By Dure Akram, Lahore, Pakistan Going by assumptions, many sitting outside Pakistan conclude it is “divided, disorganized, economically backward, corrupt, violent, unjust, often savagely oppressive towards the poor and women, and home to extremely dangerous forms of extremism and terrorism.” However convincing as it may seem, the international narrative does not consider the resilience of both nation and state to ...
By Dure Akram, Lahore, Pakistan 10 days is too long of a time for any parliamentary democracy to decide who deserves to be given the baton next. Haunted by a long-drawn-out delay, the 12th general polls in Pakistan held on February 8 were supposed to bring about at least a semblance of stability. Although brought on by a unique show ...
By Ryan Grim, Murtaza Hussain The U.S. State Department encouraged the Pakistani government in a March 7, 2022, meeting to remove Imran Khan as prime minister over his neutrality on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to a classified Pakistani government document obtained by The Intercept. The meeting, between the Pakistani ambassador to the United States and two State Department ...
By Dure Akram for UWI reporting from Lahore, Pakistan In an interview to UWI, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan speaks of India’s foreign policy as an example to follow, calls Afghanistan “a future life line” and blames his government of not establishing according relations “due to fear from the U.S.”. Mr. Khan also predicts progress of de-dollarization and hails ...
by Dure Akram reporting for UWI from Lahore, Pakistan This is the first part of the interview focused on domestic Pakistani politics. Tomorrow follows the second part with Imran Khan’s views on foreign policy and regional relations – UWI. Revolutionaries come in all shapes and forms and while former Prime Minister Imran Khan may not look like one, his energetic ...
By Taimur Khan* In spite of the world experiencing all-encompassing stagnation due to a surge in the COVID-19 global pandemic, the geopolitical environment remains in a state of constant flux. International relations continue to move forward with global developments proceeding as usual, underscored by conflict, commercial activity, and political realignments. Since the beginning of the new decade wherein the course ...
In the first days of the new year, the 5 major nuclear powers (USA, Russia, China, France and Britain) announced in a joint statement that they had agreed on “the need to avoid the proliferation of nuclear weapons and a nuclear war”. In a statement on behalf of the 5 nuclear powers, the Kremlin said: “We affirm that nuclear weapons ...
The political situation in Afghanistan continues to be one of the hot topics of the international political agenda. Due to its geographical location, Pakistan is one of the countries that is most closely following the developments in Afghanistan. We talked about the latest developments in Afghanistan, Pakistan’s policies in the global political arena and Turkey-Pakistan relations with H.E. Muhammad Syrus ...
Today the global competition shifting to the Asia-Pacific and Pakistan becomes an important ally for international actors. Islamabad, a key actor in relations with India, China, Russia, Turkey and US, has strengthened its position in the international competition with the growing geopolitical importance of South Asia. Taking a decisive position against the USA’s containment policy to China in the region, ...
The Turkish, Pakistani and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers met in Islamabad on January 13, 2021. After the second summit of the trilateral cooperation platform, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu, Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Azerbaijani Minister of Foreign Affairs Ceyhun Bayramov signed a declaration.As the storming of the US capital and other recent developments show, ...