerals, the Jaish commander has provided the clearest evidence yet of the Pakistan Army’s direct sponsorship of terrorism.
According to the report, the members of the team were carrying fake passports and could be an attempt at human trafficking
The Doha summit has revived the idea of a collective Muslim military force, and Pakistan has tried to place itself at the centre of it. While the proposal is still at an early stage and directed mainly at Israel, its implications for India are significant.
On the surface, Pakistan benefits from being courted by both Washington and Beijing. It can extract financial aid, investment, military hardware and diplomatic support. By playing one power against the other, Islamabad hopes to maximise its bargaining position.
Bhagwan Das Udhwani, the younger brother of Niraj’s late father Pradeep, said the matter of cricket and the terror attack should not be mixed.
In just the past week, around 50 Pakistani soldiers have been killed in TTP-led attacks, particularly in Bannu, Lower Dir and other parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The meeting comes after Israeli airstrikes on Doha on September 9 killed five Hamas members and a Qatari security officer, deepening anger in the region.
Modi also said, “The wounds inflicted by Jawaharlal Nehru, during the Chinese aggression in 1962, on the people of Assam are yet to heal.”
According to the Pakistan army, at least 45 militants have been killed in clashes in three different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province from September 10 to 13.
Addressing the media on the occasion of the diamond jubilee celebrations of victory in the 1965 India-Pakistan war, Lt Gen Katiyar said that after the ceasefire on May 10, the situation on the ground is calm.
The sharp exchange between the envoys of Israel and Pakistan came on Thursday at a Security Council meeting held to discuss the Israeli attack on Hamas leaders in the Qatari capital of Doha.
This was far from the first time Pakistan has faced criticism on global platforms over terrorism. At the United Nations Security Council, the country has been under fire for multiple issues.
For India, the concern is that proceeds from heroin production could be funnelled into terrorism. New Delhi fears that drugs produced in Balochistan could find their way across its borders, financing attacks on Indian soil.
Beyond political crises, recalibrating ties between Bangladesh and China, and between Bangladesh and Pakistan, are also creating new risks for India’s long-term security and influence in the region.
India slammed Switzerland's remarks on minorities, offering instead to help it tackle racism, systematic discrimination and xenophobia in the Alpine nation.
The actual number of phones under surveillance may be higher, as all four major telecom operators have been ordered to integrate with LIMS, Amnesty technologist Jurre van Berge told Reuters.
The Red Sea outage is a reminder that much of our digital life depends on a few strands of glass running under the ocean.