The hashtag #PakistanatDavos2020 trended at the top at number one in Pakistan. PM Imran Khan has attended the World Economic Forum 2020 (WEF). The official speech that followed with an interview session with Borge Brende, President of the World Economic Forum (WEF) was received exceedingly well as murmured by the crowd of Global leaders present…
The CPEC is a collection of infrastructure projects for Pakistan (current size $45 billion, expected size $62 billion). With the key projects being Gwadar Port, planned to be a central hub in the connectivity scheme. Starting in November 2016, Chinese cargo with transported overland was shipped to Africa and West Asia. Transport projects for $11…
“Article 370, a temporary transitional provision, is the biggest injustice with the people of Jammu and Kashmir, while the Article 35A is a constitutional blunder which was included through back door without the consent of parliament and the president. we wish the early abrogation of both these constitutional provisions”, said the BJP Jammu & Kashmir…
At a panel discussion organized by Pathfinder and Martin Dow Group during Davos 2020 Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh spoke about understanding CPEC and making it work. He provide the context of CPEC by sharing the “Big Facts” about the two economies of China and Pakistan, the current international economic environment, the main features of the…
Introduction It is an open reality that, in this material world of observation, if man was left to rely totally on his senses and his intellect, that is, he was allowed to opt according to his intellect whatever was commanded by his senses, we would have remained in the dark about the transcendental matters; It…
The speeding process of globalization and the visible shift of economic and political momentum towards Eurasia because of China and its BRI project necessitates a thorough analysis of the course that Pakistani’s foreign policy should take. The term ‘neutrality’ has been used at some occasions regarding Pakistani foreign policy. But neutrality in international relations is…
The nightmare scenario for the Lab our party has come true! The general election of the 12th of December has handed Boris Johnson’s Conservative party a sizeable majority! Seat after seat in Labor’s traditional heartlands of the north and midlands fell to the Tories. In the biggest moment of the night, the Conservative candidate overhauled…
The Middle East is again on fire because of various farces and frauds. The international establishment and its regional allies have been showcasing the so called peace plan as “Deal of the Century” for the last three years. Most recently U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled his highly projected Middle East plan, winning immediate praise from…
The three days of presenting Pakistan to the international community that gathered at Davos are over. As for many years before it has been a very busy three days with the organizers who have worked endlessly before and during the event, exhausted but happy. Depicted negatively in international media Pakistan has presented itself again in…
In 1962, you could not have found two more diametrically opposed leaders than John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev. And yet, despite their significant differences in politics, economies and culture, they found a way to prevent war on a global scale. History may very well show that the United States and the Iran have shown…
