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By: Saeid Jafari TEHRAN, Iran — In recent years, tension between Iran and Turkey has been rooted in differences over regional developments rather than bilateral disagreements. Indeed, if one reviews the exchanges between the two neighbors during the past two decades, one can see that clashing policy toward regional issues has been virtually the only source of conflict. Now, however, …

By George Friedman This is an election in which anything can happen. Nevertheless, for now at least, it appears that Hillary Clinton will be the next president of the United States. For the moment, we can turn away from the real issues of this world to the question of what Clinton’s foreign policy might look like if she wins. It …

National Oct 17: Third unit of the Chashma nuclear power project in Pakistan went into full operation. It is China’s third overseas reactor. China`s first overseas reactor at Chashma went into operation in the year 2000, while the second was completed in 2011. The fourth one is expected to go intofulloperationintheñrsthalfofnext year. It has been built by the China National …

BY: JAWED NAQVI THE direct message from Cyril Almeida`s aborted harassment in Pakistan and the nuanced message from the BRICS summit in India have an unwitting connection, beyond their incidental Goa link. The Pakist an establishment would lil(e to deny though they may not succeed that the world wants them to fix the security apparatus`s apparently stubborn need to court …

BY: ISHRAT HUSAIN PAKISTAN has successfully completed the Extended Fund Facility arrangement with the IMF. The economy has stabilised; inflation has been subdued and initial investment under CPEC has begun. We now stand at a crossroads. One road leads to sustained growth and prosperity, the other to a place where our preoccupation with election-year politics can push us back into …

If there is one area in which the government has utterly failed to bring about any improvement, it is in the state of public-sector enterprises. The last review of the IMF programme, released by the Fund`s staff, points out that the accumulated losses of the three large public-sector companies and the power sector are now greater than the country`s annual …

By Amin Ahmed ISLAMABAD: The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has warned that a `business as usual` approach could put millions of more people at risk of hunger compared to a future without climate change. The State of Food and Agriculture2016 report released by the FAO on Monday claimed that most affected would be populations in …

LAHORE:  Executive Director, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, TUV Austria, David Embery has asked Pakistan to focus on improving law and order, educational reforms, tax reforms, and more business and investment friendly laws to better develop the human resource capital and attract foreign investors. He was addressing the Annual Budget Symposium for Asia Pacific Region for the year 2017 organised by …

Pakistan has improved its standing slightly as compared to 2008 with respect to hunger levels in the country. The latest Global Hunger Index released by the International Food Policy Research Institute gives it a rating of 33.4 as opposed to 35.1 in the 2008 index, placing it at 108th place amongst the 118 countries included in the Index. This essentially …

By: Shmuel Rosner JERUSALEM — In 2001, shortly after he was elected prime minister of Israel, Ariel Sharon traveled to meet with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia at the Kremlin. According to Danny Ayalon, who was an adviser to the Israeli prime minister at the time, Mr. Putin, as is the habit of world leaders, urged Mr. Sharon to …