06-03-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report QUETTA/ KARACHI: A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle has rammed into a police truck in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, martyring at least nine soldiers and wounding another 13. Agha Samiullah, the deputy commissioner of Balochistan’s Kachhi district, told media the attack took …

06-03-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s media regulator has banned television channels from broadcasting speeches and news conferences by Imran Khan, accusing the former prime minister of attacking the state’s institutions and promoting hatred. The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) imposed the ban late on Sunday …

06-03-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE: Officers have arrived at the residence of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a bid to arrest him in a case related to the purchase and sale of gifts. In a series of tweets on Sunday, the police said Khan was …

04-03-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: At least six terrorists including commanders were killed and 15 others wounded Thursday in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack targeting the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Afghanistan’s Khost province. According to sources, the killed militants were identified as Abdul Manan, Alam …

02-03-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ruled that elections for the provincial assemblies in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa must be held within 90 days. The five-member top court bench, led by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, on Wednesday gave a split 3-2 decision. “Parliamentary …

01-03-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Taliban forces killed a top Daesh (ISIS/ ISIL) commander who allegedly planned attacks against diplomatic missions in Afghanistan’s capital, a government official said. Violence in Afghanistan dramatically dipped after the Taliban seized power in August 2021 but in the past year, …

27-02-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: Australia has exposed and quietly expelled a large Russian spy ring whose members were posing as diplomats, a local newspaper has reported just days after Australia’s intelligence chief revealed that his agency had scored a major counterespionage success. The spy ring …

26-02-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ KABUL: The usual trade and movement of people between Pakistan and Afghanistan has fully resumed after the two sides reopened a key border crossing that was closed nearly a week ago by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers, stranding people and thousands of trucks carrying …

24-02-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report GUANTANAMO BAY/ KARACHI: Officials from the United States have returned two Pakistani brothers to their home country after holding them for 20 years without charges at the Guantanamo Bay military prison. Abdul, 55, and Mohammed Rabbani, 53, were the latest inmates to be …

24-02-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: A new report by Crisis Group warns against international donors cutting aid to Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban’s curbs on women’s education and ability to work at NGOs, instead arguing for Western countries to find a “liminal space between …