Pak-Russia relations and Trump’s strategy on January 12, 2018US President Donald Trump, in his first address to the nation in August, 2017 lambasted Pakistan for allegedly supporting and harbouring militants. In response, Pakistan’s Ambassador to United States Aizaz Ahmed reiterated Pakistan’s stance that there are no safe havens of terrorists in Pakistan. In contrast to Trump’s tirade against Pakistan, several significant states in […]
SCO Summit and Pakistan’s representation on December 20, 201716th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) Council of the Heads of Government (CHG) was held from November 30th, 2017 to December 1st, 2017 at Sochi, Russia. Since Pakistan and India were accepted as full member of SCO in its 17th summit held in June 2017, this is the first meeting of the SCO […]
Pax Indo-Americana in South Asia on September 27, 2017 The announcement of Trump’s new policies in Afghanistan and South Asia has generated a new debate among opinion makers. Holding Pakistan responsible for the failures of his predecessors, Trump accused Pakistan of providing ‘safe havens’ to America’s enemies in Afghanistan. Perhaps this latest change is the result of the US partnering with India in […]
Ineluctability of Gilgit-Baltistan in CPEC on March 5, 2017The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is much more than just roads. Rather, it is a complete framework of energy, infrastructure, ports and industry related projects. It would connect Khunjrab to Gwadar, and China has pledged to invest over $46 billion for this project. The establishment of economic zones is also part of the CPEC. This […]
International conventions and Kashmir on January 31, 2017International treaties and agreements formulated under the supervision and support of United Nations are the conventions which are considered to be the primary actors in international law. They might be of different natures including general conventions and specific conventions with various kinds including bilateral conventions and multilateral conventions. Conventions are to be ratified for the […]
North Koreas nuclear lure on September 23, 2016Signals of a North Korean underground nuclear test were picked up by various seismic stations around the world on September 9, 2016. The magnitude on the Richter scale was registered from 5.1 to 5.3, which indicates the explosion yield to be around 12 to 16 kilotons — almost equivalent to the explosion of the atomic […]
Panama Leaks and National Assembly on May 18, 2016Nawaz Sharif narrated the history of their family’s business in parliament with utmost confidence and consistency. When the premier was giving the economic history of his family, he knew that the attention of everyone in media and public was on him. Actually, it proved to be a strategic opportunity for Sharif to clear his position […]