US exit from Kabul is being described as Fall of Saigon or worse: Fall of Bastille for the west but it appears more like a strategic retreat argues London based geo-strategic analyst, Dr. Ejaz Hussain.
A year-old B2B marketplace startup from Pakistan, Bazaar, has raised $30 million in Series A financing co-led by Silicon Valley-based Defy Partner and Singapore-based Wavemaker Partners. It is the biggest series A funding to be received by any startup in Pakistan.
Many Afghans fear a repeat of the brutal five-year Taliban regime that was toppled in 2001, and violent retribution for working with foreign militaries, Western missions and the previous US-backed government.
The US exit from Afghanistan in other words, has been a golden opportunity for Chinese officials to convince the Asian public that the US cannot be trusted and its engagement in Afghanistan led to further chaos and instability.
Zabihullah Mujahid, in Taliban's second press conference after Kabul's fall claimed that Afghan people's talent is vital for the country's progress and that the foreign forces should leave the country by Aug 31st as pledged.
Upset by PML-N leadership's failure to take action against workers responsible for vandalizing PML-N House in Karachi, former Finance Minister of Pakistan Miftah Ismail resigns as PML-N Sindh's Secretary-General.
Islamophobia prevails in India as two new incidents come to light. On the one hand, a Muslim beggar is assaulted and asked to go to Pakistan and on the other side, ancient Bilal mosque is demolished.
According to Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal, a professor at Quaid-i-Azam University, the recent events in the world have led to the transformation in global geopolitics and changes in the South Asian strategic environment which has caused increased mistrust between the US and Pakistan. They have clearly sided with India and completely sidelined Pakistan.
The Taliban has reclaimed Kabul after two decades, therefore, showing the world that they do not stop until they get what they want. Now Ashraf Ghani has fled Afghanistan and America has been given a deadline to leave as soon as possible.
With most of his records smashing or breaking apart things, the Pakistani has vowed to smash his way to 100 records but needs the government's support to do so.
Dr. Farid A. Malik, an Ex-Chairman of, Pakistan Science Foundation talks about the incompetency of Pakistani institutions to work up to the mark and addressing public problems. He recounts some incidents he has personally experienced and they turned out to be a huge disappointment.
