In this presentation, Daniyar Kosnazarov analyzes the projection of China’s soft power in Kazakhstan, and draws attention to the barriers that limit Chinese public and cultural diplomacy in Central Asia. Daniyar Kosnazarov Back in 2014, I was part of a team that established a new government think tank in Astana. At our meeting with president of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, we …
Speakers pay homage to Fanoos Gujjar, vow to take forward his struggle against exploitation of oppressed people, nations Ali Ahmed Jan Islamabad, Jan 15: Speakers at a gathering stressed the need for unity of all progressive and democratic and secular forces to fight onslaught of the anti-democratic and extremist forces on democratic institutions and exploitation of working class. They …
Abandoned by senior PPP leadership after BB’s assassination, Malik Hakmeen Khan stood his ground for five long decades By Yaqoob Malik Malik Hakmeen Khan, reputed to be an old loyalist, having enjoyed a close association with its founding Chairman Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Shaheed, has kept his over half a century loyalty till his death. Malik Hakmeen Khan passed away on …
New research suggests that a more equal society is a more productive one IT IS OFTEN said that rapid social change is behind the reactionary politics of America’s new right: older white heterosexual men feel their traditional role is under attack. But while they may have lost privilege, they may have gained from productivity. Two recent papers suggest that declining …
IT HAS FOR so long been a country of such unmet potential that the scale of Pakistan’s dereliction towards its people is easily forgotten. Yet on every measure of progress, Pakistanis fare atrociously. More than 20m children are deprived of school. Less than 30% of women are employed. Exports have grown at a fifth of the rate in Bangladesh and …
Over 1,000, workers hold protest rally in Karachi to press their demands; Workers union threatens to shift the protest camp to Islamabad after Jan 10 if their demands not met High Asia Herald Report KARACHI Workers of Port Qasim dockyard took out a massive rally in Karachi on Thursday against non-payment of their salaries and other demands. The rally was …
ISLAMABAD – An English has reminded PTI ministers Faisal Vawda and Fayyazul Hassan Chohan they were in office because of media professionals who kept the public informed which in turn put its trust in PTI in the 2018 elections. In an editorial comment on Wednesday, Daily Times said the recent outbursts of the two ministers against journalists at separate events …
Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD: A report submitted by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has revealed that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) is operating at least 18 undeclared bank accounts across the country. According to the information gathered from scheduled banks and submitted to the ECP by the SBP, the PTI is operating 26 …
The reasons are varied but likely include the age-old non-science of what makes news and what doesn’t Helen Davidson Australia, Thailand and the Gulf states have been inextricably linked in two global news stories lately, when two young people faced being forcibly returned to the places and people they fled simply because they happened to step foot in Bangkok. Rahaf …
AFP India’s lower house passed on Tuesday legislation that will grant citizenship to members of certain religious minorities but not Muslims, sparking protests in the country’s northeast. The bill covers select groups — including Hindus, Christians and Sikhs — who moved from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan and who have lived in India for at least six years. Muslims are excluded, …
