Munir Ahmed

United States President Joe Biden is swiftly fulfilling the political promises made during his election campaign. There has been no de-linking of guarantees, regardless of whether these were politically motivated to win seats from traditional Republican strongholds. In the last two weeks alone, Biden has fulfilled three pledges of global significance. Certainly, the decision to […]

The weekend was spiced up by the prospect of a breakthrough on Indo-Pak talks. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, in an interview with Turkey’s Anadolu Agency, said that if New Delhi were wiling to revisit its annexation of Jammu and Kashmir in 2019 — then Islamabad would commit to resolving all outstanding issues. Of course, […]

The global smear campaign against China continues. The overriding objective is to hinder the country’s economic progress and political outreach, particularly under its BRI (Belt and Road Initiative); which offers connectivity to Central Asia and beyond, including Europe. Since CPEC (China-Pakistan Economic Corridor) is considered the driving force behind the entire BRI project, Pakistan risks […]

The world has seen how a chaiwala, Narendra Damodardas Modi, gradually climbed the ladder of political hierarchy in India to become the 14th prime minister in 2014. Born and raised in Vadnagar, a small town in northeastern Gujarat, he succeeded to become the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014. He is the Member […]

A country’s moves on the global strategic chessboard defines its vigor, present importance and projected future capacity. In recent years, the world has seen China’s gradual but rapid economic growth after the launch of ‘One Belt One Road’ (OBOR) initiative that was lately termed as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Launched by President Xi […]

President Joe Biden has invited 40 world leaders to the ‘Leaders Summit on Climate’. The two-day conference will start on 22 April – the Earth Day, and will come ahead of a major UN meeting on the crisis, scheduled for November in Glasgow, Scotland. The conference will be entirely online due to the coronavirus pandemic, […]

The managing authority of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), commonly termed as the game changer for Pakistan, has no legal standing for the last six weeks. The government got the CEPA bill passed from the National Assembly on February 2, 2021 despite commotion from the opposition on many sections of the bills. An opposition Member […]

Shall we really hope some miracles to happen to resolve the Kashmir conflict and to improve the regional peace after Pakistan-India have announced reaching at the agreement to recommit themselves to the 2003 ceasefire arrangement at the Line of Control (LOC)? Shall they actually abide by their commitment to what they have agreed to, taking […]

Thank you Muhammad Ali Sadpara for putting Pakistan’s mountaineering in limelight at the cost of your life and two other international mountaineers. Once again, it is realized that Pakistan needs to have mountaineering recognized, owned and supported through state patronage. The mountaineering in Pakistan seems to be like an orphan child for the last seven […]

Prime Minister Imran Khan launched the Covid-19 vaccination campaign on February 2 as 500,000 doses of the Sinopharm, a gift from the time-tested friend China, arrived in Pakistan on the last day of January. In the first week of the vaccination campaign in the federal capital Islamabad, only 34 frontline health workers inoculated. Quite strangely […]