Posts published in “Day: November 25, 2016”

A group of three militants disguised among the refugees returning from Peshawar were arrested in eastern Laghman province of Afghanistan. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) said the militants belonged to Taliban group were on their way to Laghman for coordinating attacks. MoI further added that a Laptop computer, a thumb drive, a CD, and over 100 documents were confiscated from the detained militants. The Taliban militants group has not commented regarding the report so far.…

If US President-elect Donald Trump makes good on his promise to back out of free trade deals and surrenders the US’ role as a global free trade leader, China could pick up the slack, but it is too early for it to completely fill the void, economists said. However, China should do more and shoulder more responsibility in promoting free trade rather than struggle for global leadership with the US, they said. Trump declared Tuesday…

The author is a lecturer in international relations with the Jan Masaryk Centre for International Studies at the University of Economics in Prague. A regular weekly rail delivering freight from Lanzhou in Gansu province to Kathmandu in Nepal began operating on October 31. Of course, for the moment the railway itself only runs as far as Xigaze in Tibet. After that, the freight needs to be transported by truck. Even taking into account logistical difficulties,…

Forecast:  Barring a decision to loosen government controls on credit, investment and home purchases, China’s housing and construction sectors will slow in 2017. Industries that hold the bulk of China’s outstanding corporate debt, including commodities, building materials and other sectors related to construction, will bear the brunt of a sustained housing slump. Sluggish construction growth and skyrocketing debt, coupled with sharp reductions in debt maturity periods, could cause corporate defaults and bankruptcies to spike next…

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Rashad Mahmood paid a farewell call on Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah at Naval Headquarters on Monday. Upon arrival at Naval Headquarters, the dignitary was received by Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah. A smartly turned out contingent of Pakistan Navy clad in ceremonial dress presented him the Guard of Honour. The naval chief then introduced the visiting dignitary to the…

ISLAMABAD : The 4th bilateral exercise between Pakistan Navy (PN) and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy encompassing harbour and sea phases concluded in the North Arabian Sea Monday. According to a spokesperson for the Pakistan Navy, the highly significant exercise included a series of operational and tactical activities and engagement of mutual interests. The harbour phase of the exercise comprised of various calls on, visits, sports activities and table-top discussions as a preparatory warm-up…

KARACHI: A private Pakistani company, which designed and produced the country’s first drone called ‘Buraq’, has now come up with an even advanced drone aircraft technology, which can remain in the air for up to 15-hours and be utilised for surveillance of development projects among other uses. “The best civilian application of the long range aerial surveillance aircraft {Arrow} is that it is capable of monitoring and making secure trade via the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor…

Nothing is forever. Few foresaw the rapid collapse of the Soviet Union, even fewer the Trump presidency. The re-swinging of the compass that determines the relationship between Pakistan and Russia is equally not something that was foretold but so it has transpired. The Cold War adversaries are now aligned in such a way as to credibly address one of the great problems of modern diplomacy — peace in Afghanistan. The proposal is that Russia will…

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group claimed responsibility behind the deadly suicide attack on a mosque in Kabul city. The group issued a statement in Arabic via its media wing ‘Amaq’ news agency and claimed that the attack was carried out by its suicide bomber on a Shi’ite mosque in the city. The Taliban militants group earlier rejected that the group is involved in the attack. At least 32 people were…

A group of 20 Haqqani Network members, including their commander, were arrested in a special operation in eastern Paktia province, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said in a statement on Monday. The commander of the group, named Sayed Abdul Rahman, who was also known as Khaibar, was arrested in a special operation which was conducted by NDS in Zurmat district of the province, according to the statement. The statement said that the commander had…