Islamabad is reaping the benefits of its close strategic partnership with China. Beijing is also cognizant of the vitality of cordial relation’s sustainability for the pursuits of its interests’ in the transforming global politics. President Xi Jinping visited Islamabad in April 2015 and signed 51 Memorandums of Understanding and announced US$46b investment in Pakistan to build China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Many …

Russian President Vladimir Putin on last Monday suspended a treaty with Washington on cleaning up weapons-grade plutonium. Some western thinkers charge that Putin is willing to use nuclear disarmament as a new bargaining chip in disputes with the United States over Ukraine and Syria. Thanks to the US crafted new world disorder, the global system has undergone a deep crisis …

National Oct 25: The Sindh government issued orders to register all immigrants living in Karachi metropolis, including slum areas, and on its outskirts. Oct 25: Serena Hotels was conferred the World Travel Award (WTA) for third consecutive year. Oct 25: World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2016 ranked Pakistan as the second-worst country in the world for gender inequality …

BY RAFIA ZAKARIA SOMEWHERE late in the 1500s, after he had been king for many years, Emperor Akbar asked one of the Jesuit priests then in the Mughal Empire for a copy of the Holy Bible. It was this act that led to the commissioning of a manuscript known as the Mirat-ul-Quds, or the `mirror of holiness`, that tells of …

September 3, 2010: A suicide bomb attack killed 59 people at a rally held by Shia organisations on Al Quds day. August 31, 2011: A powerful blast killed at least 11 and injured 13 others when a bomb was detonated on Gulistan Road in the Murriabad area of Quetta. September 20, 2011: Militants gunned down 26 people belonging to the …

ISLAMABAD: Although they have improved since 2015, the federal government`s public approval ratings remained negative on most governance indicators, according to the assessment of Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (Pildat). Pildat found that 58pc of nationwide respondents rated the prime minister`s performance positively this year, while 41pc rated it negatively. This is a decline of 15 percentage points …

CALAIS (France): An island of comfort in the squalid Calais `Jungle`, the Khyber Pass Cafe is one of the few still serving customers even as migrants heed an eviction order and camp residents move out. Open since April, the cafe has been housed in a large forest green-coloured tent. Inside, migrants and aid workers sip tea and coffee, and eat …

BY Syed Zeeshan Haider The roots of contemporary problems are buried deep The rift between Pakistan and India has increased to a significant degree. A few elements on both sides have played a crucial role in aggravating the situation. These elements are present amongst mass media, political parties and various governmental and non- governmental institutions, on both sides of the …

National Oct 24: At least 61 security personnel were martyred and 117 injured when terrorists stormed the Police Training College located on Quetta’s Sariab Road. How did three terrorists wreak havoc in Quetta? The attack, around 20 kilometres east of Quetta, began around 11:10 pm Monday, with gunfire continuing to ring out at the site for several hours. There were …

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