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View: Pak wants to renew trade ties with India. What should Modi govt do?

There is no better way for Pakistan to cut down its losses and then tell the world that it has come down from its high horse

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan premier Shehbaz Sharif
Updated on Mar 28, 2024 07:29 PM IST

Pakistan benchmark share index hits record high. Here's why

The benchmark KSE-100 touched a record high of 67,200.82 points in intraday trade, surpassing its previous high of 67,093.96 touched on Dec. 13.

Stock brokers monitor share prices on computers during a trading session at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) in Karachi.(AFP)
Published on Mar 28, 2024 12:27 PM IST
Reuters |

Video shows suicide bombing in Pakistan that killed 5 Chinese nationals

The viral video clip shows a bus riding on the street in Bisham and suddenly the bomb blasts and smoke engulfs the area.

Security personnel inspect the site of a suicide attack near Besham city in the Shangla district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. (AFP)
Published on Mar 28, 2024 08:42 AM IST

Evening brief: IAF chief on Balakot operation, and more

A shortlist of the biggest headlines, recommended stories, and a special collection of news items that you should check out.

Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari (ANI photo)
Published on Mar 27, 2024 06:28 PM IST

Sanam Saeed from Zindagi Gulzar Hai masters seven accents. Watch

Pakistani actor Sanam Saeed's interview clip has gone viral, where she has spoken in diverse accents.

Sanam Saeed shows her ability to speak in multiple accents.
Published on Mar 27, 2024 05:30 PM IST

Pak soldier, 4 Baloch militants killed in attack on naval base in Balochistan

Pakistan security forces foiled an armed militant attack by BLA's Majeed Brigade at the PNS Siddique Naval Air Base in Balochistan's Turbat.

This is the third major attack on Pakistan armed forces and installations this year in Balochistan claimed by the BLA(AFP file)
Published on Mar 26, 2024 04:29 PM IST

Pakistan's second-largest naval air station in Turbat under attack

The Majeed Brigade of the banned Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has taken credit for the assault on the Naval Airbase in Turbat.

The BLA claimed that its fighters infiltrated the airbase. Additionally, Chinese drones are reportedly deployed at this facility. (X)
Published on Mar 26, 2024 06:53 AM IST

Anjali and Sufi, India-Pak same sex couple, part ways: ‘I cheated on her’

Same-sex couple Anjali Chakra and Sufi Malik's pictures had won the internet and users had applauded them for breaking the barriers of gender and religion.

Pictures show Anjali Chakra from India and Sundas Malik from Pakistan under a rain-splattered umbrella.(Twitter/@Sarowarrrr)
Updated on Mar 26, 2024 03:05 PM IST

‘How do you deal with a neighbour when…’: S Jaishankar hits out at Pakistan

Jaishankar said India will no longer sidestep this issue, emphasising that the prevailing sentiment in the country is to address the challenge of terrorism.

Union External Affairs S Jaishankar (PTI)
Published on Mar 24, 2024 07:27 AM IST

'How to deal with neighbour who..': Jaishankar's dig at Pakistan over terrorism

Jaishankar asserted that India is not going to skirt the Islamic country's terror problem anymore.

Dr S Jaishankar(ANI)
Published on Mar 23, 2024 05:14 PM IST

Pakistan’s airstrikes in Afghanistan show its fraying patience with the Taliban

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has entered a period of resurgence, posing a threat to Pakistan’s internal security and external environs

President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) of Pakistan Asim Munir, and General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (JCSC), along with others attend the funeral of Lieutenant Colonel Syed Kashif Ali, 39 and Captain Muhammad Ahmed Badar, 23, after according to the military, militants attacked a military post in Mir Ali, North Waziristan district in Pakistan near Afghanistan early on Saturday using a vehicle laden with explosives as well as suicide bombs, during the funeral at Chaklala Garrison, Rawalpindi, Pakistan March 17, 2024. Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR)/Handout via REUTERS (via REUTERS)
Published on Mar 22, 2024 10:09 PM IST

Nations united and divided by the Durand Line

Islamabad’s fraught relations with Kabul will increase Pakistan’s security concerns, destabilise the region further

An Afghan security personnel stands guard as a truck arrives from Pakistan near the zero point Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan, in Nangarhar province on January 23, 2024. Pakistan and Afghanistan reopened a key trade crossing on January 23, officials on both sides said, after a row over travel papers as Islamabad cracks down on cross-border movements. Ties between the two countries have increasingly frayed in recent months, with Islamabad accusing the Taliban government of failing to root out militants staging attacks in Pakistan from their soil. (Photo by Shafiullah KAKAR / AFP)(AFP)
Published on Mar 22, 2024 09:40 PM IST

Pakistan's education crisis: Call for urgent reform

This article is authored by Soumya Awasthi, expert, Centre on Armed Groups, Geneva.

