According to Indian express (1st August) “opposition member in Lok sabha made a strong demand that India should take a clear stand on the war in Gaza”, saying “this is a clear violation of international law by Israel so we cannot afford to sit on the fence” As everyone knows that more than 1500 innocent …
Pakistan and China enjoy a friendship which is based on trust, reciprocity, respect for each other and noninterference in each other’s internal affairs. It has been more than 63 years since diplomatic relations between the two countries were established. Over the period, the two brotherly countries proved that the relations between them have gone beyond …
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President Obama’s April 2014 visit to Asian counties has reinforced the concerns about America letting China rise peacefully. During this visit Obama reassured Washington’s allies ‘in the face of threats to stability from North Korea and an increasingly assertive China’. He conveyed that the US is duty-bound to come to Japan’s aid in the event …
Pakistan has struggled with scheduled and unscheduled power cuts for decades. Problem started becoming particularly chronic since 2005 due to rise in oil prices. Bill for oil import currently stands at $14 billion approximately. “Pakistan has been facing rising oil prices and declining gas reserves as well as tight foreign account situation, rendering the reliance …
Pakistan’s acute energy crisis has affected each segment of society. In summer season frequent power outages crippled the lives of people when the gap between demand and supply was constantly increasing and shortfall reached between 6000 to 8000 megawatts. In winter season, the situation has even become the worst due to shortage of gas. …
Post-Event report One day Conference Held on December 18, 2013 at IPRI Conference Hall General After over a decade-long US engagement, the future of Afghanistan seems uncertain. The US troops withdrawal from Afghanistan is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2014, but there are many perplexing questions confronting the analysts. These include the final …
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Last November, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif performed the ground breaking ceremony of Pakistan’s largest nuclear power projects, Kanupp-II and Kanupp-III. China is providing the two reactors alongside a concessional loan of $6.5 billion for the construction of these $9.59 billion plants. When completed in November 2019, these would add 2,200MW to Pakistan’s electric power, at a …
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