China slams US after space station almost crashes with Musk’s satellites
Tiangong, China's new space station, had to manoeuvre to avoid colliding with one Starlink satellite in July and with another in October, according to a note submitted by Beijing to the United Nations space agency this month.
India bans foreign funding for Mother Teresa charity
The news came two weeks after police in Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state, began investigating the charity for alleged "forceful conversion" of Hindus to Christianity -- a regular accusation by hardline members of India's majority religion.
Vietnam’s journey and lessons for Pakistan
One of the gravest economic setbacks for the country’s economy has been a high current account deficit, which is a result of higher imports of goods and services as compared to the export of products. Furthermore, Pakistan has an uncertain business environment, inefficient policymaking
Experts predict Pak-India relations will remain tense
Bilateral relations are likely going to stay the same in 2022 and may further get complicated because of the upcoming domestic political events in both countries such as the 2023 general elections in Pakistan and state polls in India
Govt agrees to restore gas supply: APTMA
The government agreed on gas supply to the industry to maintain production operations considering the international orders lined up given the emerging trend of higher exports. The gas supply of 75MMcf/d will be restored starting December 29, 2021.
Russia-China and SCO: Analyzing the impact of new regional alignments
Since 2015, Afghanistan has been striving to get full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), with no success as of yet. Afghanistan has been engaged with the SCO for over 15 years. It signed a protocol establishing the SCO-Afghanistan contact group in 2005
Under Kaptan govt, sports goods’ export reach all time high $134.8mln in 5 months
On month-on-month basis, the exports of sports goods increased by 8.41 percent during November 2021, as compared to the exports of $27.307 million in October 2021, the PBS data revealed.
Pakistan’s climate efforts speeding to success
During the session, SAPM Malik Amin gave an overview of the initiatives launched by the government in a bid to combat climate change. Despite contributing less than 1% to carbon emissions, Pakistan remains one of the top ten countries heavily impacted by climate change.
Biden approves $768bn military bill amid Ukraine & Taiwan possible wars
The US administration devotes $300 million in security aid to Ukraine amid mounting tensions with Russia
Remaking of India in the image of PM Narendra Modi
India is caught between the devil and the deep sea after having the extremists of right-wing Hindutva of which PM Narendra Modi is the most eloquent speaker, virtually take over the power. Different fire eaters of Hindutva are issuing dictate to kill Muslims in large numbers.
Why Pakistan rejects bloc politics?
Pakistan is one of those countries that has experienced being part of a camp and has always suffered dreadfully. According to the new geopolitical developments in the world, Pakistan now rejects the concept of bloc politics, and now advocates good relations with either side
Saudi Arabia to spend $220b to make Riyadh global city
Saudi Arabia is investing $220 billion to transform Riyadh into a global city by 2030, and expects to attract a similar amount of investment from the private sector.
