For 17-year-old Zara Shah, an encounter that began while playing a computer game developed into a frightening experience of online sexual exploitation. A stranger initially approached her as a friend before asking
On September 17, 2025, Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman signed a “Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement” in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This pact elevates their longstanding
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In a significant bipartisan move, US lawmakers introduced the ‘Pakistan Freedom and Accountability Act’, House Resolution 5271 (H.Res. 5271) on September 15, 2025. The legislation seeks to authorize sanctions against Pakistani officials-current
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor Recently, I had the privilege of visiting his residence in Greater Noida, India to deliberate on some of the most pressing strategic and geopolitical challenges confronting South
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The unprecedented tour of China’s clandestine Aviation Industry Corporation (AVIC) facility in Chengdu granted to Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari on September 14, 2025, transcends a mere diplomatic gesture. While officially framed
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The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has added the distorted and politicized version of Operation Sindoor, in which Pakistan has been held responsible for the Pahalgam attack. It is
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In a significant development that further escalates the tense relations between Pakistan and India, Pakistan’s security agencies recently arrested Major Dal Bahar Singh, a serving Indian Army officer, in Peshawar. Singh, who
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Zia-ul-Haq was a great leader of Pakistan, a tough tank general, and the man who defeated the Soviets in Afghanistan. He was murdered in August 1988 when the C-130 he was flying
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The partition of British India in India in 1947 formed the two nations of India and Pakistan, Pakistan being split into two geographically and cultural distinct wings: East Pakistan and West Pakistan.
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In recent days, a Track-II academic dialogue meditated so-called Towards Unity and Trust has become the centre of a brouhaha with former U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad misunderstanding the scholarly exercise as a
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What is behind Pakistan Army Chief’s nuclear bombast, no it is not only India but other failures at home including on the counter terrorism front. Pakistan’s Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir’s
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On August 9, 2025, a Frontier Corps (FC) soldier, Sepoy Jehangir Khan, was killed by unidentified assailants in the Mir Hazar Khanzadkhel area of Lakki Marwat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Jehangir
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On August 5 2019, India revoked Article 370 unilaterally, repealing the constitutional autonomy of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), a provision based on the 1949 settlement of the disputed accession
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The National Investigating Agency (NIA) investigation into the Pahalgam attack revealed that the suspects were not of Pakistani origin, raising questions about India’s motivation and the influence of domestic politics in the
More August 5, 2019, stands as a dark milestone in the tumultuous history of Jammu and Kashmir region whose fate continues to oscillate between hope and despair under decades-long conflict. This date marks
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The Pakistan Army has officially inducted China’s Z-10ME attack helicopter into its aviation fleet, marking the first known export of the advanced combat platform and deepening military ties between Islamabad and Beijing.
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