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The ongoing genocide in Gaza has laid bare the impotence of the United Nations, as Western powers—chief among them the United States and its allies—continue to flout international law with impunity. Decades of carefully cons...
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Tariffs and non-neoliberal globalization – II
Please click here to read Part-I of this article. US President Donald Trump recently enhanced tariffs unilaterally on all countries – with a base uniform tariff of 10 percent applied on all countries, along with half of the...
Geopolitical cataclysm
Three years into the Ukraine War and one and a half years into the Gaza War, geopolitical chaos and uncertainty has only quadrupled. Peace is evasive and global players seem to be eyeing endgames that would plunge humanity into ...
The Dhaka dimension
A reset with Bangladesh is most promising and has opened new vistas of regional cooperation. The foreign secretary-level talks held in Dhaka, after a hiatus of 15 years, under the Foreign Office Consultations theme has formally ...
Healing history
Pakistan and Bangladesh held a foreign secretary-level Foreign Office Consultation (FOC) meeting in Dhaka on Thursday – the first such diplomatic engagement between the two countries in 15 years. The last FOC was held in 2010,...
Pakistan among Asian nations eyeing more US gas to balance trade
SINGAPORE: Asian governments are looking to buy more US oil and gas as they scramble to lower their trade surplus with Washington in hopes of easing their tariff burdens under President Donald Trump’s sweeping new import dutie...
PSX, Malaysia to boost Islamic finance
KARACHI: A delegation of Malaysian Shariah scholars and professionals visited the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), where they emphasised their shared commitment to advancing Islamic finance and fostering cross-border collaboration...
Enough with the tariff war
The United States has unilaterally imposed excessive tariffs on nearly all its trading partners, including China, under contrived pretexts. This arbitrary policy has gravely infringed upon the legitimate rights of nations, flagr...
Saudi defense minister visits Iran in highest-level trip in decades as nuclear talks proceed
TEHRAN: Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman Al Saud arrived in Tehran on Thursday, in a rare visit by a senior Saudi royal to the Islamic Republic. Prince Khalid met Major General Mohammad Bagheri, chief of staff of ...
Sindh, IFC agree to enhance service delivery, urban infrastructure in Karachi and beyond
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Thursday met with an IFC delegation led by Ms Linda Rudo Munyengeterwa, director for public-private partnerships (PPPs), Privatizations & Corporate Finance Advisory, IFC’s Global...