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October 04, 2021
Polish contribution to PAF and its Air Transport Command
In 1947, when Pakistan was created as an independent country, the new government asked the British Air Force command for pointing out the most...
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September 20, 2021
From RAF to RPAF: Turowicz — A saga of dedicated service
Of the many post WWII episodes, one which merits attention is that of a group of Polish officers and men, who had sought refuge in Britain after...
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September 13, 2021
Biden-Xi tête-à-tête raise hopes for better ties
President Biden held a phone call with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping late last week; only their second since Biden took office, in an attempt...
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September 06, 2021
Iqbal’s perfect man and the spirit of ‘65
September 06 is celebrated by the nation as The Defence and Martyrs’ Day of Pakistan to commemorate the nation’s finest hour when its armed...
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August 30, 2021
United States global response to Covid-19 vis-à-vis China
Currently, the world is aghast at the rising death toll owing to a suicide bomber’s attack on the Kabul airport and its aftermath but Covid-19...
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August 23, 2021
50th anniversary of martyrdom of Rashid Minhas, Nishan-e-Haider
The 50th martyrdom anniversary of Pakistan Air Force Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas, Nishan-e-Haider, was observed on 20 August 2021. Pakistan Air...
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August 16, 2021
The graveyard of empires beckons
Afghanistan is an extremely difficult country to govern as various empires and invaders bear testimony to this bitter truth—thus the label of...
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August 09, 2021
Barbie doll to honour women corona warriors
Mattel, the maker of Barbie dolls, has decided to acknowledge the tireless efforts of doctors, nurses and paramedics during the coronavirus pandemic...
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August 02, 2021
Taliban’s meeting with Chinese leadership
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction , US government watchdog charged with monitoring events on the ground, in its latest report...
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July 26, 2021
US relocating Afghans under ‘Operation Allies Refuge’
Amidst a cacophony of criticism regarding the drawdown of US troops from Afghanistan, President Biden has directed the launch of the United States...
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July 19, 2021
The Afghanistan conundrum
Volumes have been written on the Afghanistan conundrum but for more than four decades, the country is ravaged by war, conflict and strife. In 1979,...
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July 05, 2021
CPC Centenary kicks off
Communist Party of China has commenced the celebrations for reaching an important milestone, the centenary of its founding in July 1921. It has...
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June 28, 2021
What will be the fate of Biden-Ghani-Abdullah summit?
US President Joe Biden met with Afghan top leaders Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah at the White House on Friday. Biden promised the Afghan...
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June 21, 2021
China’s ambitions in outer space
The prowess of the People’s Republic of China in exploring uncharted frontiers in outer space is growing. China has successfully launched three...
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June 14, 2021
First Muslim federal judge in US
President Joe Biden has lived up to his promise of diversity in his cabinet and the government. His nominee, Zahid Quraishi, after confirmation by...
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May 31, 2021
CPC and PTI building: Sino-Pak community of a shared future
2021 is a milestone for both the Communist Party of China and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf . It is not only the 100th anniversary of the founding of...
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May 18, 2021
Manto’s letters to Uncle Sam
11 May was the birth anniversary of famous writer, playwright and author Saadat Hasan Manto. Writing mainly in the Urdu language, he produced 22...
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May 10, 2021
Implications for the world if Corona crisis in India intensifies
The fresh wave of COVID-19 has hit India hard. World Health Organization figures last week indicated that India accounted for 46% of all cases of...
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May 03, 2021
US desires ‘Competition, Not Conflict’ with China
On the eve of his first 100 days in office, in his speech to Congress, US President Joe Biden made it clear that his country wants competition and...
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April 26, 2021
Boao Forum — sanguine about tackling change
BOAO Forum for Asia 2021 celebrated its twentieth anniversary when it met last week and reached far-reaching decisions concerning the future of...
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April 19, 2021
Japan’s Fukushima dilemma, worrisome for ecologists
On the eve of the Paris Summit on climate, which is taking place on April 22, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on April 13 announced that...
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April 12, 2021
Pakistani blind student wins Rhodes scholarship
A Pakistani blind student has created history by winning the Pakistan’s Rhodes scholar-elect for 2021. Currently studying at Georgetown...
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April 05, 2021
Heart of Asia Conference and Afghan peace plan
The two-day Heart of Asia Conference for peace in war-torn Afghanistan concluded in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe last week.The conference should...
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March 29, 2021
Breaking the glass ceiling — Pakistan’s first transgender madrasa
In a country where even women do not enjoy full rights, the transgender community is looked down upon, ostracized and ridiculed, establishing a...
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March 23, 2021
Can US stem the rot of racism?
Racism in the United States has existed since the colonial era and it involves laws, practices, attitudes and actions which discriminate against...
