Author: Horshid Shirazi

China has unveiled its most expensive Belt and Road Initiative to date, a $58 billion railway system connecting Pakistan to western China, which aims to reduce Western trade dependence, according to a report by the South China Morning Post. The plan, reviewed by state-owned China Railway First Survey and Design Institute Group Co Ltd., has been deemed worth the investment despite the hefty price tag. The 1,860-mile rail system will connect Pakistan’s port of Gwadar to China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and could reshape not only trade but geopolitics, according to the proposal’s review board. The Chinese team of analysts…

Pakistan’s foreign minister said on Tuesday that 700 nationals have been evacuated to safety in Sudan, where heavy fighting has killed hundreds of people and sparked an exodus of foreigners. “Today, another convoy carrying 211 Pakistanis dispatched from Khartoum has arrived in Port Sudan,” Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said in a statement. “With the latest convoy, the total number of Pakistanis who have been evacuated to safety has reached 700.” Pakistanis were being housed near the port before their onward journey, he tweeted earlier this week. The ministry said around 1,500 Pakistanis were in Sudan, whose safety and security was being closely monitored.…

ISLAMABAD, Mar 26: Pakistan right-wing Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) party chief Sirajul Haq has said that the tussle between the ruling coalition and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) could result in the imposition of a martial law in the country, according to a media report today.The cash-starved country is under constant political turmoil after the ouster of Prime Minister Imran Khan in April last year. “The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) Government has become a burden on the nation,” Haq was quoted as saying by the Express Tribune newspaper.Haq said that the tussle between the ruling coalition and the Pakistan opposition could result in…

He has been the head of a country for many years and has tripled the national per capita income. As a result, he is in power and can take whatever he wants, and is known as a political strongman. Relying on the special importance of the country, as a member of NATO and G20, he monopolizes the junction of Asia and Europe, shot down Russian fighter planes, and said “no” to the United States, which often caused disturbances in public opinion. He not only dared to speak, but also dared to do it. It can quell turmoil at home and dare to…

Federal Human Rights Minister Riaz Pirzada has claimed that former director general of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed wanted to bring the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) back to the country. He made these remarks on Dawn News programme ‘Doosra Rukh’, which will air at 7pm today. Pakistan has of late seen an uptick in terrorist activities, with an attack on the Karachi police chief’s office on Friday night being the latest incident. The hours-long combat between terrorists and law-enforcement agencies, at the office located at Sharea Faisal, left four people martyred and 18 injured while all three terrorists were reported to…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s political and military leadership on Monday vowed that no nation will be allowed to shelter militants who stage attacks against the country — an apparent reference to neighboring Afghanistan. The statement came amid a spike in attacks by the militant Pakistani Taliban, many of whom are hiding in neighboring Afghanistan. The attacks are on the rise across Pakistan, especially in the northwest near the Afghan border. The announcement came at the end of a lengthy meeting of Pakistan’s National Security Committee, which was attended by Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, the newly appointed army chief Gen. Asim…

The selection panel, which also has Abdul Razzaq and Rao Iftikhar Anjum, has been tasked with reviewing the Test squad named by the previous committee Shahid Afridi has been named the interim chief selector of the Pakistan men’s national team, with his one-time team-mates Abdul Razzaq and Rao Iftikhar Anjum part of the three-man committee. For now, the appointment is only for the upcoming home series against New Zealand, and the committee has been tasked with reviewing the Test squad that was announced by the panel led by Mohammad Wasim before he was removed from the position of chief selector as part of an overhaul at the PCB. Saying…