Posts Tagged: Pakistan
Think Afghanistan Is a Problem? Look at Pakistan
Societal struggles and reforms often take unexpected turns in vast swaths of land stretching from the Middle East into Central Asia. Take education for example. The Taliban...
The Real Lesson of the Afghanistan Debacle
JNS.org - The seeds of the humiliating American withdrawal from Afghanistan were laid shortly after the post 9/11 US invasion of the country, when the...
Pakistan Suggests Inviting Taliban-Run Afghanistan to Regional Forum
Pakistan on Wednesday suggested inviting Taliban-run Afghanistan to a regional forum of six countries to help avert a humanitarian and economic crisis in the country. The...
Mideast Powers Vie to Shape the Next Generation of Muslims
JNS.org - Reports published earlier this year by the Israel-based Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-SE) chart a notable divergence...
Qatar Urges Taliban to Cease Fire at Meeting in Doha
Qatar said it had urged the Taliban to cease fire and pull back their offensive in Afghanistan during a meeting between the Qatari foreign minister...
The Ultra-Conservative Leanings of Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Imran Khan
Pakistani Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan is aligning his country, in religious and social terms, closer to Turkey than to his country’s traditional allies, Saudi...
Pakistan PM Khan Tests Positive for COVID-19, Urges People to Vaccinate
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, two days after receiving his first vaccine dose, government officials said, urging people not...
Pakistan Court Orders Release From Prison of Mastermind in Daniel Pearl Case
Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the release from prison on Tuesday of a British-born militant who had been convicted in the kidnapping and murder of US...
Family of Daniel Pearl to Appeal Against Freeing of Men Convicted of His Murder
The family of US journalist Daniel Pearl, who was kidnapped and beheaded in Pakistan in 2001, plans to appeal to Pakistan's Supreme Court to overturn...
Report: Pakistan Arrests Key Leader of 2008 Mumbai Terrorist Attack
i24 News - One of the alleged leaders of the terrorist organization behind a deadly 2008 attack in Mumbai has reportedly been captured by Pakistani...
Pakistan Struggles to Regain Its Footing in a Changing Muslim World
Increasing strains between Pakistan and its traditional Arab allies, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, are about more than the Gulf States’ opportunistic targeting of India’s...
At Least Eight Climbers Killed in Iran, Ship Crew Missing After Snowfall and Storms
At least eight climbers have died and several more are missing in mountains north of Iran's capital Tehran after heavy snowfall and a blizzard, state...
Pakistani Officials Deny Rumors of Secret Normalization Talks With Israel
Pakistani officials on Wednesday vehemently denied rumors that their country was making preliminary moves toward normalizing relations with Israel. The Pakistani edition of the Saudi-based publication...
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Says He’ll Never Establish Ties With ‘Zionists,’ After Facing Pressure to Recognize Israel
Pakistan’s Islamist prime minister said late last week that despite facing pressure to recognize Israel, he refuses to establish relations with the "Zionists." In a television...
