News & Current Affairs

US authorities slap $55m fine on National Bank of Pakistan for anti-money laundering violations, compliance failures

US authorities fined National Bank of Pakistan $55 million in separate orders, with the US Federal Reserve Board announcing a $20.4-million penalty for anti-money...

British-Pakistani ‘hitman’ found guilty of plotting to kill Pakistani activist in exile. Hit ordered from Pakistan, court told.

A British-Pakistani "hitman" has been found guilty of conspiring to kill a Pakistani dissident in the Netherlands. A court in London heard Muhammad Gohir Khan...

Pakistani money-laundering ring involved in washing millions of Euros busted in Paris.

Police in the French capital city of Paris dismantled a major Pakistani money-laundering ring with a net worth of 70 millions Euros of transactions...

Lashkar-e-Taiba linked humanitarian group resurfaces in Murree for rescue efforts

In what appears to be a repeat of the same old, a Lashkar-e-Taiba linked humanitarian organization with the name of Tehreek Allah-u-Akbar was seen...

EXCLUSIVE: Is Pakistan using Turkish and Chinese drones in Kashmir conflict?

By Taha Siddiqui Between the night of Saturday 2nd of October and Sunday 3rd October, in the southern part of the Kashmir valley nearby the...

In Naya Pakistan, you can get a peace deal if you are a terrorist!

Days after making a deal with the banned Islamist extremist group, the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), the Pakistani government has announced that it has made...

Is Pakistan Islamizing Gilgit Baltistan? South Asia Press investigates

On the morning of July 14th 2021, a bus transporting workers through the mountainous  terrain of Kohistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was attacked.The workers, mainly Chinese...

Pakistan fails to convince FATF to remove it from the grey-list over concerns of not prosecuting terrorists effectively.

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Thursday retained Pakistan in its grey list and urged the country to do more to investigate and...

Pakistan continues to appease terrorists – this time it is the Pakistani Taliban.

In a recent television interview, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan revealed that his government was in the process of negotiating with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan...