Q. Pakistan and Portugal enjoy cordial relations and Pakistan wants to further strengthening of bilateral relations. What is the way forward? Ans. The only way forward is to keep on creating and indenting opportunities for cooperation at all levels: political, economic, cultural, social and academic. We should make each of our countries more aware of…
ContextAnalysts and scholars from a variety of origins and backgrounds have described the present state of global affairs as going through a transition. The bilateral and multilateral ties during this interlude have remained anchored around the principles of globalization and laissez faire economic policies, which necessitate more economic cooperation. However, the election of Donald Trump…
“A tree won’t fall with a single blow”. Turkish proverb A failed coup attempt by some members of the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) in July 2016 made international headlines for a few days. The news quickly faded away and a firm clamp down and a purge inside Turkey prevented any detailed information about the dramatic changes…
My personal belief is firm in this saying that “Offense is the best defense” and this has been very truly applied and exercised during the 1980 era Afghan war. There have been thousands of articles, books and analysis published to cover that war and everyone has probably his own reason to take the credit but…
Though it’s a lost cause, India is struggling to cook up a story before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) hoping that the ICJ will ask Pakistan to release Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav, a 48-year old on-duty Indian navy officer of the rank of Commander working for Indian spy agency RAW. Jadhav alias Hussein Mubarak…
Dear Readers, Many people now use technology for almost everything, especially through the means of social media but like everything else, this can have positive and negative effects. A very real is posed by fabricated stories posing as serious journalism, this is not likely to go away having become a means for some writers to…
IntroductionThis series of articles is based upon the book by Dr. Israr Ahmad (late), “Lessons from History — Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future of Two Muslim Communities.” Some modifications/ updating have been necessary due to developments that have taken place in last two decades and there have been some changes to link it with the present time….
The government of Pakistan considers the Central Asia Region (CAR) a reliable security partner in the rapidly changing geo-political and geo-strategic world. In the ongoing war against terrorism and mushroom growth of non-state actors, rise of human and drug trafficking nexus, achieving greater socio-economic prosperity, better political understanding and greater regional peace and stability, the…
The World Maritime Day is being formally celebrated by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) on 28 September 2017. The IMO, for those who may not be aware, is the principal organ of the United Nations dealing with and coordinating all maritime related issues ranging from safety, security and environmental concerns to training standards of seafarers…
Energy is life and the Energy Charter Conference [ECC] is striving hard to maintain life easy and smooth by achieving desired goals of energy efficiency, diversification, investment and uniformity of the legal framework among the members countries. Central Asian Countries [CACs] are blessed with natural reservoirs of oil and gas. Turkmenistan is working very hard…
