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February 2022 - Pakistan Special Weapons News
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- Khan After Putin Visit: Pakistan to Import Wheat, Gas from Russia VOA 28 Feb 2022 -- Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan announced Monday that his country will import about 2 million tons of wheat from Russia and buy natural gas as well under bilateral agreements the two sides signed last week during his official trip to Moscow.
- US Fines Hit Pakistani Bank's Shares in New York VOA 25 Feb 2022 -- U.S. financial regulators have fined the New York branch of the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) more than $55 million for anti-money laundering violations and compliance deficiencies.
- Pakistan-Afghanistan border dispute heats off; two killed in fresh clashes Press TV 25 Feb 2022 -- At least two people were killed and several others wounded in fresh round of clashes between the security forces of Afghanistan and Pakistan in a border town on Friday, reports said.
- Pakistani Prime Minister's 'Ill-Timed' Moscow Visit Overshadowed By Ukraine Invasion RFE/RL Gandhara 25 Feb 2022 -- "So much excitement," Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan remarked upon arriving in Moscow on February 23, the eve of Russia's large-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine.
- Two Killed In Border Clash Between Afghan Taliban And Pakistani Guards; Border Crossing Closed RFE/RL Gandhara 24 Feb 2022 -- Two people were killed and 13 others wounded in a clash between Afghan Taliban and Pakistani forces in the southern Afghan border town of Spin Boldak, health officials in Kandahar told RFE/RL's Radio Azadi on February 24.
- Pakistan's Prime Minister Meets Putin as Russia Attacks Ukraine VOA 24 Feb 2022 -- President Vladimir Putin of Russia hosted Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for "wide-ranging consultations" Thursday, covering bilateral relations and regional as well as international issues of "mutual interest."
- Indian Wheat Heads To Afghanistan After Transit Deal With Pakistan RFE/RL Gandhara 23 Feb 2022 -- India has sent tons of wheat to help relieve food shortages in Afghanistan after it reached a deal with bitter rival Pakistan to allow shipments across their common border.
- India Sends Wheat to Afghanistan through Pakistan VOA 22 Feb 2022 -- India on Tuesday sent the first consignment of 50,000 tons of wheat that it has pledged to give Afghanistan, where more than half the country is grappling with hunger.
- Saudi-Pakistani Al-Samsam military exercise 8 kicks off SPA 22 Feb 2022 -- Al-Samsam 8, a joint military exercise between the Royal Saudi Land Forces (RSLF) and Pakistan Army, started in Pakistan today, in the presence of the Military Attaché at the Saudi Embassy in Islamabad Major General Pilot Awad bin Abdullah Al-Zahrani, the Commander of the 37th Brigade Major General Javed Dost and senior officers from both sides.
- Pakistani PM Set To Travel To Moscow For Meetings With Putin RFE/RL Gandhara 22 Feb 2022 -- Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is scheduled to travel to Moscow this week for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a meeting set up prior to the most recent crisis in Ukraine.
- Pakistan's PM Urges Peaceful End to Ukraine Crisis Ahead of Visit to Russia VOA 22 Feb 2022 -- Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan is set to travel to Russia on Wednesday to meet with President Vladimir Putin, as the West condemns the Russian leader over the deepening Ukraine crisis.
- Pakistan Toughens Law Against Fake News VOA 21 Feb 2022 -- Pakistan is under fire for toughening its controversial cybercrime law to allow anyone to file a complaint against posting so-called fake news on Twitter and Facebook, and for increasing the prison term from three to five years for those found guilty.
- Pakistan Clamps Down On 'Fake News' In Move Critics Call 'Draconian' RFE/RL Gandhara 20 Feb 2022 -- Pakistani authorities introduced new legislation on February 20 that they say will help clamp down on "fake news" on social media, in a move that free-media activists and the opposition are calling dangerous overreach.
- Pakistan's acquisition of Chinese J-10C fighter jets significant for both sides: analysts Global Times 20 Feb 2022 -- After alleged images of the J-10C fighter jet with the marking of the Pakistan Air Force recently emerged on social media and were widely circulated by media outlets, Chinese analysts on Sunday lauded the latest defense cooperation between China and Pakistan, saying that the move yields great significance to both countries, in terms of boosting combat capabilities of the Pakistan military, promoting China's aviation equipment, and responding to both countries' security interests in the region.
- Pakistan Records 1,983 New Cases of COVID-19 SPA 19 Feb 2022 -- Pakistan recorded 1,983 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and 26 deaths in the past 24 hours.
- Pakistan Records 2,870 New Cases of COVID-19 SPA 17 Feb 2022 -- Pakistan recorded 2,870 confirmed cases of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and 40 deaths in the past 24 hours.
- The Implications of Deepening Economic Ties Between Pakistan, China VOA 15 Feb 2022 -- A series of new financial agreements between China and Pakistan are signaling a shift in political alignments in the region with implications for South Asian neighbors, the United States and for the economic future of Pakistan itself.
- India Set to Transport Relief Aid to Afghanistan via Pakistan VOA 14 Feb 2022 -- India will begin sending 50,000 tons of wheat to Afghanistan through Pakistan next week, in rare cooperation between the two rival nations to help millions of Afghans facing severe food shortages.
