Beyond Europe-reconnecting Eurasia on November 3, 2018“Beyond Europe-reconnecting Eurasia” was the title of an international conference, organized and hosted by the Faculty of Political Science and Journalism at Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan, Poland from 23rd to 24th October 2018. This scribe was invited with participants from France, United States, Israel, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Japan, Ukraine, Korea, Pakistan, Taiwan and Nigeria. The […]
The domino effect of Pak rupee plunge on October 19, 2018The Pakistani rupee plunged by about 7 percent last week to its record low in the last decade or so. The downward spiral caused panic in the stock market and turmoil in the foreign currency exchange centres. The US Dollar, started the day at Rs 124.27 but the tail spin continued till around Rs135, before […]
Why won’t India come to the negotiation table? on September 28, 2018Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan made a genuine and sincere effort to reach out to India for dialogue in his letter to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, seeking to re-start bilateral talks on key issues “challenging the relationship.” Prima facie, the overture was received positively and India responded by announcing that, to break the ice, […]
Imran Khan’s maiden visit to GHQ and ISI on September 24, 2018Prime Minister Imran Khan is a curious personality, having been a world class sportsman, a celebrity in his own rights when he won the 1992 Cricket World Cup. Coming out of retirement, captaining a team of players, who were torn with internal strife, rated as the bottom few teams, he gelled them together. After overcoming […]
Fiction with malicious intent on September 15, 2018Both Pakistan and India are highly sensitive when it comes to discussing military related matters. The First Kashmir War (1947-48) was a stalemate, since then Indian Prime Minister (PM) Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru, fearing the liberation of the entire Valley, appealed to the UN Security Council (UNSC), asking it to impose a ceasefire. The UNSC obliged, […]
Peace Mission 2018-bringing antagonists together on September 1, 2018The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)’s ant-terror military exercise titled “Peace Mission 2018” was recently held in Chebarkul, Russia from 24-29 August. Military contingents of all eight SCO member nations: China, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, India and Pakistan participated. Held biennially, Peace Mission exercises are aimed at enhancing cooperation between member states to deal with the […]