The US State Department in a meeting on March 7, 2022 encouraged the Pakistani government to remove Imran Khan as the country's Prime Minister over his neutrality in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, US-based news outlet The Intercept reported citing a classified Pakistani governme
Initially, the Pakistani government had budgeted PKR 3.9 trillion to cover markup on loans for the ongoing fiscal year 2022-23. However, revised estimates have revealed that the spending on interest payments rose to PKR 5.52 trillion.
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said that the decision has been taken to assure Pakistan that refugees are not involved in attacks against the Pakistani government.
The main issue is Gilgit-Baltistan's constitutional status. Each and every Pakistani government has ignored the region, and it was only considered as a buffer zone, strategic location, vote bank for Kashmir's plebiscite, and most significantly as a military barrack (due to security dilemma),
Several people from the Shia community staged protests in Alamgari Bazar, Zadibal area of Srinagar expressing anger against the targeted killings of the Shia community in Pakistan. "Pakistani government is behind the attacks. Today we have gathered to show that we stand strong with the Shia
Pakistani government and military do not seem to have a way out from facing persistent attacks from the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The demands of TTP have varied over time, and the group has been using violence as means to make Pakistan accept them. One of its major demands of
As the Pakistani government lurches from one political crisis to another, the decision-makers sitting in Islamabad have decided to go ahead with a 'digital census' exercise that appears to be almost comical, if not for its insidious intent.
According to the notification issued by the Establishment Division, "Muhammad Saeed, a BS-21 officer of the Police Service of Pakistan, presently posted as Inspector General Gilgit-Baltistan, is transferred and directed to report to the Establishment Division".
TTP leaders openly say that their group seeks to establish an Islamic caliphate in Pakistan that would require the overthrow of the Pakistani Government, The research group reported.
In the name of political empowerment, successive Pakistani governments have only given cosmetic reforms to the region. It is the Prime Minister-led Gilgit Baltistan council and not the GB Legislative Assembly that exercises de facto control over the region.