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AFTER months of silence, we heard from the military’s spokesperson. The televised presser was supposed to be a briefing on counterterrorism efforts...
IT is a desperate move that may bring down the entire edifice. The plan to ban the most popular political party in the country is the most senseless,...
https://arab.news/wauut Amid international outcry over forced expulsions, Pakistan has decided to grant a one-year extension in the stay of...
IT can’t get more sordid than this. The judges of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) who dared to speak out against the interference of intelligence...
THE banker-turned-finance minister appeared nonplussed as he responded to the questions on Budget 2024-2025 that has burdened the already weighed-down...
YET another counterterrorism (CT) campaign is being launched which promises to eradicate all forms of extremism and violent militancy in the country...
NINE months into Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, the UN Security Council has finally endorsed a ceasefire plan that promises to end hostilities in...
NINE months into Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, the UN Security Council has finally endorsed a ceasefire plan that promises to end hostilities in...
https://arab.news/vk2vr It has been a pyrrhic victory for India’s Narendra Modi who is now elected for a record three consecutive terms as prime...
THE return of Narendra Modi as prime minister for a third term was foretold, but many doubted a landslide victory for his party. While they may be...
YET another case of alleged enforced disappearance has demonstrated the impunity granted to certain forces in the country, which consider themselves...
MORE than two months after taking power, the Shehbaz Sharif government has yet to find its moorings. It is like a rudderless ship with many helmsmen...
DEFYING international pressure, Israel has begun its long-threatened military assault in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. It is speeding up the...
https://arab.news/p2877 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s bid for a third five-year term is pivoted around his campaign against religious...
WITH his appointment as deputy prime minister, Ishaq Dar’s shadow has come to loom larger than ever over the present dispensation. He now virtually...
THERE was nothing surprising about the by-election results. The ruling PML-N won the majority of the National Assembly and provincial assemblies’...
https://arab.news/zuf5y Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have long been tied in a strategic partnership that has now taken an economic dimension too. Saudi...
AN eerie calm prevails after Iran’s unprecedented direct attack on Israel. Tehran fired hundreds of drones and missiles at Israeli territory in...
NICARAGUA has gone to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) with a complaint against Germany for “facilitating the commission of genocide”...
https://arab.news/gh3zk In yet another occurrence of the targeted killing of Chinese nationals in Pakistan, questions are raised about grave...
THE rot is much deeper than it seems. What the six brave judges of the Islamabad High Court have penned is just the tip of the iceberg. The shadow of...
THE deadly attack on a concert hall in Moscow last week, which left around 140 people dead, marks the expansion in the terrorist operations of the...
https://arab.news/cefr3 There was a virtual sense of jubilation among those in power in Islamabad when the Taliban returned to power after the end...
THE long-simmering tension between the two countries now threatens to escalate into a full-blown conflict after Pakistan’s latest air strike on...
THE scene appeared surreal as Asif Ali Zardari took oath as president just a few days after Shehbaz Sharif returned as the country’s prime minister....
https://arab.news/9fjbd Asif Ali Zardari has made history by being the only Pakistani political leader to be elected president for the second time....
Asif Ali Zardari epitomises the perpetual ironies of Pakistani politics. For the past three decades, he has alternated between prison and power. ...
THE newly elected prime minister has set an ambitious target for his minority government propped up by half a dozen disparate groups. He vows to steer...
In free market economies, the corporate sector routinely lobbies the governments to create an environment conducive to business growth. The premise is...
SHE had long been groomed as heir apparent to the country’s most prominent political dynasty and her election as Punjab’s chief minister this week...
https://arab.news/6nzch Pakistan will have a new government in place by the end of the month following a controversial election that has...
IT is a right royal mess that is hard to clean up. A hung parliament through a controversial election has pushed the country deeper into the mire. It...
IT was perhaps the most consequential election in Pakistan’s recent history. Defying all odds, the voters turned out in record numbers. They have...
https://arab.news/gffct Marred by allegations of rigging, Pakistan’s election has produced no clear winner deepening the country’s political...
PAKISTAN goes to the polls today amid despair and uncertainty. For many, the outcome has already been decided, with one of the largest political...
IN what many would describe as a predetermined verdict, a special court has sentenced former prime minister Imran Khan and his erstwhile foreign...
https://arab.news/wqjsn Pakistan is set to go to polls in less than two weeks amid hope and apprehension about the outcome that will determine the...
LISTENING to the speeches at the hustings, one wonders whether the political leaders vying for power have anything new to offer the electorate. With...
IT ranks among those inglorious decisions taken by the top court which have been long remembered for breaching democratic norms.The verdict of the...
https://arab.news/rg7rk There is no sign of a thaw in Islamabad’s relations with the Taliban regime in Kabul despite some diplomatic efforts to...
THE genocide being carried out by Israeli forces in Gaza has entered its fourth month with, on average, a child being killed every 10 minutes and...
Canada and the United States share the longest land border in the world, about 9,000km long. There are no walls, fences or barbwires along the...
IT has been a year one would like to forget. But for a country caught in the vortex of volatility, what lies ahead doesn’t look very hopeful either....
https://arab.news/b559c A protest march led by a young woman has once again brought Pakistan’s attention to the perennial issue of missing persons...
SIXTEEN years ago this day, Benazir Bhutto became the highest-profile victim of terrorism. The wound inflicted by the assassination of one of...
THE good news is that the elections will be held on Feb 8. The bad news is that they could end in yet another farce. The Supreme Court’s ruling last...
INDIA’S top court has validated the Narendra Modi government’s 2019 action of stripping India-occupied Kashmir of its semi-autonomous status. The...
Mr Zahid Hussain is a retired engineer, based in Canada. The United States supported the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. In the early...
https://arab.news/gx3tv It has been one of the worst years for Pakistani security forces confronting growing militant threats, while attacks have...
THE UN has warned that “an even more hellish scenario is about to unfold” in Gaza. Israel has now launched its heaviest bombardment yet on the...