Economics of UAE-Pakistan bilateral relations is based on a strategic partnership owing to which both countries have been assisting each other in different sectors of survival and production in the past. Both the countries enjoy extremely well bilateral, political and economic ties and these would be strengthened further. Under UAE’s Pakistan Assistance Program, 165 projects…
South Asian political history under an intense competition between India and Pakistan has always been a problematic picture in international relations. The hegemonic desires of New Delhi forced its Hindu leadership to establish strategic connection with extra-regional powers which cannot only help India in asserting its offensive capabilities but also help it in enhancing its…
When US President Donald Trump announced his policy to shift the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the divided Muslim world awoke from its deep slumber and issued its faint disproval to the decision. Since 1969, the so-called Muslim Ummah has failed to extend meaningful support to the hapless Palestinians for acquiring their inalienable…
Despite crude threats by the United States, the comity of nations expressed over-whelming global sentiment in favour of the Palestinian people through 129-8 UN General Assembly resolution. The Middle East is entering the culminating phase of post-Cold War American vision about this region Israel pliant Middle East. Trump’s announcement of recognizing Jerusalem as the capital…
AbstractThe hostile relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan are a high security threat for the sovereignty of Pakistan which forced Pakistan to fortify 2240km international border with Afghanistan. The portrayed bone of contention between these two countries is the Durand Line decided by the then ruling Amir Abdur Rahman and Sir Mortimer Durand (British India) in…
In Jan 2005, almost 13 years ago, my first book published under the title “Pakistan’s defence and nuclear doctrine” was launched by Mohammad Ijaz ul Haq (then federal minister for religious affairs) and Major General (Retd) Rahat Latif. The compilation of such book during that critical period was considered to be the need of time…
The Syrian conflict is in its seventh year due to which more than 465,000 Syrians have been killed in the fighting while more than a million have been injured. Over 12 million Syrians, half the country’s prewar population, have been displaced from their native lands and homes. US and Russia Joint StatementRecently, the US and…
It was October of 1962, seemingly humanity was coming to an end through repeat of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. So while Kremlin and White House were busy averting World War-III during the Cuban Missile crises, China launched a two pronged land offensive about 1000 miles apart against India across the Himalayas. Chinese political aim was to…
With lavish pageantry and an uncharacteristic personal flourish, Chinese President Xi Jinping on November 8 rolled out a red carpet welcoming US President Donald Trump at the Forbidden City, the ancient home of China’s emperors. President Trump, who is under fire in the US due to Russian meddling in the presidential elections, paid a visit…
President Donald Trump’s visit to a portion of Asia presents an interesting case study in statecraft. Packaging of countries for the visit included China, and some of the countries America wants to employ for containing China—Japan, South Korea, Vietnam and the Philippines. The tour had three driving objectives: to enhance reciprocity in commercial activities, to…
