Jan15-2026--new currency notes in the offing in pakistan...the blue , red and orange might change...
Jan15-2026--Trump says that Iran has backed down and killings will be stopped and executions "for enemis of God" will not take place...says he will wait and see! In pakistan rumours making the rounds that Imran tobe declared "an enemy of God..."!!!
Jan15-2026--bridge over Kurram river linking North Waziristan to Bannu destroyed by a IED...the area is a beehive for militants and there have been several schools and bridges blownup...while the river is small and can easily be bridged it might restrict terrorists and army use...north waziristan militants usually blamed for terrorism in bannu, miramshah, lakki marwat and Kp's southern areas...
Jan14-2026--government allows reexport of 6500 transit afghan cargo's stuck at karachi ports..also export of kinoos and potatoes have been allowed thru alternate routes even though it would be costly also aimed at afghanistan and central asian states...of the stranded containers 3000 are malaysia origin palm oil cargoes
Jan14-2026--kutchery bypasses, overhead's, underpasses construction in full swing..part of the project tobe opened after four months while remaining construction goes on
Jan14-2026--Baluchistan bar Council critisizes JCP on non approval of judge Ayub Tareen reportedly on the basis of political association...calls for a strike
Jan14-2026--four terrorists killed in Kalat operations on Jan12
Jan14-2026-- The iranian crisis has escalated as deaths being reported from 2000-12000...however while Trump has backed down from direct involvements he has broken off engagements with iranian officials and said that iranians must decide things on these matters on their own..he has however announced a 25% tariff on all who trade with iran despite also saying that other actions may also be taken...he probably does not want another area for a military confrontation as he has been critisized a lot for his Venezuela bombing and oil grab...Pakistan too is concerned as they have billions in trade with Iran...Pakistan has already stopped the iran gas pipeline over US sanctions...the iranian government has announced that the protests are over...overseas iranians were seen tobe supporting the shah of iran quite frequently in demos all over the world...iranian regime threatens people hangings under the "enemies of god' theme...which caused trump to renew his threats of severe action
Jan14-2026--WWF disputes CDA claim on tree cutting saying trees other than paper mulberry were also removed from several spaces for ongoing development projects and monument building in Islamabad...the monument is being built in a clear space...while paper mulberry trees which have been culled before they grow back much faster and reduce space for other trees..especially alongside the islamabad expressway the paper mulberry has been very prominent...islamabad has a problem with pollen allergies from trees and grass in various seasons...CDA has a good record and has been involved in moving/replanting huge trees when they become involved in road development..while there is evidence that trees other than paper mulberry considered ordinary were also removed as their roots get mixed up with paper mulberry regrowth...CDA has replanted many trees and considers pine trees as a more favourable variety...30000 trees of chir pine, amaltas, kachnar, jacaranda, arjan and sterculla varieties will be planted for the 29000 paper mulberry trees chopped down of which 8700 are in shakarparian alone...as the spring tree planting season is around the corner..trees in this area have tobe winter tolerant...while paper mulberry is a parasite in the area and its wood probably can be used for firewood, matches and plywood factories..CDA probably did not seek permission from the environment protection agencys...or CDA workers/officials corruption...!islamabads concerned area probably one of the few urban forested areas...picture below shows the beginnings of replantation..but do they have 30000 trees ready to replant...!
Jan14-2026--four members of a peace committee shot dead in bannu
Jan14-2026--PTI wins something as speaker agrees to appoint new opposition leader..
Jan13-2026--Sohail afridi challenges military on afghans being mostly behind terrorism in Kp...in fact he wants proof that it is afghans...who else can it be? The other options are the PTI, militants from north/south waziristan or Khyber...if the PTI leaders were more active and not hiding in their homes they would be able to check the dead bodies whom nobody claims...Sohail afridi seems more interested in other countries and provinces than KP...
Jan13-2026--Trump threatens to cutoff venezualan oil and aid to Cuba...Cuba says noone can tell us what todo...
Jan13-2026--a IED bomb blast on a police vehicle in Tank reportedly resulted in seven cop deaths and two civilians..
