US Defence Chief Wants to ‘Improve’ Pak-US Relationship
LAHORE: Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin on Tuesday discussed the ongoing situation …
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The New Quad — Pakistan’s Breakthrough Diplomacy By Ozer Khalid
The pioneering Quadrilateral diplomatic forum (Quad) promoted by America strategically integrates Pakistan, the US, Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan bringing our world …
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The Three Year Scorecard By Fahd Husain
THE PTI government completes three years in power this month. At the end of this period, some harsh facts stand …
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Afghan Refugees in Pakistan By Yasmeen Aftab Ali
Richard Armitage, former secretary of state, was bull’s eye when in 2002, he said that Pakistan was never important to …
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China And America: A New Game In A New Era – Analysis By William H. Overholt
China and the United States are in a different game than the rising power/established power conflicts of the past. Most …
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Fires Across the Continents: Global Warming on the Rise By Hafeez Khan
It is time to wake up. We are facing the biggest threat ever to mankind – Global warming is here; …
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Tackling Climate Change | Editorial
Prime Minister Imran Khan’s 10 billion tree plantation programme is coming along incredibly well as on Saturday, government officials, teachers …
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The US Contest With China By Shahid Javed Burki
There was hope that the growing contest between the United States and China while Donald Trump occupied the White House …
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International Visit | Editorial
A delegation from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) decided to visit the Kashmir …
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Electoral Reforms: A National Interest By Muhammad Ali Alvi
IT was only in 2013 when a democratically elected Government completed its five years term. However, it was not before …
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Climate-Smart Cities By Ali Tauqeer Sheikh
PAKISTANI urban planners have failed miserably to plan safe and livable cities for us. Instead of serving as engines of …
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A Globally-Connected Europe By Muhammad Omar Iftikhar
The European Union’s foreign ministers have agreed to work on a global infrastructure plan to link Europe with the world. …
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The BRI and Syria By Arhama Siddiqa
While taking the oath to officiate to reaffirm his authority as Syria’s President for a further seven years, Bashar al-Assad …
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Why the Quad Alarms China By Kevin Rudd
When former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe invited officials from Australia, India, and the United States to meet in Manila …
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The AJK Surprise | Editorial
Prime Minister Imran Khan has pulled another surprise, this time in AJK, by appointing Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi as the …
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The Afghan Refugee By Aasim Sajjad Akhtar
PRETTY much all states deploy facts selectively to sustain their national ideologies, inconvenient truths glossed over to maintain the façade …
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Pak-Russia Ties: Prospects and Challenges By Wali Ejaz Nekokara
Pak-Russia relations are a saga of mistrust. There are three main periods in which a trust deficit was triggered between …
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US-EU Three Seas Initiative vs Russia & China By Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi
APPARENTLY, with the Biden Administration’s glaring slogan that America is back, a new resurrection in the transatlantic relationship seems to …
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