Bharat Rakshak

IMF is USA, for USA which print USD by the Billions, its a cheap price to pay to keep the Pakis afloat.

IMF is USA, for USA which print USD by the Billions, its a cheap price to pay to keep the Pakis afloat.

Ties between Pakistan and Afghan Taliban on the edge

Since the Taliban took control of Kabul, there were hopes in Pakistan that given the country’s close relationship with the group, the new Afghan government would take care of its security concerns.

The Taliban initially tried to broker a peace deal between Pakistan and the TTP but those efforts made little impact except a month-long truce.

It appears that after several months of failed efforts to deal with the question of TTP, Pakistan’s relationship with the Taliban government is now on the edge.

On Saturday, three Pakistani soldiers were martyred in an attack, according to the military’s media wing, carried out by terrorists from inside Afghanistan. It was the latest in a series of cross-border terrorist attacks happened in recent weeks.

On April 14, at least 7 Pakistani soldiers lost their lives in a similar cross-border raid in the North Waziristan district. Following that attack, Pakistan reportedly carried out retaliatory strikes in Kunar and Khust provinces of Afghanistan, targeting the hideouts of the banned TTP. Pakistan did not publicly acknowledge carrying out the strikes though in a rare move that suggested deepening tensions between the two countries the Afghan interim foreign minister summoned our Ambassador in Kabul. The Pakistan’s envoy was told not to carry out air strikes on the Afghan territory. In Islamabad, meanwhile, the Foreign Office issued the strongest statement yet condemning the use of Afghan soil against Pakistan.

Many observers had already predicted that given the Taliban’s close affiliation with the TTP and the ideology they share with it, they would never take action against such the terrorist outfit. This means the relationship between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban is likely to sour, further jeopardising efforts for peace and stability in the region. This is going to be one of the major challenges facing the new government in Pakistan. For last many weeks, the domestic political situation has put such issues including the increasing threat posed by the TTP under the carpet. But the visit of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to North Waziristan last week highlighted the urgency to deal with the problem. Given what happened so far since the Taliban takeover in August, it will not be a surprise if Pak-Afghan ties deteriorate in coming months.

Cuban envoy calls out Ahsan Iqbal for 'disrespectful' remarks on his country

Cuba Ambassador to Pakistan Zéner Caro on Monday called out Federal Minister for Planning and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal for his "disrespectful" remarks on Cuba, given during a press conference in Lahore yesterday.

At a media talk on Sunday, Iqbal had said that Pakistan wanted to become a strong country for which it needed a strong economy and positioning with the global economy.

He said he did not want Pakistan to turn into Cuba or North Korea. "We have to set Pakistan on the path of [development, like] Malaysia, Turkey, China and South Korea," the minister had added.

Need Ishaq Dar back in Islamabad asap ! $8 billion in fresh IMF loans is a once in a lifetime opportunity to sell all dollars and strengthen paki rupee !

Aditya_V wrote:IMF is USA, for USA which print USD by the Billions, its a cheap price to pay to keep the Pakis afloat.

Doesn't matter how much you give. Baki will be Baki.......I've been cheated by you since I don't know when.. as ABBA sang. So when you kneel me down, you have to hear me AS SO AS.

rsingh wrote:

Aditya_V wrote:IMF is USA, for USA which print USD by the Billions, its a cheap price to pay to keep the Pakis afloat.

Doesn't matter how much you give. Baki will be Baki.......I've been cheated by you since I don't know when.. as ABBA sang. So when you kneel me down, you have to hear me AS SO AS.

How much of $8 Bil is going to Chine and how much into the hands of the treasury?

I am guessing it is a significant mount. PKtpR has strengthened by 1% in Monday's tradin!

Its not like they are going to get $8B , they already got 3 of the original $6B under the Imran Khan term .

At best they will get $5 Billions (3 left over from last program + 2 new Bs) after doing away with energy/power subsidies , amnesties etc and after IMF finalizes Pakistan's budget for the next fiscal year ( they're sending a team to Pakistan on may10).

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2354052/br ... -to-be-8bn


Although , the Shehbaz Shariff fellow is flying to Saudi , probably will bring some wheat and couple of B's from there also.

Bad news all around

Ambar wrote:Need Ishaq Dar back in Islamabad asap ! $8 billion in fresh IMF loans is a once in a lifetime opportunity to sell all dollars and strengthen paki rupee !

Don’t be surprised if he actually does this, to them the strength of Paki rupee is an issue of ‘H&D’ . New elections will be early next year what better way to prove there competence to the Tafta public

Meanwhile, back at the ranch.....


https://indianexpress.com/article/educa ... n-7886144/

In the notice issued on April 22, the UGC and the AICTE said Indians who intend to take admission in any educational institution of Pakistan 'shall not be eligible for seeking employment or higher studies in India'.

