Tag: US
Iran to launch two satellites in ‘coming days’
AFP| Iran's president said Monday the Islamic republic plans to launch two domestically made satellites into orbit in the "coming days" to gather information on...
Chabahar Port: The end of Gwadar?
Dr. Zafar Jaspal | India, Iran, and Afghanistan have been laboring to establish a new transit route. The new transit route would link Afghanistan and...
Pakistan to become Singapore or Syria—the choice is starker
Jan Achakzai | That old cliché, “Pakistan is facing worse challenges never seen before”, is more relevant today than ever before; economically failing state, dysfunction...
Trade War: China summons US ambassador over Huawei arrest
AFP| China summoned the US ambassador on Sunday to protest the arrest of a top executive from telecom giant Huawei in Canada, as Washington's top...
India outraged by Priyanka Chopra
News Desk | The furious Hindu extremist groups demand Priyanka Chopra to be sent to Pakistan .The Bollywood diva is under constant verbal attacks from...
Trump calls Trudeau “weak and dishonest” after refusing to sign G7...
News Analysis | When the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, was talking to media about the success of the G7 summit which Canada hosted...
Twenty years of nuclearization of South Asia: Lessons, challenges and way...
Syed Adnan Athar Bukhari | 2018 marks twenty years of nuclearization of South Asia. India, though implicitly conducted its nuclear tests under the garb of...
Amid U.S. sanctions against Iran, India aims to salvage Chabahar port
News Analysis | India will soon begin talks with Iran on a trade accord just as the US has turned hostile toward the Persian Gulf...
USAID aims at boosting sales of Pakistani Agritech companies
News Analysis | In a stakeholder awareness workshop, 15 representatives from Pakistan’s leading agriculture technology companies deliberated on how to expand adoption of agriculture technology...
IT Minister sheds light on industry performance
News Analysis | One of the fastest growing industries in Pakistan, the Information Technology (IT) sector, has expanded its export market to over one hundred...
No history will be made: Trump bails out of the Singapore...
News Analysis | United States President Donald Trump shared the photo of the official letter, written on his behalf to the North Korean dictator Kim...
US revokes invitation to China over ‘provocative military movement’ in the...
News Analysis | Pentagon has officially announced that they have made the call to revoke the invitation, which was earlier sent, to biennial naval exercises...
Pakistani exchange student among 10 killed in Texas school shooting
News Analysis | The United States has been suffering from the menace of mass shootings where teenagers bring firearms to their schools and kill their...
China stands to gain in Iran after US quits nuclear deal
AFP | The US decision to reimpose sanctions on Iran could scare off European investors but oil-thirsty China may step into the void and ramp...
World leaders send best wishes for Ramadan
News Desk | The Muslims throughout the world marked the month of Ramadan on 17th May. World leaders, including the President of the United States...
Pacific, Indian Ocean and Asia
IKRAM SEHGAL | Pakistan was founded in 1947 at a time when nobody was thinking about globalization even though the just finished WW II suggested...
Uncategorized Israel seeks Russian help in Syria. Will Russia oblige?
M K Bhadrakumar | After threatening Moscow that if it went ahead with plans to strengthen Syria’s missile defence systems, Israel will destroy them on...
‘Madhouse’: Tourists soak up royal wedding fever
AFP | Under the shadow of Windsor Castle, Bianca Louzado picked out a purple scarf adorned with pictures of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, and...
The US withdraws from Iran deal: aftermaths
Samran Ali | Trump’s politics of building walls and international disengagement ascended new heights when Trump withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)....
Iran warns US it would regret quitting nuclear deal
AFP | Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that if the United States quits the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers then Washington...
Iraq journalist who threw shoes at Bush stands for parliament
AFP | The Iraqi journalist who grabbed headlines around the world by hurling his shoes at then US president George W. Bush is pitching for...
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...
U.S forces deployed to assist Saudi Arabia for countering Houthi threat
News Analysis | The US support for Arab military coalition, currently carrying out bombing sorties over the Houthi rebels in Yemen, has moved passed the...
US hopeful about China talks to resolve trade dispute
AFP | Senior US officials are due to travel to Beijing on Tuesday to hold talks on resolving an escalating trade dispute and they say...
Netanyahu shows documents relating to Iran Nuclear ambitions; Tehran brushes off...
News Analysis | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Monday, unveiled a database of files which he claimed to have been containing crucial information about...
US diplomat hits motorcyclist but police book two Pakistanis
News Analysis | Two Pakistanis including the motorcyclist who was hit by a US embassy official's car were booked on Monday on multiple charges. Nazakat...
Trump adamant as UK, Germany, France join hands to save Iran...
News Analysis | The leaders of United Kingdom, Germany and France have agreed to support the Iran Nuclear Deal, which is hanging in balance since October 2017,...
Kim set to make history as the leaders of both North...
News Analysis | Kim Jong Un is going to be the first ever North Korean leader to step on the Southern side of the Korean...
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...
America’s Pakistan Fatigue: Dangerous!
Ikram Sehgal | The periodic ups and downs in US-Pakistan relationship, alternating approximately in 10 years cycles since 1971, has had us going from being...
Can Pakistan’s policymakers respond to much-hailed CPEC?
Waqas Shabbir | The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is hailed as the best opportunity to have knocked at Pakistan’s door, after a long stalemate...
Russia-Iran ties surge under US pressure
M K Bhadrakumar | A commentary entitled Tehran, Moscow boosting strategic relations, appearing last week in the Iran Daily newspaper, which is close to Supreme...
US officials confirm travel restriction on Pakistani diplomats
News Analysis | United States of America (US) has announced to restrict the free movements of Pakistani diplomats. According to the new restrictive measures, Pakistani...
Trump opens a Pandora’s box in Middle East
M K Bhadrakumar | There is no triumphalism in the US, Britain or France over the missile strike in Syria on Friday. The mood is...
US-led Syria strikes: China firmly opposes use of force in international...
CGNT | China has consistently opposed the use of force in international relations and has advocated respect for the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of...
Syria rebels say Western strikes ‘farce’ as long as Assad stays
AFP | Syria's opposition Saturday said Western strikes on government military positions did not go far enough, with rebels casting them as a "farce" as...
