Islamabad:Prof Swaran Singh from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, has said that the democratic and demographic dividend of South Asia was under threat from the coronavirus and supported.
National
May 25, 2021
Islamabad: Initiation of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) at an economically challenging time for Pakistan is a Chinese vote of confidence to Pakistan, said Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, chairperson, Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Senator Syed was speaking at a webinar commemorating 70 years of Pak-China friendship organised here by Institute of Regional Studies (IRS). The senator opined that CPEC had already proven to be a success story. He said that Pak-China relations were built on a strong foundation of trust and complementarity of interests.
Commenting on the Sino-US relations, he said that US policy towards China had become more strident despite the change of government in Washington. He specifically referred to the proposed Strategic Competition Bill, which, if passed by the US Congress, would appropriate $300 million annually to counter Chinese global influence. He termed it as “a recipe for a new cold war.”
Pakistani women urged to show unity with Afghan females
Islamabad
May 9, 2021
Islamabad : Members of the Afghan government’s peace negotiation team Dr Habiba Sarabi and Fatima Gailani urged Pakistani women to stand up in solidarity with the women of Afghanistan in the crucial time of negotiation between the Taliban and the Government of Afghanistan.
They were speaking at a webinar on ‘the role of women in the Afghan peace process’ organised by the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS) here.
Member of the Afghan government’s peace negotiation team and former Minister for Women’s Affairs Dr Habiba Sarabi emphasised the need for engaging and involving women in the future of Afghanistan. She underscored the role played by the Constitution of Afghanistan in upholding women’s rights. She especially referred to Article 22 of the Constitution that accords equal rights to men and women of Afghanistan. She expressed her concern over the target killings of the members of the ci
Pakistani women urged to show solidarity against extremism with Afghan women
National
May 8, 2021
Islamabad: Members of the Afghan government’s peace negotiation team Dr Habiba Sarabi and Fatima Gailani urged Pakistani women to stand up in solidarity with the women of Afghanistan in the crucial time of negotiation between the Taliban and the Government of Afghanistan.
They were speaking at a webinar on ‘the role of women in the Afghan peace process’ organised by the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS) here.
Member of the Afghan government’s peace negotiation team and former Minister for Women’s Affairs Dr Habiba Sarabi emphasised the need for engaging and involving women in the future of Afghanistan. She underscored the role played by the Constitution of Afghanistan in upholding women’s rights. She especially referred to Article 22 of the Constitution that accords equal rights to men and women of Afghanistan. She expressed her concern over the target killings of th
‘RSS extremely influencing on education, judiciary in India’
Islamabad
April 24, 2021
Islamabad : Apart from political engineering, the Rashtriya Sewak Sangh (RSS) in India has now gained a considerable influence on education and the judiciary having serious implications for Indian scholarship on secularism and the justice system, said Dr Saif-ur-Rehman Malik, director, India Study Center at Institute of Strategic Studies.
Addressing a webinar organised by Institute of Regional Studies (IRS), Dr Malik said that since its inception in 1925, RSS has grown from a small group of volunteers into a large umbrella organisation with six million active members and several Right-wing offshoots promoting the ‘Hindu First Ideology’ all over India.