Asia – Maeeshat

EditorJanuary 19, 2022

NEW DELHI – On January 14, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan unveiled the country’s first National Security Policy (NSP), which purportedly focuses on the ‘security’ of its citizens. It aims to define the country’s security priorities between 2022 and 2026, including relations with India. Prepared by the National Security Division of the government, the original 100-page […]

EditorJanuary 15, 2022

50 politicians, peace activists, former officials urge nuclear neighbours to set aside differences, work for durable peace Ahmad Adil NEW DELHI — Even as there looks no immediate headway towards deescalating tensions between South Asian nuclear neighbours, at least 50 politicians, former officials, and peace activists have come together urging India and Pakistan to attend to […]

EditorJanuary 14, 2022

Even more striking is the extreme and increased concentration of wealth at the top during this prolonged health and economic crisis New Delhi: The number of billionaires in Asia Pacific has expanded significantly since the pandemic began. It reached 1,087 in November 2021, an increase of almost a third on pre-crisis figures, Oxfam said in a […]

EditorJanuary 11, 2022

Suu Kyi, the 76-year-old former State Councillor, faces a total of 11 charges, such as violating the Official Secrets Act. If convicted of all the charges, the Nobel laureate could spend the rest of her life behind bars. NAY PYI TAW — Aung San Suu Kyi, the former de facto leader of Myanmar who was ousted […]

EditorJanuary 10, 2022

Pakistan PM urged the international community to take note and act; foreign ministry summons Indian diplomat to register protests NEW DELHI – Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi government for its silence on the genocide calls against Muslims given by Hindu monks at the infamous Haridwar hate assembly in […]

EditorJanuary 10, 2022

It was the snowing season in Murree that attracted hundreds of thousands of tourists to start their journey towards the heartland Murree (Pakistan): Murree, the most loved tourist spot in Pakistan, located at an altitude of at 2,291 meters, became the worst nightmare for thousands of tourists, who went to the tourist hill station, only to […]

EditorJanuary 1, 2022

NEW DELHI — India and Pakistan on Saturday, through diplomatic channels at New Delhi and Islamabad, simultaneously exchanged the lists of civilian prisoners and fishermen in their custody. This is in keeping with the provisions of the 2008 Agreement under which such lists are exchanged every year on January 1 and July 1, the Ministry of […]

EditorDecember 30, 2021

NEW DELHI – The Pakistan Ministry of Religious Affairs has formed a Hindu Temple Management Committee, The Express Tribune reported. In the committee’s first meeting on Wednesday held at the Ministry of Religious Affairs, Federal Minister Pir Noorul Haq expressed hope that the new Committee would act as a bridge between the non-Muslim population and the […]

EditorDecember 27, 2021

Time flies faster than fighter jets and faulty helicopters F S Aijazuddin ON December 9, Shahnaz and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary. ‘Celebrated’ may be too strong a word. The Indo-Pak hostilities in 1971 which had begun the week earlier had reduced our marriage to a low-key nuptial. A week later, united, on Dec […]

EditorDecember 23, 2021

NEW DELHI – The Pakistan government is co-producing two ‘multi-million dollar’ biopics based on Zahiruddin Babar with Uzbekistan and Allama Iqbal with Iran, Pakistan Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry announced, Samaa TV reported. “A film-making division has been established at Pakistan Television Network and currently two projects are in production,” he said. “These […]

Category: Asia

Pakistan’s New Security Policy and Bid for Peace with India

Return to Dialogue to Resolve Issues: Politicians, Peaceniks Urge India, Pakistan

Number of billionaires in Asia Pacific expanded significantly since Covid outbreak

Aung San Suu Kyi Sentenced to 4 More Years in Jail

Imran Khan Questions Modi Govt’s Silence on Genocide Call against Muslims

Murree: How a trip to Pakistan’s popular tourist spot turned into a nightmare

India, Pakistan Share List of Civilian Prisoners and Fishermen in Their Custody

Pakistan Forms Hindu Temple Management Committee

India and Pakistan, 25 Years from Now

Pakistan Govt to Produce Biopics on Babar, Tipu Sultan

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