Education. (Representative file photo)
Published on Mar 22, 2024 03:42 PM IST

Pakistan PM Sharif says another IMF bailout is inevitable

Sharif's comments came after the IMF approved an agreement with Islamabad to disburse the last tranche of $1.1 billion under the existing $3 billion arrangement

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (AFP/File)
Published on Mar 21, 2024 06:28 PM IST
Reuters |

US warns Pakistan on ties over election irregularities

The United States said Wednesday that relations with Pakistan will suffer if it does not probe irregularities in last month's election and rerun votes if needed

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (Reuters)
Published on Mar 21, 2024 03:15 AM IST
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CAA is rooted in pact made after Partition

Minorities in India's Islamic neighbors face existential crises. CAA is a modest effort to make up for broken promises

New Delhi, Mar 15 (ANI): Refugees from Pakistan and Afghanistan hold placards as they stage a protest against Congress over their remarks on the implementation of the CAA, outside the AICC headquarters in New Delhi on Friday. (ANI Photo/Amit Sharma)(Amit Sharma)
Published on Mar 20, 2024 09:51 PM IST

View: How Pakistan’s ‘bleed neighbours with terrorism’ policy has backfired

For Pakistan, the chickens have come home to roost as far as its duplicity on terrorism is concerned.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Pakistan's premier Shehbaz Sharif (left) and Afghanistan defence minister Mullah Yaqoob
Updated on Mar 20, 2024 09:45 PM IST

Gunmen open fire at China-operated Pakistan port complex; all 8 attackers killed

Armed Baloch militants entered Gwadar's Port Authority Complex and opened fire while several explosions were heard in the area, reports said.

Gwadar is located near the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial oil shipping route in the Arabian Sea. (File)
Updated on Mar 20, 2024 07:15 PM IST

US official Donald Lu seeks probe into ‘irregularities’ in Pakistan elections

Amid calls to not recognise Pakistan's new government, Donald Lu has expressed Washington’s concerns about irregularities in the general elections held in Feb.

Donald Lu suggested a thorough probe into allegations of rigging in Pakistan general elections.(US State Department)
Updated on Mar 20, 2024 05:00 PM IST
ByShweta Kukreti

IMF reaches staff-level agreement with Pak on final $3 billion bailout review

The funds represent the last portion of USD 3 billion emergency bailout package that Pakistan secured last summer, preventing potential sovereign debt default.

Nathan Porter, the IMF mission chief in Pakistan, said in a statement that Pakistan's economic and financial position has improved in the months since the first review. (Representational Image)(REUTERS)
Published on Mar 20, 2024 01:51 PM IST
ANI |

12 miners killed after explosion at coal mine in Pakistan

Pakistan coal mine explosion: 20 miners were in the mine during a methane gas explosion. Rescue teams found 12 bodies; survivors were hospitalised.

Coal deposits are found in the western areas of Pakistan that sit near the Afghan border, and mine accidents are common, mainly due to gas build-ups. (Representational Image) (Kunal Patil / HT Photo)
Published on Mar 20, 2024 12:42 PM IST
Reuters |

Earthquake of 5.5 magnitude jolts Pakistan

The earthquake struck Pakistan on the wee hours of Wednesday, the National Centre for Seismology reported.

The earthquake occurred at 2:57 am (IST) and its depth was measured at 105 km.(Representative Image)
Published on Mar 20, 2024 06:45 AM IST
ANI |

A unending battle to counter mule ships of a Pak drug kingpin

Pakistani fishermen turned drug mules for Haji Salim cartel captured by joint Indian agencies, revealing modus operandi of drug smuggling network.

On March 12, six Pakistani men, mules for the Haji Salim cartel, were captured by a joint team of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), the Indian Coast Guard and the Gujarat ATS near the Gujarat coast. (Indian Coast Guard)
Updated on Mar 20, 2024 04:18 AM IST
By, New Delhi

Pak court acquits two sons of ex-PM Nawaz Sharif in corruption cases

Hassan and Hussain Nawaz were implicated in the Avenfield, Flagship, and Al-Azizia corruption cases in 2018 related to the Panama Papers.

Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif(REUTERS)
Published on Mar 19, 2024 11:01 PM IST
PTI |

How Rajiv and Benazir shaped nuclear restraint

A 1988 Agreement binds India and Pakistan to refrain from causing the destruction of, or damage to, any nuclear installation or facility in the other country

On December 31, 1988, of the Agreement on the Prohibition of Attack against Nuclear Installations and Facilities was signed(HT Archive)
Published on Mar 19, 2024 09:50 PM IST

A bleak future for Trans-Afghan Railway

This article is authored by Pravesh Kumar Gupta, associate fellow, Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi.

Afghan refugees with their belongings arrive on a truck from Pakistan, at a registration centre near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province. (AFP)
Published on Mar 19, 2024 03:39 PM IST

Not even thinking about possibility of CT going out of Pakistan: PCB chief

Not even thinking about possibility of CT going out of Pakistan: PCB chief

HT Image
Published on Mar 19, 2024 11:18 AM IST
PTI |

The iron brother’s iron clasp

Author: Tara Kartha, distinguished fellow, Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi.

A Chinese national flag at the Great Hall of the People following the closing of the Second Session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China, on Monday, March 11, 2024. (Bloomberg)
Published on Mar 18, 2024 06:43 PM IST

Launched retaliatory attacks on Pak after air strikes in Afghanistan: Taliban

The Taliban defence ministry said its security forces had targeted Pakistani troops at the border in response to the air strikes.

Pakistan carried out air strikes inside Afghan territory, (X)
Updated on Mar 18, 2024 09:29 PM IST
Reuters |

Pak carried out two air strikes inside Afghanistan, killed 8 people: Taliban

A Taliban spokesman ‘strongly’ condemned the strikes on Afghan soil, calling it a violation of the country's sovereignty.

Pakistan carries out air strikes inside Afghan territory,
Updated on Mar 18, 2024 12:58 PM IST
Reuters |
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