Jan12-2026--despite Sindh government bending over backwards, Afridi still criticizes them as they even allow a jalsa in Bagh a Jinnah...where the PTI held a mediocre power show...PTI is always a troublemaker as they wanted a jalsa on the street despite approval of a jalsa at bagh i Jinnah...made a very short speech
Jan12-2026--8 killed along with newly-wed couple in cylinder blast in Islamabad's G-7...the area called 66 Quarters was a CDA approved slum..the blast destroyed roofs of eight small houses and could also be the result of gas leak explosion..lahore had the highest cylinder blasts 170 followed by Faisalabad 50...in last three years
Jan12-2026--Afridi and ex KP ministers identified in clips showing supposed May9 attacks on Peshawar radio Pakistan building...
Jan12-2026--with exports falling in current months, the dubiously inept PM makes a case for more reforms despite excessive dubious reform under the last two stages of IMF tutelage...wants to use tariffs to increase exports...little or no tariffs on exports anyway...!maximum tax relief already given to exports...remittances up 11.7% in first half of this year at 19.8 billion up from 17.8 billion last year..December inflows up to $3.6 billion...Target for this year is $41 billion...remmittances are traditionally based on a continuous export of manpower and attractive returns on the dollar(as are exports)
Jan12-2026--cold wave across the country with temperatures going down to zero
Jan12-2026--unrest in Iran since Dec 28 increases as up to 500 killed in protests(at 177 locations)and government crackdowns according to reports..trump threatens action which could include military strikes again probably aimed at nuclear centers and iranian leaders,25% tariffs against those that trade wih iran, using secret cyber weapons, widening sanctions and providing online help to anti-government sources and urges Musk to help restore some internet access as Iranian mullahs stop all internet access...Iranian President says outsiders behind violence and protests and organizes street mourning rallies...which can at best be described as an insult to the iranian people...protests are based on the falling Iranian currency 1.5million to the dollar and high cost of living...Iranian government offered everyone a $7 dole...son of former shah of iran wants tobe seen as a rallying figure
Jan11-2026--raids, clashes in north waziristan, kurram, khyber leave 12 terrorists dead...two CTD men killed in peshawar, bajaur...JUIf leader dies in south waziristan blast
Jan10-2026--Afridi likes the welcome he gets in Sindh… Rana Sanaullah says afridi involved in illegal activity and tours...the army and PMLn say PTI behind terrorism in KP, although the military identifies as afghan most terrorists...while ordinary citizens are free to travel, chief minsters must restrict themselves to their own provinces… Afridi's behavior shows that he is a troublemaker...!
Jan9-2026--The PTI says they can't talk as they are slaves of imran... Achakzai says Feb 8 will get them talks and imran released...!many think that the center may soon have only Baluchistan to call their province
Jan8-2026--The poverty-stricken Trump administration asks oil rich Venezuela to handover 50 million barrels of crude...? Venezuela has been supplying China, India and Europe and also, 500000 bpd to the USA before sanctions... Trump says that he will use the sale proceeds himself…almost confirming that Trump is dirt poor and has no resources for the Venezuela invasion and oil grab...very large tankers can carry up to 2 million barrels... The USA has up to now stolen five Venezuelan tankers...!
Jan7-2026--Another ISPR press conference with slightly differing viewpoints...says Faiz Hameed was used politically but not the institution...that is difficult to accept as the army chief and ISI chief used to be sitting on sofas regularly in the sun at Banigala almost every day and the army was used to clean gutters/nullahs in Karachi...he also criticized the KP Govt for opposing military operations and blamed imran for wanting talks with the subversive Kabul whom he called the mother of all terrorists…he blamed the KP PTI for involvement in terrorism in KP …he also supported afghan border closures, although many are calling for allowing back Pakistanis stuck across the border
Jan6-2026--2 killed in IED blasts in Lakki Marwat(targeting cement factory workers) and Panjgur
Jan6-2026--Speaker NA to start appointment process of next opposition leader in next assembly session
Jan6-2026--Karachi CTD captures Mazda full of, 2000kg explosive material and arrests three BLA terrorists
Jan5-2026--four KP policemen killed in motorcycle attacks in Lakki Marwat and Bannu
Jan5-2026--After, 60000 passengers were off loaded in attempts to go overseas in 2025. FIA sets up pre-departure facilitation desks in its 11 regional offices
Jan5-2026--The CDA which has swiftly completed many projects still unable to complete 10th avenue which was started in 2022.
