Pakistan’s foreign debt has reached a level that even the future generations will not be able to pay off, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on May 28. “Imran Khan’s government took such hefty amount of loans that our generations might not be able to pay them,” Sharif said in a public address, referring to his…
Pakistan’s Foreign Debts Will Burden Generations to Come: Prime Minister
Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Khan Issues Ultimatum After Disbanding Violent Protest March
ISLAMABAD—Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Imran Khan disbanded a protest march by supporters on Thursday after clashes with police outside parliament, but threatened that they would return unless an election was called within six days. Khan had rallied thousands of supporters to Islamabad, with plans to occupy sensitive parts of the capital until Prime Minister Shehbaz…
Former Pakistani Rights Minister Arrested, Court Orders Probe
ISLAMABAD—A court in Pakistan’s capital has ordered an investigation into the controversial arrest of a former human rights minister over a decades old land dispute. Chief Justice Ather Minallah of the Islamabad High Court late Saturday ordered the probe in response to a petition from the daughter of former minister Shireen Mazari. Minallah questioned the…
Pakistan Faces Default Risks Amid Political Uncertainty
Pakistan is facing the risk of economic default amid increased political uncertainty following the removal of Prime Minister Imran Khan last month. Foreign reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan fell by $190 million to $10.3 billion this month, sending the Pakistani rupee to an all-time low in the interbank market of 191.77 rupees…
China ‘Outraged’ by Karachi Blast, Urges Pakistan to Take Action
China was “shocked and outraged” by the suicide bombing attack in Karachi that killed three Chinese nationals and a Pakistani national, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told his Pakistani counterpart on May 16. Li spoke by phone with Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and urged him to “make every effort to deal with the follow-up matters…
Roadside Blast Near Karachi Kills 1, Injures at Least 10
A roadside bomb exploded near a police van in the southern port city of Karachi on Monday, killing a woman passerby and wounding about a dozen others, according to oficials. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but suspicion fell on separatist terrorists in Baluchistan who have been waging a low-level insurgency there. “Explosive…
Factional Conflicts Continue to Roil Pakistan Administration After PM Khan’s Ouster
May 13, 2022
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The recent tumultuous shift in the national politics of Pakistan was widely reported as triggered by power play between former Prime Minister Imran Khan and leading figures in the country’s powerful military establishment: Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, and the former head of intelligence services (ISI) Lt Gen. Faiz Hameed. Hameed who was widely…
4 People Killed in Karachi University Bombing Targeted at Chinese Officials
April 27, 2022
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Three Chinese nationals and a Pakistani national were reportedly killed in a suicide bombing attack that occurred outside a Chinese-language learning center in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi on Tuesday. According to reports, the three were among passengers on a minibus returning to Karachi University when the bomb exploded near the university’s Confucius Institute,…
Terrorists in Afghanistan Strike Pakistan Army Post, Kill 3
ISLAMABAD—Terrorists in Afghanistan fired heavy weapons across the border into a Pakistani military outpost overnight, killing three personnel, the army said Saturday, in the latest violence to rattle the volatile region. A firefight ensued with the terrorists firing toward the army post in Pakistan’s rugged North Waziristan region, and several were killed, the statement said….
Pakistan’s New Ruling Alliance Takes Control of Parliament With New Speaker
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—Pakistan’s new ruling alliance took control of the lower house of parliament on Saturday with the election of a new speaker, cementing control of the assembly after former premier Imran Khan was ousted in a no-confidence vote. The previous speaker and his deputy, both Khan allies, had attempted to block and then delay the…
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