Russia, China and Pakistan warned on Tuesday that the influence of the militant Islamic State (IS) was growing in Afghanistan and that the security situation there was deteriorating. The countries had issued a joint statement after the third round of trilateral consultations on regional issues between officials from Russia, China and Pakistan held in Moscow on Tuesday. “(The three countries) expressed particular concern about the rising activity in the country of extremist groups, including the…
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ISLAMABAD: Russia, China and Pakistan on Tuesday agreed to expand their tripartite consultations on Afghan conflict and include other countries, including Afghanistan, after Kabul objected to its absence from the regional discussions. “The parties agreed to proceed with consultations in an expanded format and would welcome the participation of Afghanistan,” a joint statement issued after a meeting of the senior officials of the three countries said. It was the third round of talks between the…
ISLAMABAD: Russia and China, being permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, have decided to work towards delisting the Afghan Taliban from the world body’s sanctions list in a move, they said, is aimed at launching peaceful dialogue between Afghanistan’s government and insurgent groups. The announcement came in a joint statement issued after the trilateral meeting involving senior officials from Pakistan, Russia and China. The three-way talks that discussed the current situation of Afghanistan…
China, Russia and Pakistan held secretary-level trilateral talks in Moscow on Tuesday to discuss regional stability, including the restoration of peace in Afghanistan. Deng Xijun, China’s special envoy on Afghan Affairs, attended the meeting. “China’s stance on the Afghan issue is consistent. We support an Afghan-owned and Afghan-led political settlement to the Afghan conflict. We believe that negotiation is the only solution to resolve the Afghan issue and we are willing to continue playing a…
The author is a reporter with the Global Times. Is the promotion of the mutually beneficial cooperation over infrastructure construction in countries along the One Belt and One Road initiative bound to be applauded? The rising China-related rumors in a number of Beijing’s neighboring countries mirror that this may be to some extent a wishful thinking from the Chinese side. Some Pakistani and Indian media recently claimed the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was accused of…
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has stressed the importance of adhering to democratic centralism. The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee must continue to stick firmly to democratic centralism, Xi told a meeting of the Political Bureau held on Monday and Tuesday, during which members discussed measures to improve intra-Party political life and supervision. Xi praised the Political Bureau in sticking to democratic centralism in the…
Beijing vowed on Tuesday to use all necessary means, including military ones, to wipe out subversion and attempts to undermine its sovereignty in cyberspace. A strategy document released by top internet regulator the Cyberspace Administration said the use of the internet for treason, secession, revolt, subversion or stealing or leaking of state secrets would be punished. It also warned of penalties for working with “overseas forces” for sabotage, subversion or secession. It identified cyberspace challenges…
Three Chinese hackers made more than US$4 million in illicit profits after breaking into the servers of top corporate law firms in New York, according to US judicial authorities. One has been arrested and charges laid. The three targeted at least seven major international law firms that had been retained by companies to advise on deals and successfully got into the email accounts of senior lawyers at two of the firms, according to the indictment…
The author is pursuing his studies in International Relations at University of Karachi. They assassinated three of my teachers on the basis of an assumption that they belonged to ASWJ, since they used to offer their prayers in suspicious masjids. They killed my father Dr. Shakil Auj on the allegation of blasphemy while he was going towards Iranian Cultural Center as the Chief Guest. Interestingly, in both cases, the victims were targeted on sectarian cum…
KARACHI: The federal government has issued at least seven special permits to dignitaries of Bahrain, including King Sheikh Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al-Khalifa, to hunt the internationally protected bird houbara bustard in the country during the 2016-17 hunting season, according to sources. Among those who have been given the permits to hunt the migratory bird in Sindh and Balochistan are an uncle of the king, his defence adviser, a field marshal and armed forces…
LAHORE : Saudi government while taking action on intelligence report has arrested 18 Pakistani women and men working in the country as beggars. With the beginning of Umrah season, beggar mafia has become active and has sent at least 210 Pakistani beggars to Madina on Umrah visas. Police is conducting raids to arrest other 192 people. The detainees have been kept in Madina jail with women in barrack no.56 and men in barrack no.47. Those…