China is tightening border controls in its northwestern Xinjiang region amid rising terrorism threats, the regional governor was quoted as saying on Tuesday. State media reported that Shohrat Zakir made the pledge in a speech at the region’s main annual political meeting on Monday, saying increased measures taken in the last year would be further strengthened. The crackdown seeks to prevent suspected insurgents both from leaving Xinjiang to fight abroad and from returning to the…
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ISLAMABAD: The government will start work on the Pakistani section of Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline once the United States and the UN remove sanctions on Tehran, officials of the Ministry of Petroleum informed the National Assembly Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Resources here on Monday. An official of Interstate Gas Systems (ISGS) informed the parliamentary body that Iran was still facing sanctions and work on the section from Gwadar to Iranian border would be started…
Islamabad: Javed Malik, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain, called on Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif at the PM Office earlier this week and briefed him on the various initiatives to expand and upgrade the bilateral relations between Pakistan and the Kingdom of Bahrain since his appointment, says a press release. He apprised the prime minister that after the successful organisation of the First Pakistan-Bahrain Business Opportunities Conference, the Bahraini commerce minister and three…
The author is a reporter with the Global Times. It would be naïve for India to assume that its economy will boom if it draws closer to the upcoming Trump administration amid a pending trade war between Beijing and Washington. Overestimating US-India economic ties may mislead India and send it down the wrong path for economic development. New Delhi needs to be realistic in terms of growth. Instead of tilting toward the US, it should…