by Omer Farooq Khan in Times of India, Sept 27, 2023ISLAMABAD: Beijing has turned down several of Islamabad’s proposals related to direct investments in multiple sectors under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), including energy, tourism, water management and climate change, minutes of a key panel meeting indicate. The signed minutes of the CPEC’s Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) bring to fore the formidable challenges both sides face in deepening economic ties. The JCC meet was held…
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by Shahbaz Rana in The Express Tribune, Sept 26th, 2023.ISLAMABAD: China has not agreed to further expand cooperation in areas of energy, water management, and climate change under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), underscoring the challenges that both the sides are facing in deepening the economic ties. Moreover, Islamabad gave up its opposition to setting up a new imported coal-fired power plant in Gwadar and also agreed to a number of Chinese demands to address…
By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews Online, June 02, 2023 at 9:19 PMThe Heads of State of Central Asia and the President of the European Council met in Kyrgyzstan and participants discussed the situation in Afghanistan in addition to exchanging views on general issues of security, connectivity, climate, digital, and critical raw material, according to the joint press release. According to the joint press release, the participants articulated common concern over the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan…
Report in Dawn, Mar 7th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The organisers of Aurat March on Monday presented a list of 60 demands, including an end to patriarchal violence, increased representation of women at all levels of decision-making concerning climate change, a reduction in the defence budget and increased allocations for health and education. These demands were presented by women’s rights activists, including Farzana Bari and Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir, before the media at a pre-march press conference at the…
report in Prothom Alo, Dec 29, 2022For decades, Shafiqul Islam Babu grew rice on his land in northwest Bangladesh – until climate change made rainfall more erratic and overused groundwater began drying up in the mid-2000s. As his rice harvest declined, so did his earnings. In response, the 45-year-old farmer decided to grow cabbage on his land – a high-value crop that uses less water than rice, has plenty of buyers, and provides him with…