By Alex Rodriguez As the U.S. and Pakistan struggle to patch up frayed ties, plans for a Pakistani-Iranian natural gas pipeline further threaten the fragile partnership. Pakistan desperately needs new energy sources and has made it clear that it plans to forge ahead with the pipeline to bring in natural gas from Iran, despite warnings from the U.S. that Islamabad could be hit with economic sanctions if it f ...

By Ashraf Mumtaz LAHORE - Foreign countries and agencies strongly opposed to the Gwadar Port and determined to drive a wedge between Pakistan and Iran are involved in terrorist activities in Balochistan, military sources say. They told TheNation that Gwadar Port had the capacity to bring about economic prosperity in the impoverished Balochistan and this was precisely what the enemies could not tolerate. Sim ...

By Tehran Times An Indian newspaper says the United States is putting pressure on Pakistan to allow Washington to establish espionage bases in the country's Balochistan province to gather intelligence on Iran. According to a report published by The Times of India on Monday, the U.S. Congress has been discussing a resolution to recognize the right of Baloch people to self-determination as a means of putting ...

By Praveen Swami In an exclusive interview to The Hindu — his first to an Indian newspaper — Mr. Bugti said New Delhi had an "ethical obligation, as a democracy and a regional power, to join the world in condemning the ongoing massacre of the Baloch people." "The Baloch do not need guns," he added, "but we need political support, so Pakistan's military knows the world will hold it to account." Pakistani tro ...

By Faheem Belharvi The decision to convene an APC on Balochistan was announced by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani who constituted a committee of ministers and PPP leaders to contact politicians all over the country to convince them to participate in the conference. The way out of this situation demands that we should learn from history. The Balochistan problem must no more be seen in the security perspect ...

By Ishaal Zehra Eddie Walsh, foreign correspondent of Al Jazeera English, in his article "Should the US support an independent Balochistan?" interestingly writes "Over the last few months, a small faction of congressmen, minority Afghan groups, Baloch nationalists, and their supporters have laid out the framework for an alternative US policy approach for Southwest Asia. This alternative policy centres on ba ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Pakistan has issued tender for laying kilometers Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline in its territory to a German company while rejecting US Pressure over Iran-Pakistan Gas line Project. According to the secretary petroleum, Pakistan has offered $250 million to a German company, ILF Engineering, for laying the gas pipeline inside its territory. The 2,775-kilometre (1,724 mi) pipeline which st ...

By Khaled Abu Toameh Fatah activists in Ramallah denounced the visit by Israeli physicians as a form of "normalization" with Israel. The fact that thousands of Palestinian patients receive medical treatment in Israeli hospitals each year did not stop Palestinians from voicing opposition to a visit by Israeli physicians to Ramallah last week. The Israeli physicians arrived in Ramallah as part of a tour that ...