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WASHINGTON: Eleven members of the US Congress, in a letter to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, have urged the Biden administration to withhold future US assistance to Pakistan, until the country restores constitutional order and holds free and fair elections. The lawmakers requested a...

At some point in their lives, those who call this country home would have had to go through the experience of being outside when nature calls in the full knowledge that there are few if any public toilets nearby. While most men would still be able to make do in such a scenario, for women these...

https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4315733-in-nepal-china-shows-desperation-rather-than-confidence-in-competing-with-india/ In a recent speech in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu, Chen Song, the Chinese Ambassador, told the Nepalese people that they were unfortunate to “have a neighbor...

The deal is finally done — Tata Electronics is buying 100% of Wistron’s iPhone manufacturing business in India. And everyone’s calling Tata the first Indian iPhone maker. But wait…isn’t Tata already making some stuff for Apple? It is. When Tata Electronics was set up in 2020, it had set its...

The big story of 21st century will not be the story of the US military might or Israel’s crimes against humanity and genocides but the rise of East against the West under the Russo-Sino leadership. The Gaza crisis demonstrates that the world order is not just and is tilted in favour of the West...

We live in a world plagued by conflicts, and the continued reliance on the use of conventional force to prevent violence has not proven effective. Besides the brutal onslaught against Palestinians in Israel-occupied territories in retaliation to a Hamas attack, the situation in many other...

By Touqir Hussain November 08, 2023 Pakistani (R) and Indian border security personnel hold flags of their country at the border. — AFP/File The question often comes up, especially among the young generation, why Pakistan has to remain on bad terms with India. This would have been a perfectly...

BEIJING, Nov 6 (Reuters) - President Xi Jinping said on Monday stable ties between China and Australia served each other's interests and both should expand their cooperation, sending a clear signal that Beijing was ready to move on from recent tensions. China and Australia should promote the...

COLOMBO, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's cabinet approved issuing free tourist visas to visitors from seven countries including China, India and Russia, a statement issued by the media ministry said on Tuesday, to boost tourism and help revive its crisis-hit economy. Tourists from China, India...

LONDON/COLOMBO – Sri Lanka's International Monetary Fund bailout plan could be a turning point in its worst economic crisis, but far-from-stable politics and a need to get debt relief from competing powers China, India and Japan means some of the hardest work is still to come. Sri Lankan...

India’s overseas intelligence operatives’ failures continue to embarrass the country, with the latest episode being Qatar’s sentencing of ten ex-Indian Navy officials to death for spying. News reports suggest the eight men were employed by a Qatari security firm but were also spying on Qatar’s...

Critical Questions by Richard M. Rossow Published June 30, 2023 Indian prime minister Narendra Modi was in Washington, D.C. from June 21 to 23 for his first state visit, where he engaged with various U.S. stakeholders. The joint statement released on June 22 contains a multitude of...

Commentary by Mathieu Droin , Rajesh Basrur , Nicolas Blarel , and Jyotsna Mehra Published July 13, 2023 “We know India will be a very difficult superpower—like a big France.” This comment by a former deputy national security advisor of Japanese prime minister Abe Shinzo echoes a widely shared...

https://www.dawn.com/news/1783037/thriving-south-asia-a-pipe-dream SOME two weeks back, the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), a 23-member inter-governmental organisation, held its annual meeting in Colombo. Pakistan has been intentionally kept out of this forum despite having a...

The visit of the caretaker Prime Minister to China for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) forum meeting has been highly successful. One of the major achievements is the signing of the Mainline-1 (ML-1) railway project, a crucial component of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The ML-1...

Out of school Editorial Published October 18, 2023 Updated about 21 hours ago WE are at the precipice of an education catastrophe. With a reported 28m children out of school, the nation faces a daunting task. But beyond the alarming statistics lies a deeper problem: a generation at risk. A...

October 17, 2023 Opinions, Editorials The recent expression of commitment by the Chinese ambassador to further enhance the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a positive development that underscores the enduring spirit of bilateral cooperation. The vision to transform CPEC into a...

By Touqir Hussain Georgetown University US When should a country become aware that its foreign policy is past its shelf life and change is long overdue? It’s when the nation is being left behind in a rapidly changing world, its diplomatic space is shrinking, it struggles to make new...

By Mosharraf Zaidi October 17, 2023 A black plume of smoke billows behind highrise buildings during an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on October 9, 2023. — AFP The crisis in the Middle East is going to further expose the helpless, rudderless, and purposeless nature of Pakistani leadership...

By Javed Malik October 04, 2023 The dynamics of the Pakistani diaspora have witnessed an impressive evolution over the years. Many of them have ascended to affluent and influential positions in their host countries, not just in business and professions but also in public life. Unfortunately...