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Articles for tag: Baloch nationalists, Balochistan, bla, Dawn, dialogue, editorial, insurgency, opposition, Pakistan, Peace, political solution, Security

July 10, 2026

Frontpage.dev

Dawn

Balochistan Opposition and Dawn Warn Military-Only Response Is Failing; Call for Political Dialogue with Nationalist Stakeholders

As Prime Minister Shehbaz vows to press military operations in Balochistan, the provincial opposition and Pakistan's leading newspaper are warning that the security-first approach is not working. Dawn's July 10 editorial called military body counts an inadequate response to a sustained political insurgency, and said a viable dialogue process involving Baloch nationalist stakeholders with roots in the province is essential. Opposition voices in Balochistan have sounded the alarm over spiralling violence that successive military campaigns have failed to stop.

January 17, 2026

News Desk

Trump Invites More Leaders to Join Gaza ‘Peace Council’

This image collage shows Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left) US President Donald Trump (center) and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. — Reuters/File Cairo is “studying” Sisi’s request to join the board, FM says. Canadian prime minister plans to accept Trump’s invitation: aide. Argentina’s president says it will be an “honour” to join the initiative. WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s so-called “Peace Council” on post-war Gaza began taking shape on Saturday, with the leaders of Egypt, Turkey, Argentina and Canada asking to join. The announcements from those leaders came after the US president named his secretary of state Marco Rubio,

December 29, 2025

News Desk

Hopes for peace recede as Russia says Ukraine tried to attack Putin’s residence

Satellite images show Vladimir Putin’s residential complex in Roshchino, Novgorod region, Russia, August 31, 2023. — Reuters Trump met with Zelensky in Florida on Sunday. Ukraine says the territorial issue remains unresolved. Ukraine denies the charge as a builder to obstruct peace. MOSCOW/KIEV: Russia accused Ukraine on Monday of trying to attack President Vladimir Putin’s residence in northern Russia, although it provided no evidence to support the claim, which Kiev dismissed as baseless and intended to undermine peace talks. The angry exchanges, including a statement by Russia that it was reviewing its negotiating stance in response to the attack, dealt

December 29, 2025

News Desk

Trump says Ukraine peace deal ‘closer than ever’, but territorial dispute not resolved

US president hosts Zelensky at Mar-a-Lago a day after Russian incursions into Kiev, territory remains key sticking point US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on February 28. PHOTO: AFP US President Donald Trump said Sunday that a deal was closer than ever to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but he reported no apparent progress on the territory after fresh talks with the leaders of the warring nations. Trump, who had promised a peace deal on the first day of his nearly year-long presidency, said it would

December 14, 2025

News Desk

Ukraine’s Zelensky abandons NATO ambition as Berlin peace talks begin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Chief of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak attend a meeting with U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg, in Rome, Italy, July 9, 2025. — Reuters Instead, Zelensky is seeking Western security guarantees. The president of Ukraine meets with Trump’s envoy, Steve Vitkoff. European leaders will travel to Germany for talks on Monday. Ukraine has given up its goal of joining the NATO military alliance in exchange for Western security guarantees as a compromise to end the war with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday as peace talks began in Berlin. Zelensky issued the

December 13, 2025

News Desk

Iran detains Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi

This undated picture shows Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi. — AFP Iranian security forces arrested 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi on Friday along with at least eight other activists in an arrest condemned as “brutal” by the Norwegian Nobel committee. Mohammadi, who was granted temporary leave from prison in December 2024, was arrested along with eight other activists at the funeral of lawyer Khosrow Alikordi, who was found dead in his office last week, her X foundation wrote. Among those arrested at the ceremony in the eastern city of Mashhad was Mohammadi’s colleague, prominent activist Sepideh Gholian,

December 8, 2025

News Desk

Qatar’s prime minister calls for dialogue with non-state actors for regional peace

You cannot resolve or come to a solution if you have no one to talk to non-state actors, Sheikh Mohammed told the Doha Forum Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani speaks at the 23rd edition of the Doha Forum during a session moderated by American journalist Tucker Carlson. Photo: X In a region struggling with conflict from Afghanistan to Gaza, Qatar on Sunday pushed for inclusive political engagement, even with non-state actors, as the only realistic path to lasting stability. Speaking at the 23rd edition of the Doha Forum, Qatari Prime Minister

December 7, 2025

News Desk

Trump envoy says Ukraine peace deal ‘really closed’ as two issues remain

Kellogg said the key unresolved issues are Donbas territory and the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia plant Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy shakes hands with US Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg as they meet in Kiev, Ukraine July 14, 2025. PHOTO: REUTERS US President Donald Trump’s outgoing envoy to Ukraine said a deal to end the war in Ukraine was “really close” and hinged on resolving just two major issues, but the Kremlin said radical changes needed to be made to some of the US proposals. Trump, who says he wants to be remembered as a “peacemaker” president, says ending Europe’s deadliest conflict

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