Pakistan

Post Views: 45,983 The passage of the Defence Forces of Pakistan Act, 2026, represents an important moment in Pakistan’s constitutional, institutional and national-security evolution. At a time when the international system is experiencing unprecedented geopolitical uncertainty, armed conflicts, strategic competition and rapidly changing security dynamics, Pakistan has taken an important step towards strengthening the legal…

Post Views: 35,482 By: Major Waseem Mahmood Butt (Retd.) President, PESAF (PAKISTAN Ex-Servicemen of the Armed Forces Veterans, Great PAKISTAN) This is the land of our martyrs, this homeland of ours; A garden nurtured with their blood—the garden that is ours. The unfortunate incident at Sarhad University in Islamabad has compelled every conscientious Pakistani to…

Post Views: 45,191 Barrister Majid Trambu A Wave of Happiness Among Overseas Kashmiris and Pakistanis, with Hopes for an Effective Role in the Kashmir Cause London (Special Correspondent): The election of Shah Ghulam Qadir as Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir is not only a welcome development but also a highly commendable decision. His…

Post Views: 23,803 By Dr. Oumer H. Oba, Ambassador of Ethiopia to Pakistan About one in every five Ethiopians put down their usual work and picked up a shovel. Be it a minister, diplomat, farmer or student, everybody went out to plant hope for our future generations. According to the official estimates, more than 26…

Post Views: 53,311 By- Farooq Mirza A Kashmiri activist Mushaal Hussain has strongly criticized India’s policies in Jammu and Kashmir while marking the anniversary of the constitutional changes introduced on August 5, describing the date as a turning point in the region’s modern history. In a statement, the activist alleged that the Indian government had…

Post Views: 65,701 PESHAWAR/ABBOTTABAD: The Abbottabad Bench of the Peshawar High Court has admitted a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the governance, administrative functioning, fiscal management, and planning undertaken in the 2 phase of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cities Improvement Project (KPCIP), one of the largest externally financed urban development programmes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A Division…

Post Views: 26,583 Executive Summary Today’s new economic signal is corridor-finance realism. Balochistan’s next growth story is now being shaped by the proposed US$390 million Reko Diq bridge loan for the 996-km ML-3 Rohri-Sibi-Quetta-Koh-i-Taftan railway upgrade. The plan links mining, rail, Gwadar, Iran-border trade and regional exports but repayment risk, foreign-exchange exposure and high security…

Post Views: 2,729 Islamabad, Pakistan – In a significant move aimed at providing much-needed relief to the nation, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced a substantial reduction in the prices of petroleum products on [insert date]. Addressing the nation, the Prime Minister confirmed that the price of petrol would be slashed by 74 rupees per liter,…

Post Views: 33,868 by: Dilshad Hadi Gilgit Baltistan: Unofficial and non-final results from the fourth general elections of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly continue to emerge as counting progresses across all constituencies. According to the latest unofficial results, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has secured multiple victories in Skardu, winning four key seats. PPP candidates Syed Taqeer…

Post Views: 35,497 WHAT’S THE TRUE AGENDA? FROM FLOUR SUBSIDIES TO CONSTITUTIONAL CONTESTATION: THE RISE OF THE JAMMU KASHMIR JOINT AWAMI ACTION COMMITTEE (JAAC), 2023–2026 Introduction On the surface, it began with the price of flour, the cost of electricity, and the everyday grievances of shopkeepers in a mountain town. But beneath the slogans about…