“We have sought clarification from the Indian government with reference to the said Public Notice. Pakistan reserves the right to take appropriate measures in response to this openly discriminatory and inexplicable action by India,” the Pakistan ministry of foreign affairs, based in Islamabad, said in a statement.

How dare UGC not recognize masters in soosai technologies from Hafiz Saeed Institute of International terrorism!!!

I did not even know that Indians were going to TSP for education and that those degree's were accepted in India.

^ Used to be kashmiris.. might have recently included Rohingyas (shown as Indians)

India should be careful and additional screenings should be introduced before issuing visas.
Polio setback

WE were almost there. For over a whole year, 15 months to be exact, Pakistan remained polio-free. However, the surfacing of a wild poliovirus case in Bannu district has thrown a huge spanner in the works of national polio eradication efforts.

According to details, the National Institute of Health confirmed the presence of type-1 wild poliovirus in a 15-month-old boy who was paralysed. Meanwhile, earlier in the month, wild poliovirus was also detected in environmental samples from Bannu.

Pratyush wrote:I did not even know that Indians were going to TSP for education and that those degree's were accepted in India.

What saar, have you not attended the morning program at the Sialkot High Institute of Technology, followed by classes at the Peshawar Institute of Social Studies?

Personally I’m very disturbed that UGC is preventing me from attending these Pakistani institutions of academic excellence. This will not stand, I say.

Baikul wrote:

Pratyush wrote:I did not even know that Indians were going to TSP for education and that those degree's were accepted in India.

What saar, have you not attended the morning program at the Sialkot High Institute of Technology, followed by classes at the Peshawar Institute of Social Studies?

Personally I’m very disturbed that UGC is preventing me from attending these Pakistani institutions of academic excellence. This will not stand, I say.

very many do, particularly from cashmere, KER, UP and hyd

Pratyush wrote:I did not even know that Indians were going to TSP for education and that those degree's were accepted in India.

This was mostly a radicalization program funneled through the Hurriyat, and lot of the guys went 'missing' till they resurfaced as terrorists infiltrating from POK. Also, it was a perks and reward for the Hurriyat elites (as opposed to the cannon fodder ordinary folks who were turned into militants) where they got a degree from Pakistan and then were sponsored by ISI for further studies in Malaysia/Turkey using that, and settled there so that they could run propaganda campaigns etc.

What appropriate action are they proposing to take against this decision from India? May be TSP should also issue an order preventing paki students from coming to India for higher studies and the associated non curricular activities. Hey but that eej bhat the chankian baniyas also want, hainji?

Dilbu wrote:What appropriate action are they proposing to take against this decision from India? May be TSP should also issue an order preventing paki students from coming to India for higher studies and the associated non curricular activities. Hey but that eej bhat the chankian baniyas also want, hainji?

That's the beauty of it LOL. Just like trade sanctions, their so-called countermeasures are exactly what we want as well.

Several people have been killed in Karachi university blast .Banned terror outfit BLA has claimed responsibility for vehicle explosion in Karachi.

BLA spox says a female suicide bomber targeted Chinese nationals in Karachi University.

Edit :
List of persons killed/injured in result of a blast outside Confucius Institute at University of Karachi:

1. Huang Guiping [Director] (Dead)
2. Ding Mupeng (Dead)
3. Chen Sai (Dead)
4. Khalid [Driver] (Dead)
6. Wang Yuqing (Injured)
7. Hamid [Security Guard] (Injured)

The director of Confucius institute is dead. Oh.. this.. the iron brother is not gonna likey..
3 Chinese nationals among 4 killed in Karachi University ‘suicide attack’

KARACHI: At least four people were killed including three Chinese nationals in a "suicide attack" on a van inside the University of Karachi near Confucius Institute, Geo News reported Tuesday, citing police officials.

Sources said that the foreign teachers, onboard a van, were heading towards the department when the explosion occurred. Rangers personnel riding on two motorbikes were escorting the van.

Karachi police chief Ghulam Nabi Memon said that the explosion appeared to be a "suicide blast". He maintained that as per the initial information, a burqa-clad woman might be involved in the explosion.

Sources said that four Rangers personnel were injured in the explosion. The sources said that the personnel were deployed for the security of the van. The condition of the Rangers personnel is out of danger now.

Those killed in the explosion were identified as Confucius Institute’s Director Huang Guiping, Ding Mupeng, Chen Sai and the van’s driver Khalid.

The Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) East Muqaddas Haider, while speaking to Geo News, said that it is the bomb disposal squad’s responsibility to determine the nature of the blast, adding that the process of identification is underway.

