Zaid M Belbagi The last time protesters amassed along Habib Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis, Tunisia was in the throes of a revolution that unseated strongman Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali and dismantled his fearsome police state. Last weekend, as people gathered in front of parliament, dissatisfaction with the ruling Ennahda party and Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Beijing: China urges the United States to immediately stop meddling in Hong Kong affairs, which are China’s internal affairs, and the Chinese side will take all measures necessary in accordance with law to defend its sovereignty, security and development interests, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said this week.The spokesperson made the remarks after […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Central Information Secretary Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) Shazia Atta Marri has said that scrapping Pak-Iran gas pipeline project was like enmity with the country’s people.She said former President Asif Ali Zardari introduced great development projects like economic corridor project of Gwadar and Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline during his government. She said the decisions regarding […]
Read MoreCovid-19 is invisible terrorist and in a few months, it has grown into a big monster. The coronavirus has infected more than 60.9 million people across the world to date, and killed 1.43 million, which is more than those killed in terrorist attacks of Taliban, al-Qaeda, Daish and other terrorist attacks and wars. Time will […]
Read MoreShabana Syed – Gwadar Pro Just before American forces withdrew from Afghanistan there were clear indications that a Syrian style hybrid war will be staged in the country through CIA operatives, Al Qaeda linked jihadists and Uyghurs from China’s Xinjiang province, who the CIA has been training since 2000 according to Sibel Edmonds, a former […]
Read MoreBhimber: Prime Minister Imran Khan this week asked former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his other family members, residing in the United Kingdom, to return home and face trials to prove their honesty as judiciary in the country was fully independent. “Judiciary in the country is fully independent as Imran Khan did not attack courts […]
Read MoreIslamabad: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has demanded for a joint session of the parliament on the Afghanistan situation and its possible fall out on Pakistan after videos of Afghan Taliban have appeared on social media.PPP Secretary General Nayyar Bukhari said that reports of staff vacating various embassies from Afghanistan and Ashraf Ghani’s own family […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Former Interior Minister and Chairman Institute of Research and Reforms Senator A. Rehman Malik has said that Pakistan has made every effort for regional and world peace.While addressing the diplomatic community in Islamabad, the senator said that he hopes the ambassadors serving in Pakistan know and recognize our sacrifices for international peace.“Pakistan’s sacrifices […]
Read MoreShabana Syed The horrific genocidal policies against indigenous children in British Columbia have surfaced at an inappropriate time for Canada, the U.S., and its allies who are embroiled in the ‘Pivot to Asia’ strategy, which aims to contain the growing economic and military power of China and demonise it for its alleged human rights abuses.This […]
Read MoreMuhammad Asif Noor Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is celebrating its 20 years this year. Since its establishment, this important multilateral forum has made significant contributions to the common security and development pursuit of the region. At the time of inception, SCO was meant to address “the three evils”, i.e., extremism, separatism, and terrorism in the […]
Read MoreFahad M Al-Ruwaily The French people on Wednesday celebrate their country’s National Day, with the whole world joining them in commemorating this great occasion. I would like to take this opportunity to extend my most heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to the French Republic and the French people and wish them continuous progress and prosperity.This […]
Read MoreTashkent: Pakistan and Uzbekistan this week agreed to further strengthen their bilateral relations through strategic partnership and enhanced cooperation in the areas of trade, economy, culture, tourism and connectivity for mutual benefit.Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan after holding wide ranging bilateral talks signed Joint Declaration on the Establishment of Strategic […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Beijing: Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week urged political parties in the world to shoulder their responsibility for the pursuit of people’s wellbeing and progress of mankind.Xi, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese president, called on political parties to strengthen cooperation to tackle global challenges […]
Read MoreNewswire Washington: US President Joe Biden this week strongly defended his decision to pull U.S. military forces out of Afghanistan, saying the Afghan people must decide their own future, rather than sacrificing another generation of Americans in an unwinnable war. Speaking in the White House East Room, Biden said the Afghan military has the ability […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said this week only the PPP can chase out the government and after winning the Kashmir elections the Jiyalas will proceed towards Banigala.Addressing a huge public gathering at Abbaspur in connection with the Azad Jammu Kashmir election campaign, he said that some people on television say […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Islamabad: Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong this week appreciated Prime Minister Imran Khan for his supportive statements in favor of China.Addressing ‘The Communist Party of China (CPC) and World Political Parties Summit’ here, the envoy said the recent supporting statements by PM Imran Khan and other Pakistani leaders were very encouraging as […]
Read MoreLondon: History suggests Britain’s house price surge could threaten hopes of post-Brexit export-powered growth, if finance minister Rishi Sunak uses the housing market to fuel the economy like his predecessors did.Stoked by his tax break on property purchases and a pandemic-driven rush for larger houses as more people work from home, house prices are rising […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Former Interior Minister, Chairman Institute of Research and Reforms Senator A. Rehman Malik has said that Afghan Taliban are being trained for modern weapons which could prove a threat to the region in upcoming days.He said that passing out parade for the new trained Taliban recruits was organized in an undisclosed place and […]
Read MoreWang Wen The Communist Party of China (CPC) and World Political Parties Summit, held this week, is a new climax of the 100th anniversary of the founding of CPC celebrations. It is also the largest-scale political parties’ summit with the highest level of participants held by the CPC. It is an unprecedented meeting in the […]
Read MoreUlf Sandmark China’s success in building a modern industrialized society and eradicating absolute poverty is a shining example for all countries and activists, like me, fighting for a just and fairer world economic order.In his July 1 speech to mark the 100th anniversary of founding of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary of the […]
