Pakistan’s foreign policy is beyond comprehension. All its neighbours are on the back-burner or sidelined except China. Even the “iron brother” has shown its annoyance on many occasions for Pakistan’s misbehaviour and unfulfilled commitments. Central Asian Independent States (CAS), despite having enormous propositions of business and trade, could not attract Pakistan more than India and […]
Post-Glasgow Climate Pact
The 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) closed with an unexpected compromised deal, from phasing-out of carbon emissions as agreed in the Paris Agreement in 2015 to phasing down in the Glasgow Climate Pact. However, COP26 President Alok Sharma struggled to hold back tears following the […]
Another Deliberate Blunder
The recent series of happenings on the issue of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) has once again endorsed differences between the military establishment and government. The shout-outs of the government and the actions taken lately have proved it. The political pundits have been hinting for some time that the parties are slipping out of the page. It […]
COP26: Pakistan all set for ‘Global Net Zero’
The 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) took off on Sunday, October 31 for 13 days. The top target of the conference is to set a tone to secure global net-zero carbon emissions by mid-century and keep the 1.5 degrees Celsius rise in the global mean […]
Investing in Mountains to Reduce Disasters
Pakistan’s mountains are turning increasingly vulnerable to extreme climatic conditions. They are the frontlines confronting the brunt of globally rising mean temperature and transboundary carbon emissions. Other obvious contributing factors are fast increasing population, unchecked urbanization, unsustainable tourism, irrational deforestation and over-consumption of natural resources. All have set the worst recipe for mountain disasters and […]
COP26: What would Pakistan Look For?
The UK will host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow from October 31 to November 12, 2021. This very important conference is taking place at the moment when the COVID-19 pandemic has brought devastation to millions around the world; disrupting many parts of the global economy. Governments have stepped […]
Who shall be the Next IUCN President?
The French government and IUCN – International Union for Conservation of Nature – will be organizing the World Conservation Congress from September 3-11, 2021. Initially, it was planned for 2020, but could not happen because of the Covid-19 situation. As the health situation has been improved in many of the IUCN member countries and in […]
Khalid Mansoor Replaces Mr. Bajwa
About a week ago, the government had appointed the energy specialist and former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Hub Power Company Limited Khalid Mansoor as a Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on CPEC Affairs. His appointment took place just a month after his resignation from the Hub Power Company, soon after the company […]
Deepening the South China Sea Crisis
Philippine’s President Rodrigo Duterte has shocked the world by restoring the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with America last Friday, 30th July 2021. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana formally announced the decision in a joint press conference after their meeting at Camp Aguinaldo military base in Manila. The VFA is […]
Repairing Another Crack in the CPEC
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and the ISI chief Lt General Faiz Hamid have had their “strategic meetings” with Chinese counterparts on a variety of issues. They have assured China of addressing their key concerns over the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects in the context of the July 14 Dasu incident in which nine Chinese […]