A Pakistani army soldier stands guard along with border fence at the Pak-Afghan border in Balochistan on May 8, 2018. (AFP) April 8, 2021 Pakistan is ‘speedily’ fencing its border with Iran and Afghanistan to curb militant attacks, Balochistan’s home minister told Arab News in an exclusive interview this week, admitting that the [...]
Iran's navy commander Habibollah Sayyari points while standing on a naval ship during Velayat-90 war game on the Sea of Oman, Jan. 1, 2012. (AFP) April 7, 2021 Pakistani and Iranian naval ships conducted a day-long “passage exercise” in the waters of the Gulf, a spokesperson for the Pakistan Navy has said, adding [...]
Turkey, Iran and Pakistan are finalizing details of the Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad (ITI) freight train. (Supplied) March 6, 2021 Turkey, Iran and Pakistan are finalizing details of the Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad (ITI) freight train that is soon to resume its operations after nine years to boost regional connectivity and increase trade among the three countries, officials told [...]
Protests in the impoverished Sistan-Baluchestan province began in Saravan, Feb 24, 2021. (Supplied) March 4, 2021 Dozens of ethnic Baluch rights activists have staged a protest in Pakistan's port city of Karachi to condemn the killing of their ethnic brethren by Iranian border guards last month. The protest comes amid reports of violent [...]
A member of Iranian security forces stands near the border with Pakistan. (AFP) By Abdul Basit Khan March 1, 2021 The recent killings of ten ethnic Baloch fuel traders, trying to smuggle untaxed Iranian diesel into Pakistan, by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has brought into sharp focus the perennial problems of [...]
The premises of Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad, Pakistan, Jan. 22, 2020. (AN February 27, 2021 The Pakistani foreign office on Friday described a statement by an Iranian official accusing Pakistani security forces of shooting at oil smugglers earlier this week as "factually incorrect," reaffirming that the incident had taken place on [...]
Pakistani paramilitary soldiers stand in front of a closed gate of a border post in Taftan near Iran on February 25, 2020. (REUTERS) February 10, 2021 The Pakistani army this week denied Iran had carried out an “intelligence operation” inside its territory to rescue Iranian soldiers who had been abducted over two years ago. Turkish [...]
Iranian-backed fighters in Syria. (Supplied) February 2, 2021 Pakistani police said on Tuesday they had arrested a militant allegedly linked to the Iran-backed Zainabiyoun Brigade, the fourth such arrest since last December and part of what investigators say is sustained action against the outfit. The Zainabiyoun Brigade was placed on the US Treasury’s financial blacklist [...]
Police commandos patrol near the Pakistan Stock Exchange building in Karachi on June 29, 2020. (AFP) January 28, 2021 Pakistan has arrested a ‘most wanted’ militant it says is linked to the Zainabiyoun Brigade, with investigators saying on Thursday he had received military training in neighboring Iran. The Zainabiyoun Brigade was placed on the US [...]
Pakistani soldiers on patrol near the Pakistan-Iran border in Taftan, Pakistan, on February 25, 2020. (AFP) January 12, 2021 Pakistan’s army spokesman said on Monday nearly 37 percent fencing work along the country’s 900-kilometer border with Iran had been completed. The Pak-Iran border begins at the Koh-i-Malik Salih mountain and ends at Gwadar Bay in [...]
