In 2023, nearly 1.8 million pilgrims performed the Hajj, approaching pre-pandemic levels. Indonesia issued the most non-domestic pilgrim visas at 229,000, followed by Pakistan and India. Saudi officials predict over two million pilgrims in 2024. In 2023, almost 1.8 million people performed the Hajj, almost back to pre-pandemic levels. Officials
Ex-Brahmos engineer Nishant Agarwal, who received the Young Scientist Award from the Defence Research and Development Organisation, was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Nagpur court for espionage for Pakistan’s ISI under Sections 3 and 5 of the Official Secrets Act. Ex-Brahmos engineer Nishant Agarwal was found guilty on Monday
Recent developments, such as Russia’s invitations to the Taliban to the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and debates on removing them from the terrorist list, raise questions about strategic partnership intentions. Because of their treatment of women and their unwillingness to establish a government that is inclusive of all ethnic
Afghanistan’s acting Industry and Trade Minister Nooruddin Azizi told Reuters that Russia and Afghanistan plan to build a logistics center for oil transit to South Asia, involving Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, in its northwestern Herat province. Because of tensions with the West, it may be judged strategically unreliable to continue maritime
Hindustan Times reported that the misfiring of a BrahMos missile into Pakistan last year cost India Rs 240 million. The Indian government reportedly informed the Delhi high court that the accidental firing of a BrahMos combat missile into Pakistan last year cost the state exchequer Rs 240 million. On Monday,
Pakistan’s Federal Minister of Energy, Khurram Dastagir, Minister for Maritime Affairs, Faisal Subzwari, and Consul General of Russia, H. E. Andrey Viktorovich Fedorov, welcomed the first direct cargo ship from Russia. On May 25, a landmark event took place in Pakistan’s southern port city as the Russian cargo vessel arrived
An Associated Press analysis of a dozen countries most indebted to China found that China’s loans are pushing the world’s poorest countries to the brink of collapse. A dozen poor countries are facing economic instability and even collapse under the weight of hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign loans,
Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera released a video showing an arrested missile scientist with links to Pakistan’s ISI playing saxophone at an RSS Shakha. The Congress on Wednesday slammed the government over the alleged links of DRDO director P. M. Kurulkar with the RSS, arrested in an espionage case, and questioned Prime
‘Dirty Harry’ is an ISI officer whom Imran Khan blamed for his condition. Imran Khan alleged that this officer had been involved in previous assassination attempts on him and was also responsible for the murder of journalist Arshad Sharif. In a video posted shortly before Imran Khan – the former