IntroductionIn the sphere of ever-changing international relations, there are neither permanent friends nor enemies; it is only the national interests of a country which determine the nature and direction of its relations with the comity of nations. The accord on Iran’s nuclear programme announced in Vienna on July 14 proved this notion.i Despite decades of…
Most recently, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif visited Qatar. During the visit, both countries signed a “game changing deal” of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). Now Pakistan can import up to 3.75 million tons of liquefied natural gas a year from Qatar. Main Focus of the Visit The main focus of the PM Sharif’s visit included…
Abstract In the changing dynamics of global politics, the burgeoning sea trade is getting rapidly complex with more focus on commercial activities and resultant economic prosperity. In this politics, Gwadar port has its unique strategic and prominent geopolitical importance because it would connect three regions, namely oil, gas and uranium rich Central Asia, strategically important…
Balochistan would remain the soft belly of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) for a decade or two. And in this context, the current security sate in Balochistan is likely to stay by and large the same. Internal disturbance and foreign interference are likely to continue. Direct and indirect foreign interference is likely to remain a…
IntroductionDr. Sir Muhammad Iqbal is the best articulated Muslim response to Modernity that the Islamic world has produced in the 20th century. His response for a creative engagement with the conceptual paradigm of modernism at a sophisticated philosophical level through his prose writings, mainly his The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam which presents his…
The Republic of Uzbekistan is full of wonders, it has been a hub of tourism, natural beauty and cross culture and it has now become a rich country for tourists. It has unique location at the crossroads of the Silk Road which has always connected people, minds, projects and civilizations. Tourism: A Global Force Tourism…
The US based influential Foreign Policy magazine recently reported that India is building a top secret nuclear facility in its Southern state of Karnataka (formerly Mysore) to produce thermonuclear weapons. Located in the city of Challakere, about 260 km from Mysore on India’s western coast, the facility is expected to be completed by 2017. It will upgrade India’ nuclear…
The idea of recognizing a nation State’s special rights over sea space outside territorial limits and calling it Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is a relatively new one. In earlier times, a country’s sovereign territorial waters extended up to the distance where cannon shots landed in the water from the coast and was generally taken as…
Prelude to Big Dams in PakistanThe story of big dams in Pakistan has its beginning in the historic Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) accord that was signed in 1960 by India and Pakistan on the water sharing formula of the five major rivers that originate in the Tibetan Plateau/India and flow through the Indian territory before…
Inset “Another method to devolve the administrative structure is suggested which does not warrant major decision making process or legislation. My Paper on further administrative devolution is enclosed. The necessity of creation of Chief Commissioners’ administrative units (provinces) was apparent after the last mega floods in 2010-11. The administrative handling of districts from a distant…
