Newswire Islamabad: Former Interior Minister and Chairman and Institute of Research and Reforms (IRR) said this week that war and bullets are not the solution to any problem. On the occasion of nineteenth anniversary of 9/11, he said, 20 years ago, world was shocked when a major incident took place destroying World Trade Center and […]
Read MoreHu Xijin General John E. Hyten, vice chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on Monday, “Our goal should be to never go to war with China, to never go to war with Russia. Because that day is a horrible day for the planet, and a horrible day for our countries.” Retired US […]
Read MoreMartin Jacques In historical retrospect, America’s reaction to the 9/11 attacks on New York’s Twin Towers was breathtakingly disproportionate. Tragic though it was, a death toll of 2,977 barely registers on the Richter scale of military conflict and acts of terrorism. If the same had happened to the magnificent Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, it […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Iran and Pakistan have great scope to enhance trade relations and Pakistan should consider setting up digital markets with Iran to boost bilateral trade up to the potential of both countries. This was stated by H.E. Syed Mohammad Ali Hosseini, Ambassador of Iran while interacting with the business community during his visit to […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Beijing: The Group of 20, which comprises 19 countries and the European Union, should uphold real multilateralism in the spirit of solidarity and cooperation in order to define the direction of global governance and jointly cope with the common challenges that the world is facing, President Xi Jinping said this week. In […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan said this week that China was a role model for developing countries in poverty alleviation.“China’s remarkable growth has brought 800 million people out of poverty over the past four decades,” he said in his video message screened at the Forum on the 20th Anniversary of Juncao Assistance […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Rich tributes were paid to veteran Hurriyat leader and former chief of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Syed Ali Shah Geelani at a condolence reference. The condolence reference was organized by the Institute of Research and Reforms (IRR) and was presided over by former Interior Minister and Chairman IRR Senator A. Rehman […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan this week stressed that the international community must stand in solidarity with the Afghan people, undertake positive engagement and create incentives for ensuring sustainable peace, stability and economic development in Afghanistan.The prime minister said Pakistan had suffered enormously due to protracted conflict and instability in Afghanistan. “As such, a […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: To commence the celebrations of Year 2022 which marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Pakistan, the Government of Japan has announced the Official Logo for this special occasion signifying historic relations between Japan and Pakistan. The logo epitomizes the hope for further development of friendly ties […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom Dominic Raab said this week that beyond the matter of recognizing the Taliban government in Afghanistan, his country would continue to extend humanitarian assistance to its people.Addressing a joint press conference along with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the British […]
Read MoreNewswire Multan: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari this week took a jibe at Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Shehbaz Sharif saying whenever Shehbaz Sharif makes a statement his party members distance themselves calling it his ‘personal decision.’Bilawal further claimed: “If Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) had stayed (united), it could hold a long march, […]
Read MoreIslamabad: UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab this week visited Pakistan to discuss how the two countries can work closely together on the situation in Afghanistan.He held meetings with Prime Minister Imran Khan, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Chief of Army Staff General Bajwa. Discussions focused on securing a safe passage for those leaving Afghanistan, […]
Read MoreHu Xijin Former Australian prime minister Paul Keating recently said that China’s “great problem” is that “it [China] is now a state as large as the United States, and with the potential of being much larger – an unforgivable sin for American triumphalists.” The former Australian head of state made such a statement when accusing […]
Read MoreAlistair Burt What a difference a few weeks makes. Since my highlighting, in a July column, the harsh media spotlight under which the US decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan was already being seen in London, we have had to confront the reality of the consequences. While by far the most painful aspect has been […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan this week directed Power Division to employ technology to save paying consumers from load-management in low recovery grids. Prime Minister Imran Khan chaired 48th meeting of the Council of Common Interests (CCI) here.The meeting was attended by Federal Ministers Hammad Azhar, Dr. Fehmida Mirza, Asad Umar, Shaukat Fayaz Tareen, Dr. […]
Read MoreWan Lin and Lu Yameng China’s first official regulation on education supervision since the founding of the People’s Republic of China took effect this week. Education authorities said the regulation will mainly focus on local governments and schools’ implementation of the newly introduced measures to reducing pressure on students and parents as China further advances […]
Read MoreNewswire Kashmore: Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari this week heavily criticised the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM)’s “confused” strategy to oust the government and slammed the alliance for “wasting” his party’s time. Speaking to journalists, he advised the alliance to first resign from the parliament and then head to Islamabad for the long march […]
Read MoreVladivostok: Russian President Vladimir Putin named law, economics and politics as the spheres in which he considers himself an expert at a back-to-school gathering on Wednesday to mark the occasion of the Day of Knowledge during his visit to Russia’s Far East.“Technically we are having a ‘lesson’ today. Had it been a real lesson, then […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: The Government of Denmark signed a DKK 10 million partnership agreement this week with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) – UN Migration Agency in Pakistan to assist Pakistani authorities and build capacity to meet the challenges occurred on Pakistan as a result of irregular migration. Under the signed partnership agreement, Denmark will […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Turkish Ambassador to Pakistan Mustafa Yurdakul has said the Turkish nation demonstrated that they would never accept a yoke on their homeland soaked with martyrs blood. Addressing a reception held in the Turkish Embassy this week to commemorate the 99th anniversary of the Great Victory, the ambassador, while referring to a message of his […]