Jan4-2026--The United Nations meets to consider the widespread violations of international and US law committed by the USA in its invasion and bombings of Venezuela in the guise of anti-drug smuggling operations…USA says it will work with emerging government of Venezuela while saying it is greedy for Venezuelan oil resources which are the largest in the world... around ten tankers of oil left Venezuela since the kidnap of Maduro...as regards oil the USA is literally a very poor country viz Venezuela having only 2.9% of world oil... Delcy RodrÃguez the vice president has taken over as acting president of Venezuela…she has worked in many top jobs and is also controversial and has been sanctioned...while reported to be ready to work with the USA, she has said Venezuela will not be anybodies colony...Delci has been in politics for almost a decade and has earned nicknames of 'the tsarina' and 'Maduros tigress'...she is known to work with the private sector and has maintained Venezuela's oil output of 1.1 million barrels per day...she has been in almost all important positions of government...she is known for her staunch defence of the socialist government, which has presided over a deep economic crisis, alleged torture and arbitrary detentions and the exodus of some several million migrants...some one million Venezuelans fled Maduro to the USA where Trump has termed 350000 illegal and who now are trying to migrate to Spain where Venezuelans are the top applicants at 45000...after the decline of Syrian and afghan migration..Donald Trump who can at best be described as unstable and greedy for venezualen oil has also threatened iran, mexico, columbia, cuba, spain and greenland...he is a generalized threat to all latin america...brazil too has critisized his actions
just in the recent time span the USA has invaded many countries like Kuwait, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan which are not inits Latin domain and also bombed Iran, Yemen, Palestine etc...as regards regime change the most prominent can be said to be Iraq while the Pakistani opposition also claims to be a target of US regime change...USA also invaded Pakistan to eliminate Osama Ben laden
Jan3-2025--USA kidnaps Maduro and his wife after brazen bombing of various places in three cities of Venezuela...including Caracas…75 killed including Cubans..no visible government change takes place and probably one of the ministers or vice president will take over...! Venezuela seeks proof of life of kidnapped and seeks help from the UN...
Jan2-2026--An Islamabad ATC hands out double death sentences to YouTuber Adil raja, journalists Wajahat Saeed Khan, Sabir Shakir and Shaheen Sehbai, anchorperson Haider Raza Mehdi, analyst Moeed Pirzada and former army official Akbar Hussain for waging war against Pakistan/mutinying and processing filth on social media relating to the May9 PTI protests and anarchy/arson/vandalisation...they have also been fined and handed out sentences amounting to 35 years...The cases stemmed from allegations that the accused used digital platforms to incite, facilitate and amplify attacks against state institutions during the May 9 PTI riots.
Jan2-2026--rana sanaullah who lost the last elections suggests that five men sit round the table to sort out political issues...the five supposedly would be shahbaz, zardari, nawaz sharif, imran and a fifth supposedly the Field marshal...Sanaullah probably does not know that imrans stance is to not talk to anyone...they have supposedly apologized to the establishment but are not too keen on the present power structure...the field marshal has said that they are now focusing on military matters...Imrans party has all sorts of views which makes the street movement dubious and sort of out of the question...to make the street movement viable they probably will have to get everyone out in islamabad lahore, peshawar and karachi and stay on the street for days or weeks until the establishment either takes over or expresses their willingness to help out the PTI somehow...some say the willingness to release imran which at the moment seems doubtful or at a minimum again allow open contacts with imran with the quid pro quo that there will be no threats or street movement...rana tries to support some aspects of the PTI views however one doubts that the Field marshal or imran would like to sit with everyone openly...rana seems to have borderline doubtful loyalties and changes sides daily...that leaves the recalcitrant imran who is frightened/terrified/does not know how to negotiate/ apart from creating trouble/ shouting abuse at others/ even showing no mention /intention of talking to others...many say he will be unable to say what he wants if he is sitting at the table with the field marshal present...he definitely lacks the ability to get along with anybody apart from follower types...shabaz will be minused out if imran comes to a meeting with them and zardari and nawaz might agree to release imran at least on bail...with zardari said to have a dubious suspicious viewpoint and wanting tobe seen as a placator ...the Field marshal who wants no troublemaker around might than walk out or refuse to approve any agreement... That leaves the suggestion on the border of being unimplementable or gives the Field marshal absolute power...it seems like pushing the military to take over when everybody is unacceptable…no takers yet...!
Jan1-2026--Happy New Year
