The government of Pakistan considers the Central Asia Region (CAR) a reliable security partner in the rapidly changing geo-political and geo-strategic world. In the ongoing war against terrorism and mushroom growth of non-state actors, rise of human and drug trafficking nexus, achieving greater socio-economic prosperity, better political understanding and greater regional peace and stability, the…
The World Maritime Day is being formally celebrated by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) on 28 September 2017. The IMO, for those who may not be aware, is the principal organ of the United Nations dealing with and coordinating all maritime related issues ranging from safety, security and environmental concerns to training standards of seafarers…
Energy is life and the Energy Charter Conference [ECC] is striving hard to maintain life easy and smooth by achieving desired goals of energy efficiency, diversification, investment and uniformity of the legal framework among the members countries. Central Asian Countries [CACs] are blessed with natural reservoirs of oil and gas. Turkmenistan is working very hard…
Terrorist Activities in Pakistan Bomb/IEDs attacksThree people including father and his son were killed in a landmine explosion in Shani Meenah area of Ambar tehsil (revenue unit) in Mohmand Agency on September 1, reports The News. Two others also sustained injuries. Five soldiers were injured when their vehicle hit a landmine in Koda Khel area…
A month or so ago Indian troops trespassed and forcibly halted China extending a border road through Donglang plateau (called Doklam by India) at a junction between China, Sikkim (annexed by India) and Bhutan. Sourabh Gupta says it “is wholly a matter between Beijing and Thimpu (Bhutan’s capital). Until such time, Bhutan – let alone…
This week the Panama case entered its last, and possibly decisive round. On May 16, 2016, the PM had unequivocally stated in the National Assembly (NA) that a complete record of all his sources of income and assets was available, these have neither been provided to the JIT or the SC. While Justice Ejaz Afzal…
A five-party Conference on Cyprus was held in Crans-Montana, Switzerland recently under the auspices of the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres with the participation of President Mustafa Akıncı, Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Anastasiades, guarantor countries Turkey, Greece and the UK and in the presence of the European Union, as an observer. Security and guarantee were…
“But we delivered Him (Abraham) and Lot to the land which We have blessed for all the people of the world” (Qur’an;21:71). “Glory to (God) Who transported His Servant (Muhammad) by night from the inviolable House of Worship (at Makkah) to the Remote House of Worship (at Jerusalem) the environs of which we have Blessed..”…
Indian Ocean Naval Symposium, simply speaking, is a maritime forum set up for the express purpose of enhancing collaboration in terms of collective security between states whose shores, inclusive of permanently held territories, are washed by the Indian Ocean as well as those which have a visible stake in its future. I wouldn’t be at…
IntroductionIn 1945, the US State Department observed: “the resources of the Middle East are a stupendous source of strategic power and one of the greatest material prizes in the world history.” Presumably, effective control over the topsy-turvy Middle Eastern affairs — both economic and security — can help a hegemonic power to exercise increasing clout…
