Ding Gang Professor Da Wei, a professor at School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, recently published a paper called “Security Concerns are Reasonable, Spheres of Influence are Not (The Washington Quarterly Volume 45, 2022 – Issue 2).” The essay provides a Chinese perspective for those willing to understand China’s position on great power diplomacy, particularly […]
Read MoreZhan Debin Since taking office, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has been participating in multilateral mechanisms or events that more or less took China as the target. This includes strengthening trilateral cooperation among the US, South Korea and Japan, attending the launch of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity, and attending the NATO summit. Many […]
Read MoreKerry Boyd Anderson US President Joe Biden promised major progress toward addressing climate change, including significant cuts in US emissions. More than a year into his presidency, his climate agenda has hit obstacles in Congress and from the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, Americans increasingly are feeling the real-life impacts of climate change, including record high temperatures, […]
Read MoreChristopher Phillips The party is over. Boris Johnson, king of British populism, is stepping down as prime minister. Perhaps future historians will also mark this as the end of the “Brexit years.” This era began in 2016 when Johnson threw his weight behind the campaign to leave the EU, arguably tipping the balance in its […]
Read MoreNewswire Berlin: Europe should prepare for a complete stop of Russian gas supplies in conditions when they are declining, President of the European Commission (EC) Ursula von der Leyen said in an interview. “Russia is supplying in part or do not supply gas at all to 12 [EU] member-states at present,” von der Leyen said. […]
Read MoreChu Daye and Liu Yang From its buzzing tourism industry to bustling e-commerce and busy inter-continental freight transportation, Northwest China’s Xinjiang region is demonstrating great economic vitality, as Chinese President Xi Jinping made an inspection trip to the northwest region last week and stressed efforts to fully and faithfully implement the policies of the Communist […]
Read MoreNewswire Novo-Ogaryovo: Russia is not going to lose heart or have decades of its progress reversed, despite inhospitable forecasts from opponents, President Vladimir Putin told the Council for Strategic Development at a meeting this week. The president said Russia was being completely denied access to foreign hi-tech products. “We understand that this is a major […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Nawabshah: Pakistan People’s Party Co-chairman and former President Asif Ali Zardari said this week that he sincerely wishes to see his son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari as the Prime Minister of the country in his lifetime. Zardari said that when Bilawal went abroad as Foreign Minister, he received calls from his old friends who […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Lahore: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Vice-President Maryam Nawaz this week demanded the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announce the verdict of the foreign funding case at the earliest. Maryam Nawaz said in a Twitter message that Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) should not get too excited about losing five of its own provincial assembly […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Frankfurt: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Germany President Zahid Abbad Shah this week said that President Arif Alvi had no moral authority to remain at the post after Supreme Court’s verdict to set aside a controversial ruling by then Deputy Speaker National Assembly Qasim Suri on April 3 that dismissed the no-confidence motion against […]
Read MoreNewswire Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister KishidaJapanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), told a news conference this week that he had asked Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Koichi Hagiuda to have up to nine nuclear power units in operation by winter. He also wants to secure capacity from […]
Read MoreHu Xijin Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Monday that according to UNCLOS and Chinese laws, the waters of the Taiwan Straits, extending from both shores toward the middle of the Straits, are divided into several zones including internal waters, territorial sea, a contiguous zone and the Exclusive Economic Zone. China has sovereignty, sovereign […]
Read MoreBaria Alamuddin We are in the throes of two potentially game-changing visits — US President Joe Biden’s recently concluded trip to Saudi Arabia, followed by Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s pilgrimage this week to Tehran. In an implicit admission of his administration’s earlier failure to prioritize the Middle East, Biden declared to Arab leaders: “We will […]
Read MoreChris Doyle Boris Johnson is an unusual, atypical Conservative prime minister in so many ways. His fall from grace was long predicted. His foibles and weaknesses were always bound to catch up with him. He needed dozens of wardrobes for all his skeletons. Yet, unlike his peers, he had certain qualities his potential successors are […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Umar Rehman Malik has welcomed PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari’s decision to give more time to Punjab in the coming months. Speaking to Covert, Umar Rehman Malik said the presence of Zardari – a former President of Pakistan – in Punjab will moblise the PPP voters for […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Senior Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Natasha Daultana said this week that the PPP will win a big chunk of seats in the general elections in Punjab. She said the PPP was ready for elections any time but election reforms were the top agenda of the coalition government. Dispelling rumours pertaining to […]
Read MoreNewswire Jakarta: China’s foreign minister Wang Yi has said that Southeast Asian nations should avoid being used as “chess pieces in major power rivalries”. Addressing the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) secretariat in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, this week, Wang said many countries in the region were under pressure to take sides. “We should […]
Read MoreMinsk: President Alexander Lukashenko said this week that the West’s policy is bringing the world closer to the brink of a major, unwinnable war. “Unfortunately, this Western policy is bringing the world closer to the abyss of a major war where, as you know, there won’t be a winner anymore,” he stressed at a ceremony […]
Read MoreNewswire Tokyo: Days after the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan is still trying to come to terms with the unexpected loss of its most consequential leader in recent memory. But while Abe may be gone, the slain politician’s life-long dream of building a brand new, fully independent and proactive Japan that […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Reacting to the revelations made by Tayyaba Gul, the woman who accused former NAB chairman Justice Javed Iqbal of sexual harassment at the National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting a couple of days ago, Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman said this week that after the failure of Pakistan […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Tuesday that loot and plunder of Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi cannot be hidden by trying to link opponents with treason and making a false narrative of corruption. In a statement, she said presence of huge number of people in the […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Lahore: Special Assistant to Prime Minister Romina Khurshid Alam this week expressed the commitment to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals through sheer determination and prudent policies. In an interview, she said in this regard, a national meet-up conference will be held soon with the aim of getting prolific contributions from all the provinces […]
