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Pakistan FATF The recently concluded Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meeting in Paris has decided to keep Pakistan on its Grey List, demanding compliance again on three of the remaining 27-point action plan that was given to the country in June 2018. The decision came after a three-day virtual meeting of the FATF that began on February 22, during which …

PAKISTAN-CHINA Ironclad Friendship China-Pakistan friendship has a time-honoured history. As late Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai said friendly exchanges between the Chinese and Pakistanis can be traced as far back as the dawn of history. Over 2,000 years ago, China and Pakistan were already connected by the ancient Silk Road, when our peoples visited each other amid echoes of camel bells. …

ISLAMABAD SECURITY DIALOGUE On March 17-18, the first-ever Islamabad Security Dialogue was organized by the National Security Division. The Dialogue has been launched with an aim to unveil Pakistan’s new strategic direction based on a comprehensive security framework. While inaugurating this two-day event, PM Khan talked about the concept of national security and said it needs to be more comprehensive. …

IMRAN KHAN’S FIVE-POINT PLAN TO END POVERTY, HUNGER In his virtual address at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) moot, Prime Minister Imran Khan reminded the world that some 600 million people suffer from hunger, and 100 million will be pushed into poverty because of the impact that the pandemic has had on their lives. Even more worrying is …

FATA’s Merger with KP Part II Prospects, Challenges and Opportunities   Associated with the political will is the need for an unwavering commitment to the provision of funds for the development of the merged districts. Initially, there was a willingness to spend 3% of the federal divisible pool for the socio-economic development of ex-FATA for a period of ten years. …

Ecosystem Restoration A Solution to Climate Crisis It seems the nature is finding it harder and harder to tolerate human encroachments. From intensified hurricanes to ravaging wildfires, from dwindling water supplies and ocean acidification to growing desertification, from rapid extinction of flora and fauna to melting of the permafrost; nature is using all weapons in its arsenal to warn the …

Civil Drone Authority Composition Headed by Secretary Aviation Division, the composition of the authority includes senior level representation from Pakistan Air Force (PAF), Civil Aviation, and ministries of Defence Production, Interior and Science and Technology. It also includes one representative each from the federating units including Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit Baltistan. Three eminent experts of the field …

Blue Economy The Wave of Future for Pakistan The 21st century is the century of blue economy and ocean civilization because maritime is not just a sector but a parallel economy, and all other sectors of economy cross through it. Economic globalization and the imminent threat of food insecurity are fast pushing the land economy to the ocean industry as …

Biden Needs A New Pakistan Policy For the first time in over two decades, Pakistan is not a foreign-policy priority for a new US administration. Since 2001, Pakistan has been a focus of the War on Terror and critical to US military involvement in Afghanistan. But that security imperative no longer drives US foreign policy. A shrinking US military footprint …

US-China Meet in Alaska The first talks between the Biden administration and top Chinese diplomats have concluded in Alaska. The dialogue was held between Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China’s Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and US State …