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
Pakistan will never accept Indian dominance in South Asia, declared Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir on Thursday, as he reaffirmed the country’s firm stance on sovereignty, Kashmir, and water
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Op Sindoor may have moved from Page One to Page Three. But it won’t go away as PR people are making hay while the sun shines. In the 90-hour non-contact aerial skirmish,
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The leader of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Noor Wali Mehsud, made a shocking declaration that has sent ripples of concern across the Muslim world. He asserted that it is permissible for Muslims to
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China has assured the refinancing of $3.7 billion in maturing commercial loans—this time entirely in Chinese currency (RMB)—before the end of June. The move is expected to help Pakistan maintain its fragile
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Op Sindoor saw a new form of the much heralded two front collusive threat from Pakistan and China apart from other state actors as Turkey manifesting. India will need to review the
More India and Pakistan are actively preparing for the next possible military confrontation, stockpiling weapons, adopting emerging technologies, and leaning heavily on their foreign defence partners — a development that analysts say raises
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by Our Defence Affairs Editor In the oft-quoted words of Lenin, “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” The sixteen hours between May 6 and May
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Tensions between Pakistan and India flared further Thursday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared Pakistan would not receive water from rivers controlled by India, escalating the fallout from a deadly April attack
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Over the past few years, the government in India has repeatedly marginalized and suppressed Sikh identity. The decision to shut down the Kartarpur Corridor and the actions taken to target Sikh activists
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor The promotion of Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah yesterday, 20 May 2025—the first such elevation since Muhammad Ayub Khan in 1959—revives a fraught chapter in
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This Ceasefire Will Not Hold – Because India and Pakistan Were Never Meant to Coexist: On May 16, 2025, India and Pakistan agreed – yet again – to a ceasefire along the Line of Control
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In the shadow of the Line of Control (LoC), where artillery duels between India and Pakistan briefly pushed South Asia to the brink of war earlier this month, the human cost of
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Amid heightened geopolitical tensions with Pakistan, India is witnessing a sweeping wave of economic, travel, and cultural boycotts targeting not only its traditional rival but also countries seen as aligned with Islamabad
More India’s new counter terrorism doctrine following Operation Sindoor establishes the certainty of decisive retaliation targeting terrorists as well as the state sponsors that is the Pakistan Army in a future scenario. This
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In the aftermath of the brutal, horrific, and religiously motivated murders of 26 defenceless civilians in Pahalgam by The Resistance Front (TRF), a division of the Pakistan-based Laskar-e-Taiba (LeT), a UN-designated terrorist
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