Daily Current Affairs

By: ZAHID HUSSAIN CHINA recently hosted 29 heads of state and government at the Belt and Road Forum, reinforcing the country’s claim to leadership of an emerging geopolitical and economic world order. The summit conference that also attracted representatives of more than 40 other countries and multilateral financial agencies was the clearest expression yet of China breaking out of its …

By: Madiha Afzal PAKISTAN wants its Afghan refugees to go home. The repatriation numbers are staggering: more than 600,000 Afghan refugees are said to have returned home from Pakistan in 2016, to a country still under attack by the Afghan Taliban. In April alone, at least 140 soldiers and military officers died in an assault on an Afghan military base, …

By: JANE PERLEZ and YUFAN HUANG VANG VIENG, Laos — Along the jungle-covered mountains of Laos, squads of Chinese engineers are drilling hundreds of tunnels and bridges to support a 260-mile railway, a $6 billion project that will eventually connect eight Asian countries. Chinese money is building power plants in Pakistan to address chronic electricity shortages, part of an expected …

By: Zahid Gishkori Pakistan’s stance ISLAMABAD: Legal team of Pakistan on Monday told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that it had no jurisdiction to review the proceedings in Pakistan and could not hand over the spy to India. “We told the court (ICJ) that India was trying to create a smoke screen. We told the court that India was …

By: Syed Ali Sajjad KARACHI: Short-termism refers to the currently popular focus on immediate gains and ignorance of the future. This makes the future much more uncertain and entails a lot more risk. Some analysts credit the global financial crises to short-termism. It is a relatively new term in literature and is gaining popularity after a famous Ted Talk by …

By: JANE PERLEZ, YUFAN HUANG & PAUL MOZUR DANDONG, China — As the end of the fashion season approached, and the suits and dresses arrived in her company’s warehouses here in the Chinese border town of Dandong, the accountant crammed about $100,000 into a backpack, then boarded a rickety train with several co-workers. She asked to be identified only by …

By: Chen Shilei With a high-level forum on the Belt and Road (B&R) Initiative, scheduled to take place in Beijing from May 14-15, approaching, the China proposed initiative has again drawn the world’s focus. Proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative, comprising the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, …

By: Imaan Mazari Hazir  “A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to put its shoes on”. The saying goes something like that – though different versions are attributed to different people. Information, for better or for worse, has an inherent capacity to be taken out of context and moulded to fit whatever paradigm a …

The Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation will be held on May 14 to 15 in Beijing. The following is some basic information about the Belt and Road Initiative. ORIGINATION The Belt and Road Initiative comprises the land-based Silk Road Economic Belt and the 2Ist Century Maritime Silk Road. The initiative was put forward for the first time by …

By: KHURRAM HUSAIN Details from original documents laying out the CPEC long term plan are publicly disclosed for the first time. Plan eyes agriculture Large surveillance system for cities Visa-free entry for Chinese nationals The floodgates are about to open. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived in Beijing over the weekend to participate in the One Belt, One Road summit, and …