Day: May 27, 2023

WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Masood Khan said it was important that the US restores – for Pakistan – Foreign Military Financing and Foreign Military Sales, suspended by the previous Administration.Addressing a conference on “The Future of Pakistan-US relations” at renowned US think-tank Wilson Centre in Washington, he cautioned about serious perils of […]

“There are armies which guard their nation’s borders, there are armies which are concerned with protecting their own position in society, and there are armies which defend a cause or an idea. The Pakistan Army does all three,” writes Stephen P. Cohen in his article, Pakistan: Army, Society and Security. Though presently ranked as the […]

Pakistan is in danger of defaulting on its debt while a bruising political battle is raging between the government and former PM Khan.Pakistan’s government has announced plans to launch a nationwide operation to root out armed groups in the country, the National Security Committee (NSC) said.The move, announced on on Friday, is a potentially costly […]

Gulzar Imam, a ‘high-value target’ according to the military, is the founder and leader of the banned Baloch Nationalist Army.Pakistan’s top intelligence agency has arrested a “high-value target” in an operation against a Baloch rebel group in the country’s southwest, the army said.The military statement on Friday said Gulzar Imam, also known by the name […]

Incident took place in Kech district in southwestern Balochistan province, which shares a long border with Afghanistan and Iran.Pakistan’s army said attackers from Iran killed four of its border patrol soldiers.The soldiers were part of a routine border patrol operating along the Pakistan-Iran border when fighters attacked in the Jalgai sector of Kech district, the […]

KARACHI, Pakistan, May 2 (Reuters) – Pakistan inflation rose to a record 36.4% in the year to April driven mainly by food prices, the highest rate in South Asia and up from March's 35.4%, the statistics bureau said on Tuesday.Pakistan's rural areas recorded food inflation of 40.2%, the bureau told Reuters. Food inflation for both […]

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UNITED NATIONS, May 1 (Reuters) – A U.N. Security Council committee on Monday agreed to allow the Taliban administration's foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi to travel to Pakistan from Afghanistan next week to meet with the foreign ministers of Pakistan and China, diplomats said.Muttaqi has long been subjected to a travel ban, asset freeze and […]

By Chad Finn As nostalgic as we can be in this corner of the sports section, this past week’s annoying plot twists in sports television weren’t quite enough to make anyone long for the days of three channels, tinfoil-wrapped rabbit ears, and static during, say, a Channel 38 Bruins broadcast.But the present and future of […]

Media Center 5/24/2023 11:15:00 AM Saquandra Heath The NCAA today released survey results that show many young adults are wagering on sports, often despite age or geographic restrictions on legal sports betting. NCAA President Charlie Baker commissioned the survey weeks after taking over to establish a new baseline of sports betting activity, given the proliferation of […]