Shaukat Ahmed

Nov 3, 2024 | thenews.com.pk | Shaukat Ahmed

Pakistan stands as a monument to Newton's unwritten Fourth Law: A nation in chaos tends to stay in chaos, especially when that chaos benefits many. Across the merciless chessboard of geopolitics, Pakistan finds itself as both a pawn and a wild card. Global powers, while publicly championing stability, privately thrive on the nation's precarious balance. A weak, economically struggling Pakistan serves their interests, ensuring a degree of subservience and malleability.

Oct 25, 2024 | dawn.com | Nasir Iqbal |Shaukat Ahmed

• Justice Shah accuses outgoing CJP of ‘opening doors to interference’; calls him ‘petty’, ‘self-righteous’ • Incoming top judge stresses rule of law, respect for trichotomy of powers; oath today • Five judges skip farewell reference ISLAMABAD: Senior puisne judge Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah skipped a full court reference held in honour of outgoing Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa, accusing the latter of remaining “complacent and indifferent to external pressures on the judiciary”...

Oct 25, 2024 | dawn.com | Shaukat Ahmed

WASHINGTON: Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and an avid supporter of Donald Trump, was plunged into new controversy on Friday after a report that he is in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Wall Street Journal story, which has been denied by the Kremlin, comes days after the US Justice Department sent a letter to Musk’s America PAC warning that its $1 million giveaways to registered voters may violate federal law.

Oct 25, 2024 | dawn.com | Muhammad Irfan Mughal |Ghulam Mursalin Marwat |Shaukat Ahmed

• 10 FC men lose their lives while repulsing assault on D.I. Khan checkpoint• Army cadet gunned down trying to save people in Lakki Marwat mosque• Soldier, three cops targeted in Bannu, S. Waziristan and KhyberDERA ISMAIL KHAN / LAKKI MARWAT: At least 15 security personnel were martyred in militant attacks across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over the past couple of days, officials and sources confirmed.

Oct 25, 2024 | dawn.com | Shaukat Ahmed

Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed on Friday that Ukraine has twice approached Russia with peace proposals, mediated by Turkiye, only to abandon its initiatives soon after. In an interview with the Russian channel Rossiya 1, Putin urged Kyiv to clarify its stance on peace talks. “Our Turkish partners … have approached us with what they described as initiatives from the Ukrainian side. But each time we agreed, the Ukrainians had already withdrawn their proposal. This has happened twice.