Tag: diplomatic
Multiple diplomatic spats raise questions about Saudi concept of sovereignty
James M. Dorsey | The failure of western allies to rally around Canada in its dispute with Saudi Arabia risks luring the kingdom into a...
Trump, Iran drama escalates — via Twitter
AFP | Tensions are mounting between Donald Trump and Iran -- the US president's raw tweet threatening Tehran was met Monday with a similarly bilious...
Big protests expected as Trump UK visit in July confirmed
AFP | US President Donald Trump will make a long-awaited visit to Britain on July 13, Downing Street announced Thursday, his first since taking power in...
Ice-breaker visit of Modi to China; India still insecure about CPEC
News Analysis | Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), to which Pakistan and India became a party in 2017, on the lines of increasing regional cooperation on...
Generation gap: South Koreans fear, welcome and ignore the North
AFP | Pyongyang went on to detonate its first nuclear device a few years later. "We gave them more than 10 trillion won ($9 billion)," the...
Ch. Nisar won’t join PTI, here’s why
News Analysis | Imran Khan, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman has once again claimed that he would be taking a big wicket in days to come, without...
Pakistan walks diplomatic tight rope
News Analysis | “The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 year, and they have...
Why Pakistan would not be able to prosecute a ‘killer’ US...
News Analysis | The killing of an Islamabad-based citizen in an accident involving Joseph Emanuel, American military attaché has created a stir in the power...
India fumes over pro-Khalistan posters in Pakistan
News Analysis | India, on Monday, accused Pakistan of trying to incite Indian Sikh pilgrims by raising the issue of “Khalistan” through inflammatory statements and...
Trump now terms Qatar as “Ally against Terroism”
News Analysis | Following the rift between Qatar and other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries in 2017, President of the United States of America Donald...
Trump to decide soon whether to retaliate for chemical attacks in...
News Analysis | President Trump said Monday that he might seek to hold accountable not just Syria but its patrons in Russia and Iran for a chemical weapons attack that killed...
Trump to host UAE Crown Prince, calls for Gulf unity
AFP | The White House said Friday that President Donald Trump would host the United Arab Emirates' Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahayan, but...
Russia cements relations with Turkey as the development of Nuclear Power...
News Analysis | Russian President Vladimir Putin, along with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, officially inaugurated the development of first-ever nuclear power plant at Akkuyu,...
Putin retaliates against diplomatic expulsions: How will it affect FIFA...
News Analysis | The recent tensions between Russia and West, particularly the United Kingdom, after a former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter...
Israel has ‘right’ to its land: Crown Prince Salman
AFP | The crown prince and de facto leader of Saudi Arabia said Israel has a "right" to a homeland, a notable shift in the...
Middle-east deck rearranges: Iran and Qatar coming closer together?
News Analysis | Javad Zarif, the foreign minister of Iran, wrote an opinion piece in the Qatar-based news agency, Al Jazeera, on Monday. Zarif advocated...
Why did Kim Jong Un pay a surprise visit to Beijing?
AFP | Beijing was under tight security Tuesday with speculation rife that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was making a surprise visit, after the...
Indian Minister threatens to invade Pakistan
News Analysis | Indian Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said no power in the world can take Kashmir away from India and if...
Diplomatic harassment in India and anti-Muslim rhetoric may prove to be...
News Analysis | Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr. Muhammad Faisal indicated in a press briefing on Thursday that Pakistan has called back to envoy from India...
Trump and Kim: an end to estrangement?
AFP | President Donald Trump has agreed to a historic first meeting with Kim Jong Un in a stunning development in America's high-stakes nuclear standoff...
Suicide bomber in Kabul kills one, injures six
AFP | At least three people were killed and more than a dozen wounded in multiple suicide bombings in Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said, the...
Pakistani artists continues to suffer as India maintains the temporary ban
News Desk | Indian Motion Pictures Producers Association (IMPPA) on Thursday, refused to lift the ban anytime soon that was imposed two years ago on...
Indian Motion Pictures Producers Association retains ban on Pakistani artists
News Desk | Indian Motion Pictures Producers Association (IMPPA) on Thursday, refused to lift the ban anytime soon that was imposed two years ago on...
PPP’s guarded approach to Nawaz’s confrontation with judiciary
News Analysis | Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari accused ousted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of creating deliberate confrontation between judiciary and...
Economic impacts of Pakistan being placed on terror watch list
News Analysis | Seeking diplomatic success, Pakistan sent Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance Dr. Miftah Ismail to attend the six-day meeting of Financial Action...
South China Sea becomes global and regional threat
Jumel G. Estrañero | While China has been making considerable diplomatic and economic inroads in Asia, the US has been reminding the same continent of...
Kulbhushan pops up as India-Pakistan spar at the UN
News Analysis | At a high-level Security Council meeting, Pakistan has raised the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav, the RAW officer apprehended by Pakistan on its...
Why US created Afghan transit route?
M K Bhadrakumar | The US President Donald Trump made a significant diplomatic breakthrough in the Afghan war by getting Kazakhstan President Nurusultan Nazarbayev to...
Trump’s Pakistan crisis presents opportunity for Putin
Shahid Raza | Sitrep The first thing the Republican US President Donald Trump did to start his new year was to open a cannon of...
Pugnacious Trump’s problems with Pakistan
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | Over the past year, Pakistan has faced immense challenges in its dealings with the Trump Administration. The Americans incapacity to...
Opposition calls for a joint response to Trump allegations
News Analysis | Opposition parties reacted strongly towards the allegations of US President Donald Trump against Pakistan. They are demanding a review of Pak-US relations...
Nawaz Sharif’s departure to Saudi Arabia fuels speculation
News Analysis | Dec 31, 2017 - Ex-Pakistani premier, Nawaz Sharif 's Spokesperson has finally spoken; he has categorically denied that any NRO or deal...
India defies US by showing solidarity with Russia
M K Bhadrakumar | In a highly significant diplomatic gesture, India showed solidarity with Russia in the UN General Assembly vote on Tuesday, which condemned...
A Meeting on Christmas Night Dacca, 25 Dec 1962
Dr. Moeed Pirzada | “Mujibur Rahman was now in his elements. He said that the purpose of calling the meeting was to hand over to...
Are Tillerson’s comments going to increase Pak-US tensions?
News Analysis | Pakistan has told the United States that it “is not North Korea” and that it was committed to global peace, diplomatic sources...
Trump fires back at British PM after she criticized his recent...
AFP | US President Donald Trump publicly upbraided British Prime Minister and ostensible ally Theresa May late Wednesday, rebutting her criticism of anti-Muslim propaganda in...