Author: Basbug Sayyid

By Hamid Mir: In 2015, Pakistan’s army declared victory in its fight against terrorism. Eight years later, Pakistan is once again under attack. There were more than 150 attacks against the Pakistan Army and police by the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) in 2022. The first month of 2023 saw 44 attacks by TTP in which 134 people were killed. Taliban used US-made sophisticated weapons in many attacks against Pakistani security forces. These weapons were left behind by the US and NATO forces during their withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. Many weapons were sold to arms dealers by the soldiers and officers…

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 17 . Uzbekistan’s electricity demand decreased by an estimated 1 percent in 2022, trend reports via the latest electricity market update from the International Energy Agency (IEA). According to the report, Uzbekistan is the Eurasia region’s third largest electricity consumer, and its electricity demand rose by 7 percent (+4.1 TWh) in 2021. Furthermore, the report notes that Uzbekistan continues to suffer from electricity supply cuts due to natural gas supply shortages for power plants. In this regard, Uzbekistan put into operation additional six thermal power plants with a combined capacity of 1.4 GW and one…

As per recent reports, nearly 2,000 students from Telangana who were pursuing their MBBS in Ukraine had to return to India due to the ongoing war and after a long wait, these students have now been granted seats in Uzbekistan. The Uzbekistan delegation, during a meeting with Health Minister T Harish Rao on Thursday, February 16, confirmed that 500 students have been admitted to Tashkent Medical Academy (TMA), 1,000 students were accepted by Bukhara State Medical Institute and 500 students have secured admission in other institutes in Uzbekistan, stated a report by The New Indian Express. During the meeting, Harish Rao requested…

Azerbaijan will contribute $25m to the authorized capital of the Azerbaijani-Kyrgyz Development Fund, Azernews reports, citing the Kyrgyz Economy Ministry. The Kyrgyz Economy Ministry said that the Committee on Budget, Economic and Fiscal Policy of the Supreme Council (Jogorku Kenesh) approved a draft Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On ratification of the Agreement between the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the establishment of the Azerbaijani-Kyrgyz Development Fund”. According to the ministry, the purpose of the agreement is to deepen and expand trade, investment, and financial relations between economic entities…

Updated: Jan 19, 2023 03:24 IST Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 19 (ANI): Bangladesh, a nation born out of Pakistan in 1971 is performing better in universal health coverage indicators than its predecessor, reported Bangladesh Live News (BLN).Universal health coverage (UHC) is a global health priority and one of the major targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In a recent article in the Dawn, Professor Zafar Mirza of Shifa Tameer-i-Millat University, Islamabad and WHO adviser on Universal health coverage made some shocking revelations regarding the healthcare status in Pakistan. For instance on neonatal mortality rate (NMR), Pakistan ranks second highest in…

PM Sharif expresses willingness for talks with India; asks UAE to play a role in resolving differences. Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called for talks with India to discuss “burning issues such as Kashmir” while asking the United Arab Emirates to play a role in resolving the differences between the two neighbours. Terming the UAE a “brotherly country” while on a visit there last week, Sharif, in an interview with Al Arabiya aired on Tuesday, said: “I will give my word that we will talk to India with sincerity, but it takes two to tango.” “My…

Updated: Jan 18, 2023 06:37 IST Islamabad [Pakistan], January 18 (ANI): The all-powerful Pakistan army is tangled in political crosshair as it is facing the tirade from those it has patronized and promoted, writes Federico Giuliani, in Insideover.Pakistan army is known to tamper with the democratic system by engineering the ouster of one government, and later, propping up proxy governments in the country. These are bad times for the all-powerful Pakistan Army. A troubled change of guard last November has not helped. None seems to believe its public pronouncements that it is ‘neutral’ and not in the political game, reported…

Islamabad Pakistan’s economy is currently facing one of its worst crises as the country’s foreign exchange reserves have fallen to a critical level of USD 4.5 billion, warned The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry’s (FPCCI) Businessmen Panel (BMP), according to Pakistan based The Frontier Post newspaper. FPCCI former president and BMP Chairman Mian Anjum Nisar has said that the number is likely to drop further amid debt repayment obligations of more than USD 8 billion in the first quarter of 2023. The country has made repayments of USD 600 million and USD 415 million to two Dubai-based…

On Friday, a suicide bomber killed himself and killed three other people in Islamabad, the first such attack in Pakistan’s capital in eight years. This is just the latest in a series of offensives launched by the Pakistani Taliban, who unilaterally ended a ceasefire with Pakistan last month after their leader was killed in Afghanistan, where they are provided refuge by their allies, the Afghan Taliban. The Pakistani Taliban blamed the death on Pakistani intel. Since then, the group has stepped up attacks of all types — cross-border sniping, complex hostage-takings, even targeting medical teams trying to cure polio — across Pakistan, further destabilizing a country in…