Tag: Kazakhstan
Accused Yahoo hacker gets five years in prison and a fine
AFP | A man accused of taking part in devastating cyberattacks on Yahoo for Russian intelligence agents was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison...
West’s Double Standards: An Unending threat for the World?
Tahir Ali Khan | When the Syrian regime was accused of using chemical weapons in Syria in April this year, US President Trump immediately issued...
“Saffronization” of India: US Federal Commission Report
News Analysis | Religious freedom conditions witnessed a "downward trend" in India last year, as Hindu-nationalist groups sought to "saffronize" it through violence, intimidation, and...
Russia, Turkey, Iran to hold Syria talks
AFP | The foreign ministers of Russia, Iran and Turkey were set to hold talks on Syria Saturday in the wake of an alleged chemical...
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...
International Community needs to unite to end Afghan war
Asia Maqsood | A declaration calling for an ‘Afghan-led and Afghan-owned’ peace process has been adopted in two-day mega international meeting on March 26-27, 2018...
The medical benefits of a development project like CPEC
News Analysis | On February 9, 2018, renowned Pakistani and Chinese medical experts reviewed progress made by the China-Pakistan Medical Corridor. This practice aimed at...
“We fight for our national interests and principles, not for aid”,...
News Analysis | “Afghanistan and its partners, especially the US, need to address the challenges inside Afghanistan rather than shift the onus for ending the...
ECO: The next big regional alliance?
Ikram Sehgal | Because of superpower rivalry and evolving geopolitical circumstances, a group of countries of this region is coming together in a natural economic...
Full membership of SCO: What does it mean for Pakistan?
Dr. Zafar N. Jaspal | The regional security is a prerequisite and paramount for national security. Without the mutual trust and trade between/among the regional...
The Afghan Quagmire: Kabul is not the only victim!
Saad Yousaf | Over the last few weeks, the unwieldy Unity government in Kabul has been facing multifaceted challenges. Afghan Taliban’s gains in Northern Afghanistan...
Afghanistan’s stubbornness: An obstacle in regional development
Imtiaz Gul | At a May 2015 global forum in Beijing, former President Hamid Karzai had talked of high time to "recommit ourselves to peaceful...
Benefits to Pakistan in joining Shanghai Cooperation Organization
By Saud Bin Ahsen | The importance of regional organisation in international relation has tremendously increased after falling of the Soviet Union and the emergence of...
Syria: Will Russia kneel in front of Washington?
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | Update: Washington has reopened the conflict with a Tomahawk missile attack on Syrian Air Force Bases. The Russian/Syrian air defense...
Erdogan signals closeness to Russia
On Friday, the presidents of Russia and Turkey chaired the 6th meeting of the High-Level Russia-Turkey Cooperation Council and had a second, private meeting...
