Tag: war
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US to Withdraw Troops from Iraq by End of 2021
United States (US) President Joe Biden has said the US will end its combat mission in Iraq by the end of this year and withdraw troops, but will continue to train and advise the Iraqi army. According to the details, President Biden’s announcement follows a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kazmi at the White…
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Pakistan on the Threshold of a Double War
This opinion is shared by Prof. Fazal Tanha Gharshin. Sometimes it becomes very difficult to predict the safe and sound destination of Pakistan when a cursory look is viewed on its faced internal and external challenges, either created or backed by Pakistanis themselves. One school of thought has been of the view that the division…
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Towards Armageddon?
This opinion is by Zuhaib Ahmed. The ceasefire agreement announced by the Israeli government late on Thursday came as a welcome development for peaceniks across the world. Although Palestinians living in Gaza, rightly termed an ‘open-air prison’, heaved a sigh of relief as the 11-day-long hell had subsided, yet this brief but horrendous war has…
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Israel’s Foreign Minister Blames Pakistan’s PM Imran Khan for his Country’s Defame
ISLAMABAD: Israeli Foreign Ministry has blamed Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan for its disgrace and defame. Israeli Foreign Ministry Director General Alon Ushpiz said that the Human rights champion Pakistan practically lives in a glass palace. Israeli Foreign Ministry Director General Alon Ushpiz re-shared an official tweet from the Pakistani Foreign Ministry stating that a…
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Pakistan and India are heading for a protracted war: Intelligence Report
Washington: A US intelligence report has warned of a protracted war between Pakistan and India. According to the report, Pakistan and India could be embroiled in a protracted war that neither side wants. The review is included in the US government’s National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends Report. Two buildings in Pulwama sub-jail gutted in fire…
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Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir says that Kashmir Issue is an Unfinished Agenda of the Sub Continent Agenda
MIRPUR (AJK) Mar 17 (APP): Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Raja Muhammad Farooq Haider Khan Wednesday termed Kashmir issue as an unfinished agenda of sub continent partition and said that implementation of the United Nations resolutions was the only way to resolve this lingering issue. Addressing the concluding session of the cabinet and central leaders…
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At least 31 Malian Soldiers Killed
Bamako, March 17 (AFP/APP): At least 31 Malian soldiers were killed after an attack in the northeast of the Sahel state this week, an army officer said on Wednesday, updating a previous toll. Dozens of assailants on motorbikes and pickup trucks on Monday stormed a military post southwest of the town of Ansongo, near the borders with Burkina Faso…
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Syrian war ‘one of darkest chapters’ in recent history: UN envoy
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 16 (APP):The United Nations’ special envoy for Syria expressed “profound regret” that the organization has not yet been able to broker an end to the conflict that turned a decade old Monday, saying the tragedy will go down as one of the darkest chapters in recent history. “The Syrian conflict has now…
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Will Elections be Held in Lybia This Year?
Tripoli, March 15 (AFP/APP): A ceasefire between Libya’s rival forces last October paved the way for the formation of an interim government to run the country until elections at the end of this year. Here are key moments in the North African nation’s peace process. – Breakthrough moment – Libya has been in chaos since the…
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FATF meetings’ outcome shows Pak achievements on AML-CFT targets
This opinion article is by Dr. Saeed Ahmad Ali. LAHORE, Feb 27: The plenary discussions of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) sessions are reflective of a significant achievement made by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government, by improving compliance with the Task Force recommendations about effectiveness of combating financing terrorism and anti-money laundering (CFT-AML) systems.…