Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday asked Afghanistan to consider Pakistan as a ‘partner of peace’ rather than blaming it for the ongoing unrest, which he said was the ‘outcome of using a military solution by the United States instead of a political one’. “Blaming Pakistan for what is going on in Afghanistan is extremely […]
Uzbekistan
Regional connectivity depends on durable peace in Afghanistan: Fawad
TASHKENT (Uzbekistan), Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Friday that regional connectivity depended on the durable peace in Afghanistan. Talking to media in Tashkent he said if peace was restored in restive Afghanistan, Pakistan would be connected with Central Asia. Prime Minister Imran Khan’s meeting today with the Afghan President […]
PM attends Tashkent conference on regional connectivity
TASHKENT (Uzbekistan), Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday joined other regional leaders at a conference held in Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent, aimed at strengthening close ties among the Central and South Asian countries in the interest of their people. The Plenary session of the conference titled ‘Central and South Asia Regoinal Connectivity, Challenges and Opportunities’ held […]
Uzbekistan to sell two state-owned banks
TASHKENT: Uzbekistan has announced bids to sell off two state-owned banks to private hands with a goal to maximise the transaction value and further improve the banks’ financial stability. According to the State Assets Management Agency, the bids to sell 100-percent equity stake in the authorized capital of Poytaxt Bank and UzAgroExportBank were in accordance […]
New opportunities
Sir: Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) constitute an important storehouse of natural resources; and have hence attracted several countries for establishing economic cooperation with them in the past. Recently, a new economic corridor is being proposed for connecting landlocked Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent by establishing a new corridor through […]
Hatred of journalists turning to violence, watchdog warns
Hatred of journalists whipped up by populist and authoritarian leaders is degenerating into violence across the world, media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warned Thursday. And the number of countries where journalists can work safely is plummeting, its annual World Press Freedom Index revealed. Political leaders’ hostility towards the media “has incited increasingly frequent acts […]
US thanks Pakistan for efforts towards Afghan peace process
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad on Saturday thanked Pakistan for its efforts to support the ongoing Afghan peace process. The US envoy, who wrapped up his two-day visit to Islamabad Saturday evening, took to Twitter appreciating Pakistan for re-affirming that ‘Afghans alone’ will determine their future. He further said that there is […]
Uzbekistan gives visa-free entry to visitors from 45 countries
Uzbekistan on Friday granted visa-free entry to citizens of 45 countries to boost tourism, which the government views as vital for economic growth. The countries benefiting from a 30-day visa waiver that went into force on Friday include the majority of European countries including Britain as well as Australia, Canada, Argentina and Chile. The United […]