Migration Dialogue on November 19, 2022In the very morbid mess of unregulated immigration lies the key to a more globalised, diversified and harmonized world, if only the industrialized nations would agree to go a little beyond their conventional tools for stemming the rot of illegal migration. Not that these advanced countries are lacking in devices to check the flow of […]
Diplomatic Trust Deficit on June 4, 2022The willful mishandling of Ambassador Asad Majeed Khan’s diplomatic cable, which was based on the reporting of an ‘unofficial and informal chat of a US official at a farewell lunch’ has not only dealt a blow to US-Pakistan relations but also dented Pakistan’s diplomatic credibility. In the ensuing circumstances of virtually Pakistan’s own making, the […]
Diplomatic Trust Deficit on May 14, 2022The willful mishandling of Ambassador Asad Majeed Khan’s diplomatic cable, which was based on the reporting of an ‘unofficial and informal chat of a US official at a farewell lunch’ has not only dealt a blow to US-Pakistan relations but also dented Pakistan’s diplomatic credibility. In the ensuing circumstances of virtually Pakistan’s own making, the […]
Diplomatic Trust Deficit on April 30, 2022The willful mishandling of Ambassador Asad Majeed Khan’s diplomatic cable, which was based on the reporting of an “unofficial and informal chat of a US official at a farewell lunch,” has not only dealt a blow to US-Pakistan relations but also dented Pakistan’s diplomatic credibility. In the ensuing circumstances of virtually Pakistan’s own making, the […]
Kabul, Islamabad at Odds Again on April 23, 2022Pakistan’s illusion about the loyalty of the Afghan Taliban should have evaporated the day the latter took the reins in Kabul; two thousand and two hundred hardcore Pakistani militants, kept in detention for years during the tenure of former President Ashraf Ghani, were released from the notorious Pul-e-Charkhi Jail as the group ran over the […]
Gathering Storm in South Caucasus on March 26, 2022As the world attention is caught up in the Russia-Ukraine war, another trouble is silently brewing in the Southern Caucasian region of Nagorno-Karabakh, despite a ceasefire and two peace deals between Azerbaijan and Armenia brokered by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and Russia in 1994 and 2020. Nagorno-Karabakh, an autonomous region […]
Kazakhstan’s Overtures to Pakistan on March 19, 2022Yerzhan Kistafin, ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Pakistan, has all along remained very serious in the promotion of bilateral cooperation and economic relations between Pakistan and Kazakhstan. He hectically pursued when an Uzbek trade delegation visited Pakistan several weeks back, facilitating its interaction with Pakistani counterparts and even personally accompanying it in its […]
Vision Central Asia on March 12, 2022Pakistan’s Vision Central Asia is fully reflected in all interactions with the visiting Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and his accompanying delegation to Islamabad last week. Both the signed agreements, the Action Plan and the five Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) were based on the country’s vision for consolidating bonds with the Central Asian states. Pakistan’s cultural, […]
Imran Khan’s Rendezvous in Kremlin on March 5, 2022In a video statement released post the last week’s visit of Prime Minister Imran Khan to Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would soon visit Islamabad to sign an agreement on the Pakistan Stream North-South gas pipeline project. He also said that he had discussed with the Pakistani Prime Minister issues pertaining to bilateral […]
Colour Revolution on February 26, 2022A myth or a reality, Color Revolution, has, by all means, become an active tool in the renewed Cold War between the United States and the Russia-China-led alliance; incorporating most of the former Soviet Socialist republics. The fresh manifestation of this fifth-generation warfare was vividly witnessed during the last month’s turmoil in the Central Asian […]