A Japanese defence destroyer spotted China’s first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, in the central part of the East China Sea for the first time, the Japan’s Defence Ministry said early Sunday. The fleet consists of seven other vessels – three guided-missile destroyers, three frigates and one supply ship – and was cruising eastward when the Maritime Self-Defence Force destroyer spotted it at around 4 p.m. While the ministry has not disclosed anything more on the…
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PESHAWAR: The security forces will establish four more border crossing points on the pattern of Torkhum in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), as part of the border management to regulate and document the movement of vehicles and people between Pakistan and Afghanistan. According to security sources, the Torkhum crossing point was operationalized on July 1, 2016 despite strong pressure from the Afghan government. The border management policy would continue and made more stringent to regulate…
China’s aircraft carrier Liaoning will conduct military drills in West Pacific, said People’s Liberation Army Navy spokesperson Liang Yang on Saturday. China’s first aircraft carrier Liaoning, together with a fleet of destroyers and multiple groups of J-15 carrier-borne fighter jets, conducted the drills under the direction of Wu Shengli, commander of the Navy of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), according to navy.81.cn, a website of PLA Daily. Liaoning held drills in the East China…
This week marks a climax of China’s chequebook diplomacy as it used its economic clout to achieve breakthroughs in relations with three countries, Norway, Mongolia and the small West African country Sao Tome and Principe. However, continuing to gain political concessions through expanding outbound investment may not be sustainable, experts warned. On Monday, China and Norway set aside their squabble over a Nobel Peace Prize awarded to prominent dissident Liu Xiaobo to restore full ties…
New York: Gerard van Bohmen, Chief of the UN sanctions committee on Monday night (Kabul time) briefed the UN Security Council on the Afghan peace process, and suggested the 15-member body ensure the complete implementation of sanctions against the Taliban within the legal framework that exists. Bohemen suggested that the UN sanctions committee and Afghanistan’s Central Bank jointly work to terminate the Taliban’s access to their financial resources and that countries implement travel sanctions against…
(The author is the founder of the Difference Group and has served as the research director at the India, China, and America Institute and a visiting fellow at the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies and the EU Center.) Recently, Pakistan’s stock market crossed the 46,000 point milestone. Investor sentiment is increasingly bullish. In the past year, Pakistan’s equity market beat those of China and India by a wide margin. Pakistan’s was up 16 percent, whereas…
The Chinese never do anything by halves, neither do they have much faith in short-termism when it comes to development nationally or internationally. It is a country that although still Communist has adapted successfully to both internal and external market forces and realpolitik — and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is very much evidence of that. The macro project in its various iterations — and there are many, it is a multi-stringed necklace of interconnected…
ISLAMABAD: Zheng Xiaosong, Vice Minister International Department of Communist Party of China has said that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a passage of hope among two brotherly friendly neighboring countries. He was presenting a briefing on China’s recent policy initiatives here on Tuesday in presence of Gafoor Haideri, Deputy Chairman Senate and Mir Hasil Bizenjo Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping. Chairman Parliamentary Committee on CPEC Senator Mushahid Hussain was conducting the discussion. Zheng…
China and the US have settled the seizure of a maritime drone, but Beijing’s wrangle with Singapore over troop carriers held by Hong Kong drags on. The Chinese ministry of defence said on Monday there was no progress to report. Hong Kong customs discovered the “Terrex” infantry carrier vehicles aboard a civilian cargo ship going from Taiwan to Singapore on November 23 and impounded them. No formal reason has been given, but sources have said…
KARACHI: A group of 35 retired IGs of the Police Service of Pakistan have expressed concern over the way Sindh IGP A.D. Khowaja has been asked by the Sindh government to go on leave and termed the provincial government move unjustified. In a statement sent to Dawn on Monday, the retired IGs said that the Sindh government’s action was unjustified and that an upright and professional officer was being forced to leave his job for…
KARACHI/HYDERABAD: As the federal government had refused to accede to the request of the Sindh government to remove the Inspector General of Police, the PPP-led provincial government finally got rid of A.D. Khowaja on Monday when he was sent on ‘forced’ leave, paving the way for the appointment of a ‘favourite’ police chief. Sources said that the top PPP leadership was not happy with the IGP over many issues, including recruitment of 20,000 constables in…