Tuesday, November 22nd, 2022
Conducive US-China Relations Instrumental for Global Stability, Fatemi
ISLAMABAD: /DNA/ – China and the US were looking for grounds to continue their collaboration. For Pakistan, easing of tensions between the two countries that it wished to engage with, was a glad tiding, said Ambassador Tariq Fatemi, Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM). He was addressing a roundtable discussion titled US-China Relations Amid a Shifting Global Order at the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS). The recent meeting in Bali, was reflective not only of both countries’ intention to engage but mainly to lessen the temperature in order to fit the requirements ofRead More
Issue Brief: Kashmir Black Day
Muhammad Haroon Shaukat October 27 is observed as a ‘Black Day’ every year. On this day in 1947, Indian forces landed in Srinagar and illegally and forcibly occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Each year, Pakistan observes this ‘Black Day’ along with supporters of the Kashmiri people around the globe — to remember the sacrifices of the brave Kashmiri brothers and sisters, to reject and condemn the inhuman atrocities being committed by the Indian security forces, and to express Pakistan’s steadfast and unwavering support to the fundamental right of the Kashmiri peopleRead More
Behind lofty declarations, major Muslim and Hindu groups compete for power
As Indonesia passed the chairmanship of the Group of 20 (G-20) to India earlier this month, major Muslim and Hindu organisations, some backed by their governments, are battling to define the role of religion in global politics and whether the world’s significant faiths need reform to harness the power of their convictions. The battle’s outcome could determine what constitutes religious moderation, the state’s role in defining what religion stands for, and whether notions of reform will involve significant jurisprudential and doctrinal reforms aimed at erasing concepts of supremacy and enhancingRead More