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March 15, 2021
China’s 2021 twin sessions or Lianghui — amidst new challenges
China’s “twin sessions” or Lianghui, the annual gatherings of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and the National...
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March 08, 2021
What lessons can be learnt from Chinese miracle of poverty alleviation?
Chinese President Xi Jinping had promised his nation to eradicate absolute poverty in China by 2021, the 100th Birthday of the Communist Party of...
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March 01, 2021
‘A better life for all’
The International Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the CPC Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee co-hosted...
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February 22, 2021
AMAN-2021 brings rival navies on one platform
In an era marked by the challenges of the global pandemic COVID-19, worldwide economic meltdowns, unemployment and food shortages, political rivalry...
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February 15, 2021
Chén jié Chinese Spring Festival & Lunar New Year
Chén jié Chinese Spring Festival is the time in China when nearly all Chinese nation heads towards railway stations, airports or bus depots. Most...
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February 08, 2021
Iron Brother to Pakistan’s rescue with Covid-19 vaccine
China has proved once again that it remains Pakistan’s Iron Brother by making it the first country in the world to receive vaccines donated by the...
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January 25, 2021
Will Biden be able to heal the US?
Various US presidents have faced severe challenges, ranging from the 1846-1848 Mexican War, the US Civil War, the two World Wars, Spanish Flu of...
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January 18, 2021
How Raast will enhance Pakistan’s digital economy
Sans chest thumping or backslapping, Pakistan has entered the age of digital economy by announcing a new government-run instant digital payment...
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January 11, 2021
Curtain-raiser to PN Exercise Aman-7
While the world struggles to meet the challenges of the pandemic COVID-19, the responsibility of defence can neither be relegated nor postponed...
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January 04, 2021
Has China eliminated extreme poverty?
Part of the Chinese Dream has been to eliminate poverty and build a moderately prosperous society ahead of the Chinese Communist Party ’s 100th...
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December 28, 2020
Australia chips in beautifying Karachi’s walls
The Australian High Commission in Pakistan and city-wide social cultural uplift movement I AM KARACHI have teamed together to launch a series of...
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December 21, 2020
PNS Tabuk — reliving past history
PNS Tabuk, manufactured for Pakistan by the Dutch ship manufacturing company M/s Damen Shipyards, which built the corvette at its yard in Galati in...
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December 14, 2020
Chuck Yeager — the flying legend — breaks the final barrier
As Pakistan approaches the fiftieth anniversary of the 1971 War with India, which resulted in the severance of its eastern wing and the creation of...
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December 07, 2020
The significance of China’s Chang’e-5 lunar probe
People of my generation who witnessed the first moon landing in 1969, remain fascinated with space travel since this was one of the biggest...
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November 30, 2020
World’s loneliest elephant finds peace at last
Kaavan, dubbed the world’s loneliest elephant, finally flew out of Pakistan on Sunday November 29 aboard a special cargo plane to better living...
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November 23, 2020
How to improve the US electoral system?
There is global interest in the US Presidential elections, so much so that once President Julius Nyerere of Tanzania had remarked that the rest of...
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November 16, 2020
My name is Bond, James Bond
“My Name’s Bond...” is the tagline from the world famous James Bond series of films, first released in “Dr. No” and then carried on in...
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November 02, 2020
BECA — a new Indo-US bilateral agreement
US Secretary of Defence, Mark T. Esper, and Secretary of State, Michael R. Pompeo, visited India on October 26, barely a week before the US...
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October 26, 2020
Pakistan dodges a bullet at FATF hearing
Concluding the three-day review meeting in Beijing, Pakistan heaved a sigh of relief as the Financial Action Task Force , the terror-financing...
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October 19, 2020
PN Task Force-88’s task of defending Gwadar
The strategically-located deep-sea port of Gwadar is the lynchpin of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor . Whereas Pakistan Army’s Strategic Division...
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October 12, 2020
An armless snooker player’s tale of valour
People who are born with handicaps or later develop issues with mobility, at times make herculean efforts to lead relatively normal lives and even...
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October 05, 2020
On China’s 71st Birthday
The People’s Republic of China was established on 1st October 1949 after a century of occupation by imperialist forces, ravaged by insidious ...
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September 28, 2020
Russia concludes Kavkaz-2020 military drills
Russia has concluded the Kavkaz 2020 joint military drills. The exercises were conducted with neighbouring countries in Russia’s Southern Military...
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September 21, 2020
Japan after Shinzo Abe’s departure
Japan has a new Prime Minister after Shinzo Abe’s resignation, which caught the political establishment by surprise and set off a flurry of...
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September 14, 2020
September 14 — promulgation of the Gregorian calendar
Currently, most of the civilized world is using the Gregorian calendar, named after Pope Gregory XIII. Prior to this, the Julian calendar was in...
