Afghan Taliban must honour diversity in intra-Afghan dialogue By Dr Hussain Yasa A week after the Intra-Afghan talks started, at last, the distance between the two negotiating teams started surfacing in the first session of their proper face-to-face talks. It took almost a week for the contact groups to finalize the agenda and the principles of the talks. From the very …
China, Pakistan working closely to defeat enemy designs against CPEC ISLAMABAD – Outgoing Ambassador of China Yao Jing has said that China, Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was making fast progress and more mega projects are in the pipeline, saying this model could further gain progress if Pakistan could appoint officials who are expert on the functioning of Chinese government and …
Departure is difficult decision; Pakistanis would always live in my heart, says outgoing Chinese envoy ISLAMABAD – Outgoing Chinese Ambassador Yao Jing on Friday said that eight Agricultural Research Centers would be constructed under the Agricultural Cooperation between Pakistan and China under the China, Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Addressing a farewell briefing to media on the end of his …
ISLAMABAD – Chinese Ambassador Mr Yao Jing has hoped that the upcoming review meeting of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) scheduled to be held in October this year would be fruitful for Pakistan. These views were expressed by Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing in a farewell meeting with Dr. Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, Advisor to PM Imran Khan on Finance. …
ISLAMABAD – A senior executive at Chinese technology giant, Huawei Pakistan, has said that China and its companies respect other countries and people’s security and Huawei will never steal consumers’ data as it believes in fair play. Chief Executive Officer Huawei Pakistan Qiang Meng told media that Huawei has already confirmed that it will never install backdoors in its products …
By Muntaha Talat A picturesque valley between sky-high mountains of Pir Panjal and Karakoram ranges where cool breeze blows and the gushing sounds of water that runs between these mountains provides a symphony that pulls ears and soul together. This is Kashmir – a place called paradise on earth. However, this is the land where people are dying for …
Dr Hussain Yasa, the author. Prologue With the emergence of the political world, the concept of nationhood and the notion of pragmatic ethics of responsibility took over the political psyche of the emerging nations to survive among other preying nations. In the existing world of REALPOLITIK governed by normative political morals neither peace nor related harmony remains to take …
Xi Jinping terms CPEC a landmark project of BRI ISLAMABAD – China’s President and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping, Friday said that the China, Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a landmark project of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and is of great significance to the further development of the China Pakistan All Weather Strategic …
ISLAMABAD – Top mainstream political parties on Thursday rejected the New Cold War mentality and rallied behind the game changer initiative of China, Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The support to CPEC was made at the second conference organised by the International Department of Communist Party of China (CPC), in collaboration with Pakistan-China Institute. The event was a part of a …
ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said he feared a massacre similar to the 1995 genocide in Srebrenica could happen in Indian occupied Kashmir and urged the international community to take notice and prevent it from happening. Speaking on the 25th anniversary of the massacre, the premier said he still remembered when the genocide had taken place. “We …