Read MoreDing Gang “You can’t wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.” This saying has been repeatedly come into my mind as the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks approaches.I can still recall an exhibition of children’s artwork that debuted at the Museum of the City of New York on the first anniversary of […]
Read MoreHu Xijin The USS Kidd guided missile destroyer and the USCGC Munro cutter made a transit in the Taiwan Straits on Friday, the eighth time the US has sent warships through the Taiwan Straits this year. On the same day, the PLA held multiple military exercises on both sides of the Straits.The two pieces of […]
Read MoreMohamed Chebaro The blast at Kabul airport, the subsequent US retaliation, and the Taliban’s condemnation of America’s so-called unilateral action has maybe distracted us from the criticism of the British government’s failure to evacuate hundreds of Afghans eligible for asylum in the UK.That failure could be permitted had Britain under Boris Johnson and his Brexiteer-dominated […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Top 100 Investigations – a book written by former Interior Minister, Chairman Institute of Research and Reforms (IRR) Senator Rehman Malik was launched this week by Sirajul Haq, Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan. Due to the situation because of Coronavirus when social distancing and isolation are being observed to control this deadly pandemic, the book […]
Read MoreNewswire Karachi: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari this week questioned how the rulers will handle the Electronic Voting Machines when they could not deal with the Results Transmission System (RTS). “PTI (Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf) is trying its best to steal votes as the party sees its defeat in the next elections”, said the […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Chairman Institute of Research and Reforms (IRR) and former Interior Minister Senator Rehman Malik said this week that a doable and a comprehensive national plan is need of the hour to cope with the escalating security threats after the ongoing unrest in Afghanistan.He chaired and addressed a seminar organized by Center for Global […]
Read MoreMaziar Motamedi Tehran: Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi was in Tehran this week for a string of top-level meetings on a range of issues including Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and the developing situation in Afghanistan.Motegi, who touched down in the Iranian capital late on Saturday as part of his tour of the […]
Read MoreNewswire London: Prime Minister Brois Jonhnson this week spoke to Pakistani Prime Minister Khan about the situation in Afghanistan. The Prime Minister stressed his commitment to work with international partners to avoid a humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan and the wider region.The Prime Minister underlined that any recognition of the new government in Afghanistan to happen […]
Read MoreHu Xijin I think what we can expect most from the new Afghan government should be as follows, and in that order:First, they draw a clear line against the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) and other terrorist forces that pursue “Xinjiang independence,” and they do not support any activities aimed at destabilizing China’s Xinjiang Uygur […]
Read MoreMushahid Hussain August 15 will probably go down in history as the day that marked the formal end of the ‘American Century’ and the beginning of the ‘Asian Century’. On that day, the US-propped Kabul regime collapsed, with its head fleeing with around $169 million cash stashed in his luggage, and the ignominious, panicky exit […]
Read MoreXinhua Beijing China this week urged the United States to abide by the provisions of the three China-US joint communiques, sever military links with Taiwan and stop arms sales to the island.Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said there is only one China in the world, and Taiwan is an inalienable part of Chinese territory. […]
Read MoreNewswire Karachi: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari this week said that the parliament must be taken into confidence on the Afghanistan issue. Addressing a news conference, Bilawal Bhutto, flanked by senior party leader Sherry Rehman and Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, said Afghanistan should be warned that any ‘activity’ inside Pakistan […]
Read MoreNewswire Kabul: Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said this week that Afghanistan faces major challenges and assured that there will be no confrontation with anyone.Addressing a press conference in Kabul, he said that freedom was “our ligitimate right,” adding that they do not have any animosity towards anybody. The spokesperson also congratulated the Afghan people.“I would […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Former Interior Minister and Institute of Research and Reforms (IRR) Senator A. Rehman Malik said this week that in the fall of Kabul, there is a lesson for Indian Prime Minister Modi to not force someone to the extent that they respond and react more severely.He said that Modi must stop his brutalities […]
Read MoreWang Wen The Chinese think tanks’ report – “America Ranked First?!: The Truth about America’s fight against COVIID-19” – has been viewed at least 500 million times. The report named the US as the world’s No. 1 anti-pandemic failure, No. 1 political-blaming country, No. 1 pandemic spreader, No. 1 politically-divisive country, No. 1 currency-abusing country, […]
Read MoreYang Cheng This year marks the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Since its inception, the SCO has proved to be a multi-layered framework for political, economic and security cooperation, with China and Russia as the two engines driving it. The birth and development of the SCO have embodied China’s participation […]
Read MoreNewswire Kabul: NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo said this week that NATO will stay in Afghanistan as long as possible to assist in the difficult time. “We will stay here as long as possible to assist Afghanistan in this difficult time. The role played by the NATO it carries out to […]
Read MoreXinhua Beijing: There is no evidence that SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus behind the COVID-19 pandemic, was created in a lab, and none of the lab leak claims “hold up to scientific scrutiny,” a virologist with the University of Glasgow has said.The lab leak theory “offers no evidence other than the circumstantial location of the Wuhan […]
Read MoreNewswire Quetta: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said this week said that his party would form the government across the country after sweeping the next general elections.“A Jiyala (PPP stalwart) would lead the next Balochistan government as the chief minister,” he said while addressing a party event. The function was held at […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Former Interior Minister and Chairman Institute of Research and Reforms (IRR) Senator Rehman Malik Thursday set on fire the Indian presidential order of revoking Article 370 and 35A in held Kashmir.He said the illegal order was burned to convey a message to the world that the people of Kashmir don’t accept Indian any […]
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