- Escalating Violence In A Restive Pakistani Province Resurrects A Forgotten Conflict RFE/RL Gandhara 09 Feb 2022 -- Since the beginning of this year, violent attacks by secular ethnic Baluch separatists in Pakistan's restive southwestern province of Balochistan have dramatically risen. The once ragtag guerrillas relying on "hit-and-run" tactics are now turning to high-profile suicide attacks that cause mass casualties.
- Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan Seen as 'Rude Awakening' for Pakistan VOA 09 Feb 2022 -- Observers saw the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan last year as a strategic victory for neighboring Pakistan after years of frosty relations between Islamabad and the Western-backed government in Kabul that collapsed last August. Security concerns along the two nations' border have since complicated the picture.
- Pakistani Taliban Allegedly 'Training' Baloch Militants in Terrorist Camps Along Afghanistan Border Sputnik 08 Feb 2022 -- Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa paid a visit to Balochistan province on Tuesday, days after two deadly terrorist strikes at different military bases killed nine soldiers. The terrorist raids on 2 February have been claimed by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA).
- 'Iron Brothers': Pakistan's Khan Joins World Leaders In Capitalizing On In-Person Diplomacy At Olympics RFE/RL Gandhara 08 Feb 2022 -- After not holding in-person meetings with foreign leaders for two years due to the coronavirus pandemic, Chinese President Xi Jinping engaged in a flurry of face-to-face diplomacy on the sidelines of the Winter Olympics as China looked to project its rising global status.
- China, Pakistan Deepen Ties in Defence, Space as Beijing Opposes 'Unilateral Actions' on Kashmir Sputnik 07 Feb 2022 -- India has rejected references made to Jammu and Kashmir in joint statements issued by China and Pakistan in the past. Despite opposition from New Delhi, the "iron brothers" continue to enhance investments under the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Project.
- Two Pakistani Troops, One Civilian Wounded In Balochistan Blast RFE/RL Gandhara 07 Feb 2022 -- Two members of Pakistan's paramilitary Frontier Corps were wounded in an explosion in Pakistan's southwestern city of Quetta on February 7.
- Five Pakistani troops killed in gunfire from across Afghan border Press TV 07 Feb 2022 -- At least five Pakistani troops were killed at a border post on Sunday, after militants from across the border in Afghanistan opened fire on them, according to Pakistan's military.
- China, Pakistan Renew Call to Unfreeze Afghan Cash Reserves VOA 06 Feb 2022 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping Sunday held wide-ranging bilateral talks with visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in which they stressed the urgency of providing enhanced international aid to Afghanistan to help it avert a looming humanitarian crisis.
- China's Xi Pushes Effort To Strengthen Ties With Pakistan RFE/RL Gandhara 06 Feb 2022 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged closer cooperation with Pakistan in a meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan on the sidelines of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
- Chinese premier stresses practical cooperation with Pakistan People's Daily 06 Feb 2022 -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Saturday expressed willingness to strengthen all-dimensional practical cooperation with Pakistan.
- Pakistan Says Says At Least Three Soldiers Killed In Attack RFE/RL Gandhara 06 Feb 2022 -- At least three Pakistani soldiers have been killed in a militant attack in Kurram district in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, an official told RFE/RL on February 6.
- Five Pakistani Troops Killed in Gunfire from Across Afghan Border VOA 06 Feb 2022 -- Pakistan's military said Sunday five of its troops were killed when militants from across the Afghan border opened fire on them.
- Pakistan's Imran Khan reiterates support of Kashmiris, slams India's 'genocidal acts' Press TV 05 Feb 2022 -- Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has reiterated that his country stands united with the inhabitants of Indian-controlled Kashmir, accusing his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, of pursuing the failed "fascist policies of oppression and violence" in the disputed region.
- Pakistan Army Ends Bloody Multi-Day Separatist Siege; 29 Dead VOA 05 Feb 2022 -- Pakistan announced Saturday it had killed 20 separatists to end a bloody 72-hour siege at two army bases in southwestern Baluchistan province.
- Pakistan's Baluch Separatists Losing Their Afghan Sanctuary RFE/RL Gandhara 04 Feb 2022 -- For years Afghanistan was seen as place of refuge for Baluch separatists seeking to evade Islamabad's crackdown on their homeland in Pakistan. But following the return of the Islamist Taliban to power in Kabul, members of the secular groups fear they have lost their sanctuary.
- Pakistani PM Heads to China for Olympics, Bilateral Talks VOA 03 Feb 2022 -- Pakistan's prime minister, Imran Khan, traveled to China Thursday to attend the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics and meet with Chinese leaders on cementing a traditionally close relationship between the countries.
- Pakistan Says Attacks On Bases Repulsed; Up To 12 Soldiers, 15 Attackers Killed RFE/RL Gandhara 03 Feb 2022 -- Pakistan's military has repelled nighttime assaults on two army bases in the southwestern Balochistan Province that killed up to 12 soldiers and 15 militants, authorities say.
- Pakistan: Militant Attack on Army Bases Kills 7 Troops, 15 'Terrorists' VOA 03 Feb 2022 -- Pakistan said Thursday security forces had successfully repulsed overnight militant attacks on two army bases in southwestern Baluchistan province that killed seven soldiers and 15 assailants.
- Baluch Separatists Assault Pakistan Army Bases VOA 02 Feb 2022 -- Pakistan's military said Wednesday that "terrorists" had assaulted two of its bases in southwestern Baluchistan province, killing at least one soldier and four assailants in the ensuing gun battles.
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