Cockroach movement and securitisation in India
. The writer is a non-resident research fellow in the research and analysis department of IPRI and an Assistant Professor at DHA Suffa University Karachi A new youth-led political movement, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), has emerged in India. The group is currently protesting repeated examination paper leaks and demanding accountability for what it calls […]
Naqvi, Bugti review Balochistan’s security situation, vow stronger counter-terrorism measures – Pakistan
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi visited Quetta on Saturday, where he chaired a high-level meeting with Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti to review the province’s law and order situation. According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Interior, the chief minister briefed the meeting on the overall security situation, ongoing measures and the provincial government’s […]
Media urged to promote factual reporting as AJK elections enter first phase
Information Department calls on media to follow poll code and avoid unverified reports during elections With the first phase of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir general elections set to begin on July 27 across Mirpur Division, the AJK Information Department has called on journalists and media organisations to exercise maximum responsibility in election coverage, urging them […]
PML-N’s ‘gift’: Buses promised by Maryam reach AJK as election commission warns against violating electoral code – Pakistan
MUZAFFARABAD: E-buses announced by the PML-N as a “gift” arrived in Muzaffarabad on Saturday as the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Election Commission warned against violating the code of conduct for election campaigns. The AJK Election Commission warned that it would not allow any individual or institution to violate the code of conduct, a day […]
PML-N’s ‘gift’ of e-buses arrives in Muzaffarabad as AJK Election Commission warns against violating electoral code – Pakistan
MUZAFFARABAD: E-buses announced by the PML-N as a “gift” arrived in Muzaffarabad on Saturday as the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Election Commission warned against violating the code of conduct for election campaigns. The AJK Election Commission warned that it would not allow any individual or institution to violate the code of conduct, a day […]
Volker Turk’s term as UN human rights chief extended despite US warnings – World
The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday to renew Volker Turk’s mandate as high commissioner for human rights for four years despite strong opposition from the United States, Russia and Israel. By a vote of 144 in favour, 10 against, and 13 abstentions, the assembly approved the renewal, beginning October 12, 2026, as proposed […]
Trump bashes ‘fake news,’ stokes 2028 furore in press gala rerun – World
US President Donald Trump lashed out at “fake news media” and talked about serving a banned third term as he addressed a rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Friday, three months after an assassination attempt disrupted the event. “This place is really the largest group of Trump derangement syndrome people ever put together at one […]
Four terrorists killed as security forces foil suicide attack in South Waziristan: ISPR
Security forces destroy an explosive-laden vehicle; President Zardari, Naqvi hail security forces’ swift response Four terrorists were killed in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s South Waziristan district after security forces thwarted a major terrorist plot by destroying an “explosive-laden vehicle intended for a suicide attack”, the military’s media wing said on Saturday. According to a statement issued by the […]
PTI’s Salman Akram Raja calls for Aug 5 protest, alleges wheat crisis and political victimisation
Accuses government of economic mismanagement and corruption while urging people to join the party’s planned protest PTI Central Secretary General Salman Akram Raja addresses a press conference. SCREENGRAB Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Secretary General Salman Akram Raja on Saturday accused the government of corruption, economic mismanagement and political victimisation, urging citizens to participate in the party’s August […]
‘Cockroaches won’: India’s education minister resigns after days of youth protests – World
India’s Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Saturday he has resigned from his position, handing a major victory to youth protesters nationwide who demanded that he quit to take responsibility for examination paper leaks. The anti-government protests represented the biggest youth challenge to India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi since he came to power in 2014. […]