Daily Current Affairs

By Hussain H Zaidi The separation of East Pakistan on December 16, 1971 was the culmination of a long process spreading over two decades. It cannot be put down to the ambition or stubbornness of a single general, politician or political party. The federation of Pakistan, which came into being in 1947 had two remarkable features which contributed a lot …

BY: Sultan M Hali On the 15th Anniversary of China’s entry into WTO November 11, 2001, marked a red letter day in the history of China’s trade – nay, the world’s trade, commerce and economy, when Shi Guangsheng, the then Chinese Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, signed the protocol on China’s accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in …

By Muhammad Azam Khan Earlier, last year the security of Gwadar port was entrusted to Pakistan Navy. The task has since been conscientiously executed via an agile and efficient Marine battalion of the navy. Sited roughly 635 km from Karachi and 120 km from the Iranian border by road, Pakistan’s strategic port of Gwadar constitutes what may be called “bedrock” …

BY Dr Kamal Monnoo Pakistan must change tactics in the post Obama world Well, in less than a month Mr. Trump is poised to become the most powerful man in the world and here in Pakistan we have a government and its foreign office still struggling to decipher how to constructively engage him. Being somewhat linked with the diplomatic corps, …

President Trump has signaled that he will seek dialogue with Russian president Vladimir Putin. Trump has rightly shown that (1) he will resist rigid thinking and outmoded Cold War attitudes, which are too prevalent in both the United States and Russia; and (2) he will pursue relations with Russia grounded on U.S. interests and the search for areas of potential …

In many cases, outsiders looking in at the women in Islam perceive their role to be one associated with several negative connotations. These stereotypical stigmas force the women within the Islamic culture to be somewhat guarded because these social stigmas infringe on their culture and personality as an individual. One of the most common misconceptions is that women live under …

The ambitious China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, touted by both countries as a “game changer”, is an agreement that seems destined to put other regional partnerships — including the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) — in cold storage, triggering tensions and consequent militarization. Increasingly, it appears likely to lead to a new “great game” in the region. The goal? Domination …

Economic history of Central and South Asia is largely associated with the connectivity of trade and natural and human resources among the peoples of Central and South Asian countries. The silk rout and the Grand Trunk road (famously known as ‘GT Road’ in Pakistan and India) have been providing the major source of this connectivity. In the bipolar regime in …

National  Oct 29: Senator Pervaiz Rashid was relieved of his responsibilities as the federal minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage. What happened? The government held the minister responsible for a “lapse” following the controversy of a report in Dawn. Mr Rashid has not been declared guilty of any wrongdoing yet. An inquiry committee including senior officers of Inter-Services Intelligence …

by: Dr Salman Shah In an open letter to the IMF carried by Business Recorder (October 24, 2016), Dr Ashfaque Hassan Khan, Dr Hafeez Pasha and this writer had reminded the IMF that the recently concluded EFF programme with Pakistan had not produced the victory that was being proclaimed by the government and the IMF through the media. We showed …