Pakistan reports another poliovirus case, yearly tally rises to 24

Pakistan reports another poliovirus case, yearly tally rises to 24

A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child in a school, in Karachi, Pakistan, on September 1, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP One more poliovirus case was reported in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday (September 1, 2025), taking the total number of cases in the country this year to 24, the National … Read more

From Abbottabad to Trump: The unbroken chain in U.S.–Pakistan military relations

From Abbottabad to Trump: The unbroken chain in U.S.–Pakistan military relations

On a chilly evening in January 2006, enroute from Islamabad to Muzaffarabad in my host’s hatchback car, we passed through a small town called Abbottabad which is part of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Abbottabad for all practical reasons is an extension of Pothwari-speaking area of Pakistan, which includes Islamabad-Rawalpindi area and northern Pakistan-occupied Jammu and … Read more

Pakistan launches new security operation against militants near Afghan border

Pakistan launches new security operation against militants near Afghan border

Internally Displaced People, who fled from their homes due to security forces launched a targeted operation against militants, walk at a camp set up in a sports complex in Khar, the main town of Bajaur, a northwestern Pakistani district bordering Afghanistan, on August 12, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Pakistani security forces have launched a … Read more