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Pakistani woes likely to dominate Chinese vice president’s visit
Security and the viability of China’s massive investment is likely to
top Chinese Vice President
Wang Qishan’s agenda when he lands this
weekend in the Pakistani capital...
Indian Elections 2019: Towards New Economic and Political Goals
The current protracted election campaign has been
enduringly characterized, by a lingering overhang of foreign policy and
national security considerations, punctuated by constant reminders of India’s
rising...
Ports of Pakistan and Gwadar’s Potential as a Transshipment Port
The oceans
play an important role in transportation of cargo in the world over, being the
cheapest mode of transportation as compared to rail, road and...
Water logging and Salinity: A threat in the face of barrenness
The Annual
cost of crop losses from the problem of water logging and salinity has been
estimated between Rs 15bn and Rs 55bn
Currently,
different areas in the...
The Encroaching Impact of Arms Trade on South Asia’s Geopolitics
In his
famous farewell address to the American Public in 1961, President Dwight D.
Eisenhower had both defined and warned against the encroaching influence of
what was...
US geopolitical interests offer Iran sanctions loophole amid mounting tension
The Indian-backed Iranian port of Chabahar has emerged as a major
loophole in a tightening military and economic noose and ever harsher US
sanctions that President...
Pointless Colonial Massacres and Post-Colonial Wars and Killings on the Indian Subcontinent
Two colonial mass killings from the
twentieth century are always remembered: The Qissa Khwani
Bazaar massacre on April 23, 1930 in
Peshawar (then India, now in Pakistan)...
The Durand Line Issue
The Durand Line is a 2,200-kilometre
debated border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. It was set up in 1893 between
Sir Mortimer Durand, a British negotiator and...
Prevailing Plastic Pollution in Pakistan
In recent
times our globe has trodden the path of development and advancement by leaps
and bounds. This advancement and progress have taken place up to...
Kashmir: EAMs at the LOC
First, it was Zahedan where an IRGC
convoy; returning home from their tour of duty, along the borders of
Sistan-Baluch, are suddenly ambushed and nearly annihilated....