Pakistan fostering jihadists to weaken Baloch voices: Report

IANS | September 8, 2025 1:26 PM

Quetta, Sep 8 (IANS) For decades, Pakistan's military establishment has fostered and harboured jihadist groups as tools of regional strategy to silence Baloch voices of resistance against Islamabad's atrocities, a report said on Monday.

Trump indicates readiness for next phase of sanctions against Russia

IANS | September 8, 2025 6:57 AM

New York, Sept 8 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has signaled his readiness to escalate sanctions against Russia amid continued Russian defiance over the Ukraine war, but he did not specify what those measures would be as he confronts Moscow's intransigence in ending the conflict.

Pakistan has more mosques than schools and hospitals!

IANS | September 7, 2025 6:36 PM

New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Pakistan’s first-ever Economic Census, since its independence in 1947, exposes the startling ground reality that the number of mosques is over two times the number of schools in the country, which has very few factories or hospitals for a population of 250 million people -- most of whom live below the poverty line.