Read MoreTakatoshi Ito The assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is as sad as it is shocking. Gun violence is exceedingly rare in Japan and it seems clear already that both the Nara local police and the Security Police (secret service) were ill-prepared to protect him. For Japanese of my generation, the tragedy calls […]
Read MoreNewswire Beijing: China this week rejected as an irresponsible smear a warning from the chief of NASA that China might “take over” the moon as part of a military programme, saying it has always called for the building of a community of nations in outer space. China has stepped up the pace of its space […]
Read MoreTehran: Cooperation of BRICS and Iran will benefit both sides, says Shuaib Bahman, senior researcher at the International Institute of Strategic Studies of Iran. “Iran will benefit from this process; it will also create and interesting and beneficial situation for BRICS,” he said in an interview. “(Iran’s) membership will benefit both sides.” According to the […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari this week addressed Congressional Pakistan Caucus via video link and invited its Chairperson Sheila Jackson Lee to visit Pakistan. Speaking during the interaction, Bilawal said that the Pakistani diaspora in United States plays an important role in strengthening the relationship between the two countries. US Congresswoman Sheila […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Prime Minister’s Advisor on Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Chaudhry Qamar Zaman Kaira said this week that the people were enduring power outages due to the sheer negligence of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led government, which had failed to commission several power generation plants as per schedule. Speaking in media news conference flanked by […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Faisalabad: Federal Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah this week said that agreements inked by the PTI government had become a major problem for the government as it had to honor these agreements to revive the IMF program and save Pakistan from default. He was addressing the ceremony of distribution cheques of welfare grant, talent […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar called on Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif here this week. During the meeting, views were exchanged about the country’s foreign affairs particularly regional diplomacy. Khar briefed the Prime Minister about Pakistan’s participation in the recently held Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Umar Rehman Malik said this week that the PPP had a long history of struggle for democracy. Speaking to Covert, Malik said PPP founder Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and his daughter Benazir Bhutto sacrificed their lives for democracy. He said Bhutto strengthened ties with China and Saudi Arabia […]
Read MoreGlobal Times The US public opinion appeared sour after three major Chinese airlines announced on Friday they will buy a total of 292 planes from Airbus. The order valued at more than $37 billion is said to be one of the largest ever for Airbus. According to Bloomberg, this is China “sending a sign, and […]
Read MoreDakotah Lilly The United States has the dubious distinction of having a reputation for a multitude of things. These include leading the world in school shootings, having stereotypically unhealthy food and having prohibitively expensive healthcare. However, one of the things that the US government has also earned itself a reputation for is the continuous lecturing […]
Read MoreMichael Jennings During his inauguration speech in early June, the new president of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, called attention to the grave threat of famine arising from the severe drought affecting the Horn of Africa. His plea for action echoed similar calls from humanitarian organizations, which have warned that the worst drought in 40 years […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Former Prime Minister and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) parliamentary leader in senate Yousuf Raza Gilani said this week that Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) vice-chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi had no place in the PPP. The senior PPP leader also rejected the speculations that Qureshi was hosted by any party stalwart. Gilani maintained that Qureshi […]
Read MoreChina Daily Beijing: China’s latest commitment to expanding high-level opening-up is expected to reassure foreign investors of the nation’s promise to relentlessly open its door wider and share development dividends with the rest of the world despite the rising tide of protectionism in some countries. In a virtual keynote speech to the opening ceremony of […]
Read MoreNewswire Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Moscow will further strengthen and modernise its armed forces, including deploying its newly tested Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) by the end of 2022. Putin made the comments this week in a televised meeting with military academy graduates amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. “It is planned […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Karachi: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari this week inaugurated the intra-district Peoples Bus Service to facilitate the citizens of Karachi and provided the metropolis with much-needed public transport infrastructure. The PPP chief was flanked by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, Transport Minister Sharjeel Memon, and Labour Minister Saeed […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman this week congratulated her party leadership, candidates, workers and voters for securing resounding victory in the first phase of the local government elections of Sindh. The federal minister in a series of tweets on her official handle showered praise for her party and workers. […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Minister for Defence Khawaja Muhammad Asif this week strongly condemned Canadian parliamentarian’s remarks against Pakistan’s military leadership and urged the Canadian government to take notice of irresponsible statement. Speaking in the National Assembly he said, “Pakistan and military leadership was criticized by a Canadian parliamentarian, which is deplorable, the Canadian government should […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said this week that ‘mother language’ was the identity of every individual and it was imperative to protect and preserve all languages. Addressing the inaugural session of International Training Workshop on “Language Documentation ” at Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), she said that global action […]
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