Pakistan continued its relentless efforts toward the successful completion of these Action Plans despite many challenges including the COVID-19 pandemic. Pakistan has covered a lot of ground in the AML/CFT domain during the implementation of FATF Action Plans.

Moscow seemed to have believed that much like its 2014 offensive of eastern Ukraine and the Georgian military campaign in 2008, NATO and much of the western world would avoid any practical assistance to Ukraine.

Forest fires are a grave concern and need serious attention by the government to protect valuable forests and precious wildlife. These forest fires are devastating for our forests – burning trees and killing many species of birds and small animals every year.

China has made clear that it is not willing and not yet able to replace the United States. It has also made clear that for China to engage in regional security, Middle Eastern states would first have to get a grip on their disputes so that conflicts don’t spin out of control.

Chinese for now is the most spoken language in the world. However, it also is confronting challenges especially when the world is in face of large divides. Solutions cannot be found without new thoughts, new feelings and new ideas.

This is not to say that things have not been improving –growth despite the absence of a supportive environment has actually been quite impressive. From 1947 to 2018, Pakistan could only achieve $13 billion in textile exports.

China is considered to be the prominent leader in green technology and renewable energy source. Through the BRI, it will make its way toward the transition from fossil fuel to renewable energy in the Eurasian region.

India is using hybrid warfare techniques with a combination of conventional forces, cyber forces, media, information tools, and diplomacy to coerce the state of Pakistan under the nuclear threshold.  India shows its hegemonic plans and aggressive intentions.

Representation of the classes involved in benefitting from the unfair privileges in the national parliament creates a paradoxical situation, where the parliamentarians are engaged in doling out privileges that in turn benefit themselves.

During the Cold War period, Pakistan borrowed power from the United States to seek parity with India, while India borrowed power from the Soviet Union (and also the United States) to seek parity with China.

The US vision and strategy of the Indo-pacific region are closely related to the Indian look east policy, North Korean Southern policy, the Australian Indo-pacific concept, Japan’s free and open Indo-Pacific region, and Taiwan’s new southbound policy.

The most prominent areas of mutual interaction between Pakistan and CARs have been the development of land routes, pipelines, and the buildup of infrastructure, which is to ensure the connectivity and economic sustainability of the two parties.