Fifth social rights activist in less than two weeks disappears in Pakistan

Fifth social rights activist in less than two weeks disappears in Pakistan

Five social activists have gone missing in Pakistan in the past two weeks, prompting concerns from international rights groups. Samar Abbas is the latest of these social-rights fighters to go missing in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad. His absence was reported by Talib Raza, another activist that works with Abbas at the Civil Progressive Alliance of Pakistan […]

Pakistan tests nuke-capable missile in response to India’s nuke testing

Pakistan tests nuke-capable missile in response to India’s nuke testing

Pakistan has responded to India’s recent nuclear capable Agni-V missile test by testing one of their own.  Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of Pakistan’s military, announced the successful test launch of Pakistan’s first ever submarine based cruise missile on Tuesday. The Babur-3, according to the ISPR, is intended to bolster Pakistan’s defenses in […]

Military report: Trump pick Michael Flynn shared classified intel

Military report: Trump pick Michael Flynn shared classified intel

Washington (CNN)Donald Trump’s incoming national security adviser “inappropriately shared” classified intelligence with foreign military personnel, according to a just-surfaced military summary of the inquiry. Michael Flynn, the controversial head of intelligence for the coalition in Afghanistan at the time, unintentionally violated intelligence regulations when serving as the Army’s deputy chief of staff for intelligence, according […]

Pakistan plays up, then plays down prime minister’s chummy call with Trump

Pakistan plays up, then plays down prime minister’s chummy call with Trump

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The morning papers were giddy with hyperbole on Thursday over the news that Donald Trump had spoken to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif by phone a day earlier and showered compliments on a country he once accused of “betrayal and disrespect” — even offering to help the nuclear power solve its problems abroad. […]

Pakistan Appoints Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa as Army Chief of Staff

Pakistan Appoints Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa as Army Chief of Staff

Pakistan’s government appointed a new army chief of staff on Saturday, a boost for democracy in the coup-prone nation and the first smooth transition for the top military job in 20 years. Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa was named to succeed Gen. Raheel Sharif, who became the first head of the army since 1996 to make way for his successor after completing a […]

Cross-border shelling between India and Pakistan escalates sharply; at least 20 dead

Cross-border shelling between India and Pakistan escalates sharply; at least 20 dead

NEW DELHI — Heavy cross-border shelling in the disputed Kashmir region killed at least three Pakistani soldiers and seven Indian troops on Wednesday, Pakistan’s military said, in a sharp escalation of violence after a deadly ambush of three Indian soldiers. At least 10 civilians also were killed, witnesses said. Pakistan’s military announced the death toll […]

8 dead, dozens wounded in blasts at Pakistan ship breaking yard

8 dead, dozens wounded in blasts at Pakistan ship breaking yard

At least eight people were killed and dozens were wounded in a series of explosions Tuesday at a ship breaking yard in southwest Pakistan, officials said. The blasts happened at the Gadani yard in Balochistan Province, Deputy Commissioner Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah told CNN. More than 30 workers are missing, according to police officer Rehmatullah […]

India says Pakistani diplomat arrested at Delhi zoo was spy ring kingpin

India says Pakistani diplomat arrested at Delhi zoo was spy ring kingpin

India says it will expel a Pakistani diplomat it accuses of being the “kingpin” of a spy ring, after his arrest on Wednesday outside the gates of the Delhi zoo, where police allege he was planning to meet Indian contacts he had recruited. Tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours are at their highest for more than a […]

Police academy in Pakistan attacked, 41 trainees killed

Police academy in Pakistan attacked, 41 trainees killed

Several gunmen attacked the police academy in Quetta, Pakistan, killing at least 41 trainees and injuring 106. During the attack, there were approximately 700 trainees on the campus. The gunmen focused the attack on the hostel that housed the sleeping trainees. The majority of the trainees were killed by two explosive devices. So far three attackers have been […]

Sectarian violence spills into the UK

Sectarian violence spills into the UK

Two of the world’s nuclear powers almost went to war recently to little notice in the UK. And yet the group accused of being the spark for the violence and the countries involved are ones with deep historical links to this country. Violence in South Asia has a habit of resonating in Britain, be it […]

Pakistan’s terrorists by proxy

Pakistan’s terrorists by proxy

A prominent Pakistani journalist claims the government prohibited him from exiting the county after he wrote an article illuminating a potential schism between military and government leaders. The article claiming that Pakistan’s top spy agency is protecting militants comes as India has accused Islamabad of backing terrorists, stroking global fears of a potential conflict between the two nuclear armed […]

Indian army camp in Kashmir comes under attack

Indian army camp in Kashmir comes under attack

Attackers opened fire at a paramilitary camp in Indian-administered Kashmir, according to an army spokesperson, killing one border guard and wounding another. According to reports, it was the 46 Rashtriya Rifles army camp in Kashmir’s Baramulla district that came under attack on Sunday evening. Sunday’s incident comes just days after forces from India and Pakistan […]