He, however, expressed concerns that the blast could have been a terrorist attack targeting Chinese nationals.

There goes the $2.5 billion Chinese loan which was supposed to rollover next week..

athulya wrote:Banned terror outfit BLA has claimed responsibility for vehicle explosion in Karachi.

Why are you espousing the Paki point of view on BRF?

Bart S wrote:

athulya wrote:Banned terror outfit BLA has claimed responsibility for vehicle explosion in Karachi.

Why are you espousing the Paki point of view on BRF?

My bad Shri Bart , was copied from Paki source.

Ambar wrote:There goes the $2.5 billion Chinese loan which was supposed to rollover next week..

It seems so. Why suddenly this fascination on Chinese during month of fast

The below are headlines firm Yawn:

At least four people, including three Chinese nationals, were killed while four others were injured in a suicide attack outside the University of Karachi's (KU) Confucius Institute, officials said on Tuesday

Thirteen people, including nine Chinese nationals, two personnel of the Frontier Constabulary (FC) and two locals, were killed and 28 others sustained injuries when a coach carrying them to an under-construction tunnel site of the 4,300-megawatt Dasu hydropower project

At least two children were killed in a "suicide attack" targeting a vehicle carrying Chinese nationals in Balochistan's Gwadar district on Friday.

Here is the AOA video


https://mobile.twitter.com/arunpudur/st ... 9417467904

Just for daku-mentation.

Three Paki Mohtarmas (Madiha Afzal, Ayesha Siddiqa, and Niloufer Siddiqui) giving their views on the current Paki political crisis at a webinar hosted by the Diplomutt.

Ambar wrote:There goes the $2.5 billion Chinese loan which was supposed to rollover next week..

also, there goes the CPEC....

the cheeni are all schitt scared now making it very challenging to get cheeni labor to come and work in pukestan

the heaven born han mards don't relish being blown up, their wont is in terrorising poor africans by beating them up

Ambar wrote:There goes the $2.5 billion Chinese loan which was supposed to rollover next week..

I guess thats the plan. Pakis wont be paying the loans. Rollover or no rollover. Gernails open Pizza franchises in US not in China. No gernail is sending his kids to China to settle down..

Pakis are already not paying to the Chinese IPP who must be the front for Chinese State owned enterprises. I guess it makes sense that Chinese got these plants dependent on foreign fuel (mostly Chinese coal) so that they can be shut down for non payment but Pakis may be treating the capital investment as Maal-e-Ghanimat.

Dilbu wrote:…
3 Chinese nationals among 4 killed in Karachi University ‘suicide attack’

KARACHI: At least four people were killed including three Chinese nationals …… the foreign teachers, onboard a van, were heading towards the department when the explosion occurred……

TLDR: Today, Chinese teachers on their way to teach Pakistanis, instead received a reverse lesson in Pakistaniyat.

Baikul wrote:
TLDR: Today, Chinese teachers on their way to teach Pakistanis, instead received a reverse lesson in Pakistaniyat.

3 teachers escorted by 4 Rangers (who must have run away before it happened) and the driver.
Step up for the rangers, from guarding pigs imported for the Chinese diet.

Deans wrote:...

3 teachers escorted by 4 Rangers (who must have run away before it happened) and the driver.
...

Ran away? Possible insider operation (by pro US faction of the Fauj) to give a message to the Chinese?

Baikul wrote:

Dilbu wrote:…
3 Chinese nationals among 4 killed in Karachi University ‘suicide attack’

TLDR: Today, Chinese teachers on their way to teach Pakistanis, instead received a reverse lesson in Pakistaniyat.

Confucius say - if go to Pak for economic boom, you can go kaboom!

Dilbu wrote:…
3 Chinese nationals among 4 killed in Karachi University ‘suicide attack’

President Eleven should immediately provide Paxi military with 72 Squadrons of J-20 along with $72 billions to fight these non-state actors. After all Paxi van is also a victim in this incident. Nobody should forget this.

Mashallah! How can India help? We can start with shipping smuggling more graffiti paint into Pakistan.

^Fake news. The use of the correct spelling for a complex (by Paki standards) word like 'traitor' conclusively proves that the picture is not from Pakistan.

Vinu wrote: President Eleven should immediately provide Paxi military with 72 Squadrons of J-20 along with $72 billions to fight these non-state actors. After all Paxi van is also a victim in this incident. Nobody should forget this.

+108
Pakis have already lost $100 Billion and thousands of people in safeguarding BRI initiative.

CalvinH wrote:

Ambar wrote:There goes the $2.5 billion Chinese loan which was supposed to rollover next week..

I guess thats the plan. Pakis wont be paying the loans. Rollover or no rollover. Gernails open Pizza franchises in US not in China. No gernail is sending his kids to China to settle down..