Read MoreMohamed Chebaro I made a point of watching the joint press conference of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, held last week at the latter’s country residence of Chequers as part of Merkel’s farewell visit to Britain, as she prepares to stand down after 16 years at the helm of German […]
Read MoreNewswire Kabul: NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo has welcomed the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) decision to include the western city of Herat among world cultural heritage sites. “Excellent news and long overdue recognition of a beautiful city and an exceptional heritage site,” he said in a tweet.Earlier, […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Pakistan said this week that during a recent meeting between Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary General and the Indian ambassador to Saudi Arabia, the former had underscored the organization’s principled position on the Jammu and Kashmir dispute. Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said that during a recent meeting between Organization of […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Beijing: The Communist Party of China (CPC) on this week celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding, as its top leader declared the achievement of a milestone development goal and announced that the Chinese nation is “advancing with unstoppable momentum toward rejuvenation.”Addressing a grand gathering at the iconic Tian’anmen Square, where CPC […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said this week that the whole budget session was an insult to the people.Addressing a press conference at the Zardari House here, he said due to the role of the government and the attitude of the speaker, what should have happened did not happen. “We […]
Read MoreMoscow: The incident with the British guided missile destroyer Defender off Crimea was a clear provocation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during his annual Q&A session this week. “This is, of course, a provocation, which is absolutely clear. What did these provocateurs want to show and what goals did they seek to achieve? First of […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Former Interior Minister Senator A. Rehman Malik has expressed grave concerns over the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) decision for retaining Pakistan on its grey list despite the country meeting 26 of the 27 conditions.He said that rather than be taken out from the ‘grey list’ for its significant progress on FATF Action […]
Read MoreM Ziauddin On July 1 , the Communist Party of China (CPC) attained the ripe age of 100. A matter of great pride for the Chinese people.More so, because the CPC has lifted the country from the very bottom of the barrel to almost its very top causing sleepless nights to the US, the self-perceived […]
Read MoreWang Wen Foreigners are used to observing China with current events. In this column, I would like to explain the twists and turns in the development of China’s modernization from the perspective of its “long history,” by using British historian Eric Hobsbawm’s most famous tetralogy: The Age of Revolution: 1789 – 1848, The Age of […]
Read MoreZheng Yongnian The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 2017 proposed a new concept, the “Chinese approach” to modernization, according to which a country, independent of any interference or influence, should decide what political system to follow to achieve economic development. In the past, China faced the same problem that many […]
Read MoreNewswire Kabul: Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo, NATO Senior Civilian Representative for Afghanistan visited Bismillah Khan Mohammadi, the acting Minister of Defense this week. The Office of the NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan tweeted that “NATO continues support for the brave Afghan security forces”, after meeting Bismillah Khan at his office.Ambassador Pontecorvo further added that he […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan this week invited the opposition parties to sit with the government for improving and reforming the electoral process for the sake of future of democracy in Pakistan.“Since the elections in country have been controversial after 1970, we are striving to improve the election process. We have proposed election reforms and […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Iran’s Special Envoy of Foreign Minister for Afghanistan, Ebrahim Taherian Fard, called on Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi this week to discuss the Afghanistan peace process. During the meeting, views were exchanged on the Afghan peace process, regional security and issues of mutual interest.The Foreign Minister highlighted salient aspects of Pakistan’s consistent policy on […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari this week feared that that there could be an increase in terror incidents if the Pakistan policy in Afghan peace process was not corrected. The PPP leader condemned the terror incident in Lahore adding: “I had demanded on the floor of the Parliament that whatever this […]
Read MoreNewswire Tokyo: The Japanese government has just unveiled its annual economic policy guidelines, which include new recommendations that companies permit their staff to opt to work four days a week instead of the typical five. Japan’s famously hard-working salarymen — and, increasingly, salarywomen — are to be encouraged to reduce the amount of time they […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Former Interior Minister and Chairman Institute of Research and Reforms (IRR) this week said that situation is worsening in Kabul by every passing day and anti- Ghani groups were inching towards zero mile of Kabul and General Abdul Rashid Dostum had left Kabul.He said that Haqqani group is re-emerging as the strongest one […]
Read MoreMoscow: The Kremlin said this week it was pleased with what it called a positive summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden, singling out a joint statement that reiterated the need to avoid nuclear war as significant. Biden and Putin agreed to launch arms control and cyber-security talks at a […]
Read MoreDing Gang When NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visited the US on Monday and met with US President Joe Biden at the WhiteHouse, he sent a very dangerous message there.“China will soon have the biggest economy in the world, they already have the second largest defense budget, the biggest Navy, they are investing heavily in […]
Read MoreNewswire Tokyo: Japanese lawmakers this week passed legislation restricting purchases of land near defense force bases or other areas with national security implications. The law, which seeks to prevent foreign owners from misusing such land, passed in an upper house vote with cross-partisan support.It aims to fill what proponents say is a reporting vacuum on […]
Read MoreChen Weiqing On Sunday, I solemnly presented the appointment letter signed by State Councilor and Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Wang Yi to Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Dr. Yousef Al-Othaimeen and officially became China’s first representative to the OIC. It is a great honor and also a […]
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