Beijing 2022: An Asian Story

The Olympic flame has been ignited three times in four years for Asia and the region has wholeheartedly shown support to celebrating the Beijing Winter Olympics, themed "Together for a Shared Future." China is ready to light the Olympic flame once again at its National Stadium

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Highlights Pakistan-China Shared Future in the New Era

While rejoicing over 70 years of exemplary friendship and time-tested partnership, our two countries envision a brighter future and are firmly committed to building the "Pakistan-China Community of Shared Future in the New Era."

Together for the Winter Olympics and Future

February 4 will see the official launch of Winter Olympics 2022. Beijing has the lone honor of being only city in the world that has hosted both the Summer (2008) and Winter Olympics.

High expectations from PM Imran Khan’s visit to China

PM's visit is very important in the perspective of geopolitics when China is being coerced from the West. The US is ganging up and strengthening its alliance against China. The US measures to contain China, counter China, and resist the rise of China, have gained momentum.

Justice Umar Ata Bandial takes oath as Chief Justice of Pakistan

Justice Bandial will continue on his post till his retirement, which is due in September 2023.

The good, the not so good and the bad of National security policy of Pakistan

The founding father of Pakistan had laid the foundation of the citizen-centric approach as the raison d'être for Pakistan. The Constitution of Pakistan also provides for the basic rights of the citizens. NSP could have served as a uniting policy if the political parties were consulted.

How Pakistan will serve as pressure valves for balancing new cold war tensions?

In the event that the US continues prioritizing China, then Pakistan’s CPEC will become more important than ever for facilitating the People’s Republic’s geo-economic engagement with the rest of the Eurasian supercontinent as well as serving as a shortcut for doing the same with Africa.

Pakistan elevates first woman judge to the Supreme Court

The Judicial Commission of Pakistan has created history by elevating Justice Ayesha Malik to the Supreme Court – the highest judicial forum of the country. For the first time ever, a woman judge will be represented on the bench of this Muslim country's exclusively male-dominated top court.

Abdullah Manto: Fisherman who loves releasing the fish back into waters!

Abdullah is a Canadian of Pakistani origin who lives in the UAE and keeps shuttling between these three regions. But this is not an introduction for this 18-year-old law student who aspires to be a conservationist. What intrigues GVS editors about him is his unusual fascination for the fish of the world.

AKD Securities Ltd. wins title of “Best Retail Brokerage”

Asiamoney ranked AKD Securities Ltd at the top in the category of best retail brokerage.

National Security Policy of Pakistan is oxymoronic – Gen. Tariq Khan

In Pakistan, if the ‘security of the people' is the mainstay of the National Security Policy, as is defined on page one of the document, then one should first and foremost examine what is threatening the security of the people.

Implementing the National Economic Security Policy

One of the fundamental reasons behind Pakistan’s volatile economic performance for the last many decades is that we have not been able to develop and implement a strategic economic security framework customized to our socio-economic and geo-political dynamics.