Pakis are already not paying to the Chinese IPP who must be the front for Chinese State owned enterprises. I guess it makes sense that Chinese got these plants dependent on foreign fuel (mostly Chinese coal) so that they can be shut down for non payment but Pakis may be treating the capital investment as Maal-e-Ghanimat.

more than likely that the junked thermal power plants brought into pak by the cheeni were designed to run on cheeni coal in terms of calorific value, ash content, throughput and whatnot

may need to be modified/adapted to run reasonably efficiently on coal from other sources which the cheeni may not have done to maximise their profits.

The pakis end up paying for the power anyway so for the cheeni, it is a simple case of whose father, what goes

Pakistan holds 3,377 million tons (MMst) of proven coal reserves as of 2016, ranking 20th in the world and accounting for about 0% of the world's total coal reserves of 1,139,471 million tons (MMst). Pakistan has proven reserves equivalent to 331.1 times its annual consumption.

Reconfiguring cheeni built power plants to use domestic coal may not be straight-forward but drastic action is needed reduce the cost of power generation. The debt buildup within Pakistan’s power sector is heading for US$17 billion and capacity payments to thermal power plants are expected to reach US$10 billion per annum by 2023

The inevitable result of this is a proposed huge consumer power tariff increase – a move that will hold back Pakistan’s economic development.

The fleet of coal-fired power stations built by China under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) program are proving to be a major economic burden adding to the financial crisis. Pakistan is now asking for debt relief from China on the CPEC power projects.

Reported in two of Pakistan’s major newspapers, the government is planning a range of reforms to address the hopelessly unsustainable financial position the nation’s power sector is in. These include the cessation of further coal-fired power development and the conversion of existing plants using imported coal (around 5,500 megawatts) to use domestic coal instead.

https://www.saurenergy.com/solar-energy ... ects-ieefa

hard to believe that the dumb pakis just didn't see all this coming when they signed up for the junk cheeni thermal power stations

It merely strengthens my belief that the CPEC was meant more for Indian entrapment than for the dirt poor pakis but our savvy Modi managed to side step the cheeni trap so adroitly

https://www.dawn.com/news/1687057/
The-frontiers-of-conflict
Zahid Hussain, April 27, 2022
Clearly, the return of Taliban rule in Afghanistan has emboldened the TTP. Once split into several factions, the terrorists in Afghanistan, said to number around 5,000 to 6,000, are reuniting and appear to be better equipped. Their leadership took refuge in Afghanistan after fleeing the military operations in Pakistan’s former tribal areas — apparently with the support of the Afghan Taliban. Many TTP militants, who were released from Afghan jails with the return of the Afghan Taliban after the American exit, are said to be actively involved in launching terrorist attacks in Pakistan.
The simmering tension between Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban regime seems to be fast spilling over into an open conflict as border clashes mount. There has been an exponential rise in cross-border militant attacks on Pakistani security forces over the past few months. The situation has now taken a more serious turn with alleged Pakistani air strikes conducted inside Afghanistan and reported civilian casualties heightening tensions.
In a strongly worded statement, Pakistan warned the Taliban regime against militants using Afghan soil to carry out attacks on its security forces. Describing the alleged air strikes as an act of “cruelty”, an Afghan Taliban spokesman is reported to have said that the incident would “pave the way for enmity” between the two countries. These harsh exchanges are ominous.
Reports, which have neither been confirmed nor denied by the Foreign Office here, say that drone strikes were launched over eastern Afghanistan on April 16, targeting militant sanctuaries after several Pakistani soldiers’ lives were lost in a terrorist ambush in North Waziristan.
The border region has become a safe haven for the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Despite Pakistan’s repeated warnings, the Afghan Taliban administration has refused to take action against them.
In fact, militant raids have escalated inside North and South Waziristan since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan last August. Over 100 Pakistani military fatalities have occurred in such attacks. The reported air strike, undertaken to target militant sanctuaries inside Afghanistan, indicates that the authorities here may be losing their patience with the Afghan Taliban’s inaction.
Cross-border operations to take out TTP leaders based in Afghanistan have reportedly been undertaken before, when some months ago, a couple of TTP leaders died in a strike on a militant sanctuary in Kunar province, a region often used by the terrorists to conduct their cross-border attacks. In another incident, the group’s former spokesman-leader Khalid Balti was killed in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar in what many believed was a covert operation.
But such a situation can widen the conflict. Civilian casualties have provoked much public anger. It is also questionable whether such alleged retaliatory raids against the TTP can force the Afghan administration to take action against militant sanctuaries. In fact, it appears that the Afghan Taliban have toughened their position and are threatening to retaliate.
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Gautam

From the editor of Gobar Times