Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022
Foreign envoys plea to Pakistan
In a rare development, the ambassadors and high commissioners based in Islamabad have sent a letter to the Government of Pakistan asking it to condemn the Russian aggression against Ukraine. This is indeed a significant move and hardly has any precedent in the history of diplomatic relations. The letter was posted on the Twitter account of the European Union in Pakistan. While the Pakistan government is yet to respond to the letter, the move seeks to create a sort of bad blood between Pakistan and the European countries. There isRead More
Uzbek President visit to Pakistan
At the invitation of Prime Minister Imran Khan, the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a State Visit to Pakistan from 3-4 March 2022. The President will be accompanied by a high-level delegation, comprising the Foreign Minister, other members of the Cabinet, senior government officials, and business and media personnel. This will be the first visit of President Mirziyoyev to Pakistan since assuming office in 2016. The state visit of President Mirziyoyev would mark the historic commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between PakistanRead More
‘Wolfowitz Doctrine’ and Ukraine
Dr M Ali Hamza In 1992 Paul Wolfowitz; the then US Secretary of Defense, produced a policy paper that was unofficially called ‘Wolfowitz doctrine’, and later labeled as ‘Bush doctrine’. Not intended for public release, but got leaked to the New York Times in the same year. This document when leaked faced a lot of criticism and sparked a public controversy about US foreign and defense policy. Edward Kennedy; an American lawyer and politician who served as a US senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until hisRead More
Ukraine: Middle Eastern states eye cost of hedging bets
Emiratis celebrated their failure to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the United Nations Security Council as the end of an era in which the Gulf state took its foreign policy cues from the United States. However, the Emiratis may be celebrating prematurely. As the UAE took over from Russia this month as chairman of the Council, Abdulkhaleq Abdulla, a political scientist whose views often reflect thinking in official Emirati circles, said the UAE’s abstention in the UN votes “was consistent with the new UAE foreign policy activism, whichRead More
ICT Police inaugurates women police station in G-7
DNA Islamabad, MAR 2 /DNA/ – Federal Capital Police on Wednesday inaugurated a Women Police Station in G-7 – an initiative of the police described as a necessary and proactive move in the right direction to ensure gender and child sensitive policing services – with the support of Group Development Pakistan and a partner donor. The Women Police Station situated in G-7 is a specialized facility dedicated to exclusively handle cases related to gender violence, domestic and child abuse, and harassment.It will also welcome women in conflict or in contactRead More
Pakistan, Australia to lock horns for Benaud-Qadir Trophy
AFZAL JAVED RAWALPINDI, Mar 02: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Cricket Australia (CA) introduce the Benaud-Qadir Trophy for the test series between Pakistan and Australia starting from Friday (Tomorrow) here at Pindi Cricket Stadium. The trophy has been named after the legendary spinners from Australia — Richie Benaud — and Pakistan — Abdul Qadir. They have been two spinning legends on the cricketing ground and on the occasion of Australia’s tour of Pakistan after 24 years, the cricket boards of the two countries have decided to honour the duoRead More