Daily Current Affairs

Muhammad Faisal Over the course of 2016, Pakistan has achieved a certain degree of political stability. Political processes coped with multiple pressures and crises during the year. Democratic continuity means civilian governance is making incremental progress. Growth in civilian leadership is evident as political parties prepare for the general elections scheduled for 2018. Despite these trends, Pakistan continues to grapple …

If connectivity is becoming the basis of a new geopolitics, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) should be rated the year’s most potent symbol of this 21st century version of the Great Game. A Great Game whose outwards manifestations are multi-lane highways, pipelines and container traffic. The $46 billion CPEC is the flagship project within the even more ambitious Belt-Road programme …

Zhao Yuming Brexit and Donald Trump being elected US president reflect the public opinion in the West. The rise and prosperity of populism is a characteristic of the “New Normal.” Be it triangle or trilateral, the relationship among China, Russia and the US is steadily developing – the Sino-Russian comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination maintained high-level growth, the relationship between …

David Brewster China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative is carving out new pathways across the Eurasian continent, signifying Beijing’s ambitions to remake the world around it.  This project, if implemented, will fundamentally change China’s role and relationships in South Asia, perhaps in some ways that are not intended. In the Indian Ocean region, OBOR has two aspects. One is …

Li Xing The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), as a flagship project of the One Belt and One Road (OBOR) initiative, has drawn a great deal of investments. Apart from the fact that Pakistan has approved a Russian request for using the Gwadar Port, located in Balochistan Province, for its exports, media reports were swirling that Russia planned to merge the …

Dr Antonio Perra As the war in Syria tragically approaches its sixth anniversary, the world looks with consternation at the most recent developments in Aleppo — a once-glorious city now turned, in Ban Ki-Moon’s words, into a “synonym for hell.” The Russian-Syrian campaign to regain control of the last major urban center still held by rebel forces has unleashed a …

The British government of Theresa May officially adopted on Dec. 12 a new definition of anti-Semitism that includes legitimate criticism of Israel. The definition was adopted earlier in the year by a pro-Israeli group IHRA, although it was considered but abandoned by the European anti-racism agency in 2005. It is also a rather dangerous move which will most likely lead …

The self-styled Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has changed into a global threat and blackmails the entire world. The civil unrest and political tensions in Iraq and Syria paved the ground for the emergence of ISIL and left them a free room for practicing their radical ideology. The violence and bloodshed caused by ISIL group outraged the …

As climate changes, water Shortages are likely to fuel certain conflicts in many region around the world. According to some political analysts, “Water Wars” are becoming inevitable in the world’s future as the misuse of water resources continues among countries that share the same water source. International law has proven itself inadequate in defending the equal use of shared water …

By Imdad Hussain At the dawn of the New Year, the fresh case of Syria proved that the world order led by a superpower is drastically failing as a stabilising factor; with the volatile Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan being further instances of busted peace. Failure of the unipolarism in Syria was established with its recognition being evident in the US-led …