Pakistan is ubiquitously situated in a tempestuous region where the US and it’s allies on one side, and China-Russia and their partners on the other, are engaged in forming the late 19th century Europe-like alliances and counter-alliances to seize regional primacy.
If Pakistan is to have a credible share of the $2 trillion Chinese import market, it needs to undertake serious trade policy reforms. Like the ASEAN, Pakistan needs to lower its import tariffs and get rid of its protectionist policies.
The Prime Minister is visiting China with the goal of persuading Chinese companies to relocate to Pakistan. While this may appear to be a terrific "get out of jail free" card for Pakistan, Pakistan's "do more" attitude to Beijing is not sustainable or sensible, and it wastes Beijing's finite goodwill.
China is spreading the development in the world by sharing its experience and lessons it had learned in the course of development. Also, the inland region had been left behind by the traditional maritime powers but now China will help them rise and rebalance the world.
The story of the Kashmiri struggle against the Indian atrocities and the broken promises made by the leaders did not bear out of a vacuum. It existed long before and has resulted in making Kashmiri people subjugated to Indian violation of their natural rights.
The clothing factories and gas deliveries around one of China’s biggest seaports in Ningbo have already started facing shutdowns due to the increased outbreak of the new variants in the country, directly affecting the exports in the near future.
The expulsion of the Iranian clubs and the politics of Iranian soccer is the sharp edge of what is a global rather than a local problem: the incestuous and inseparable relationship between sports and politics and the insistence of international sports governors on maintaining the fiction.
An evolving and perhaps the most pressing issue prevalent in the country is that of persistently high energy-related accumulated costs, better known as circular debt. The last 4-to 5 governments have failed to resolve this issue and it has been continuously mushrooming
It is also amusing to note the forms of music that these young musicians have imported from global, mostly Western traditions, making them their own through their lyrics, while have yet to export their appeal to that music to international audiences.
For the followers of an ideology and a political party that casts every Muslimas “jihadi”, the Afghan Taliban, an ultra-orthodox, armed group, is the biggest menace on earth. The BJP’s formal or informal dialogue with the Taliban translates into domestic challenges for the ruling party.
History is always there to act as a lighthouse for those who have a thirst for knowledge. It has an incredible legacy for our coming generations to learn the sacrifices and bravery of those men in white who sacrificed their today for the better tomorrow of our nation.
The capture of Singapore would provide Japan with a highly valuable military base in the region and it would also greatly undermine British authority in the region. The Japanese commander for the attack on Malaya was General Yamashita.