‘Pakistan Paradox: Instability and Resilience’ by Christrophe Jaffrelot was published by Vintage Books on 15 April 2015. Christrophe Jaffrelot is Research Director at CNRS and teaches South Asian Politics and History at Sciences Po (Paris).
Awards & Honours, International Politics /
Pakistan on 21 April 2025 conferred its top civilian award Nishan-e-Pakistan on Chinese President Xi Jinping. The award was conferred for his outstanding contribution in promotion of relationship between the two countries.
As a part of Pakistan’s programme to increase the production of miniaturized plutonium based nuclear weapons, its new heavy water reactor at Khushab nuclear site has probably become operational.
After the instructions from US secretary of state John Kerry who was on the visit to Pakistan, Pakistan banned 12 terrorist organizations including the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and the Hakkani network
The US designated Maulana Fazlullah, the chief of Pakistani Taliban, as a global terrorist. TTP had claimed responsibility for the Peshawar attack that resulted in the deaths of about 150 people, mostly children.
