Introduction In November 2016 during the 8th Review Conference of Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) the USA totally rejected all proposals regarding inspections of American bio laboratories and underlined its unacceptance of creating this kind of verification mechanism in BWC. Experts in the international expert community pay attention to the rising American bioscience activities abroad. It…
Dear Readers, The entire nation mourned the crash of a PIA ATR-42 (Flight PK- 661) on a domestic flight from Chitral to Islamabad on Dec 7 last year. All 47 people on board were killed including the crew, among the dead was Aly Akram, the co-pilot of the ill-fated flight. Aly was the son of…
Presidential Election will be held on February 12, 2017 in Turkmenistan. Political campaigning has been permitted and candidates are busy trying to get more and more support from the general masses. As per new amendments to the Constitution, the Turkmenistan President is now elected for a period of seven years. Multi-Party Presidential DemocracySince Turkmenistan is…
Pakistan has mostly dealt with its water security issues from technical and political point of views, and has rarely explored any legal options. There are serious capacity issues with regard to legally contesting our cases at international forums; this has led to a mindset of reactive approach based on patchy and ad-hoc measures. There is…
Context It is important to understand the present day political, economic, and defense policies of various international actors with the appropriate historical context. After all, in the absence of this relativity, it would be difficult to give meaning to the unfolding events, and predict their future trajectory. Looking at the past often leads to the…
China’s massive investment of more than $46 billion in CPEC is breathing new life into the ancient Silk Routes that connected the east and west centuries ago. The investment will bring huge long-term benefits to Pakistan and China as well as other countries in the region. For the once sleepy remote fishing village of Gwadar,…
Earlier in year 2015 the security of Gwadar port was entrusted to the Pakistan Navy. The task has since been conscientiously executed via an agile and efficient Marine battalion of the Navy. Sited roughly 635 km from Karachi and 120 km from the Iranian border by road, Pakistan’s strategic port of Gwadar constitutes what may…
Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Ulugbek Rozilkulov visited Pakistan in Dec last year and held various meetings with high officials, including Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif and President Mamnoon Hussain. During the meetings both sides stressed the need to make efforts to enhance cooperation in the economic and commercial fields and exploit the huge potential…
Introduction Had resource-rich Balochistan not been plagued by massive corruption and cronyism, the province would have been the most developed federating unit in the country. After NAB’s recent plea bargain with the former finance secretary, it seems that the entrenched corruption, nepotism and bad governance will continue to aggravate the economic depravity, political instability and…
