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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 1. On Oct 16, ______ became the first head of the Saarc’s Anti-Corruption Forum (ACF). (a) Sri Lanka    (b) India (c) Bhutan    (d) Pakistan 2. The country director of the United Nations Population Fund is ______. (a) Haji Ahmed Malik (b) Syed Qamaruzzaman Shah (c) Dr Hassan Mohtashami (d) Christine Lagarde 3. The reverse side of the 10-rupee coin, …

NATIONAL Oct 16: Pakistan became the first head of the Saarc’s Anti-Corruption Forum (ACF) for a year. Oct 17: Third unit of the Chashma nuclear power project in Pakistan went into operation. Highlights China’s first overseas reactor at Chashma went into operation in 2000, while the second was completed in 2011. It is the third, and the fourth will be …

National 1. On Sep 17, ______ clinched the Cool & Cool presents Jazz National T20 Cup. (a) Lahore Blues    (b) Karachi Whites (c) Lahore Whites    (d) Karachi Blues 2. Renowned scholar and intellectual Professor Mir Abdullah Jan Jamaldini died on ______. (a) Sep 16    (b) Sep 18 (c) Sep 20    (d) Sep 22 3. Pakistan’s rank on the in the …

 NATIONAL Sep 17: Karachi Blues won the National T20 Cup. Sep 21: PM Nawaz Sharif addressed the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly. Sep 21: Misbah-ul-Haq received the ICC’s Test championship mace becoming the ninth captain to receive the honour. Other Captains: Steve Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke, Steve Smith (Australia), M. S. Dhoni (India), Andrew Strauss (England), …