US, China asked to set aside differences to help climate
Raisi addresses 2022 United Nations General Assembly
US envoy sees ties with Pakistan at ‘inflection point’
Ishaq Dar appointed federal finance and revenue minister
World ‘running out’ of patience with Taliban, says UN envoy
Prince Mohammed Bin Salman named Saudi PM
Dar yet to surrender before court due to judge’s absence
Another audio clip surfaces, purportedly of Imran talking about ‘foreign conspiracy’ cypher
Blinken defends Pakistan arms sales against Indian criticism
Bilawal warns of consequences to Taliban isolation
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From The Editor’s Desk
It is my pleasure to present September 2022 Edition for our esteemed audience across the globe.
This month’s title is dedicated to Kashmir Premier League Season II which was successfully conducted at Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium in From August 13 to August 26. The season was made possible only because of our title sponsor Kingdom Valley and all other sponsors, along with the dedication and hard work of all stakeholders and team members.
Moreover, we have laid special emphasis on the recent floods in Pakistan that have caused massive devastation for the public and have led to Billions in losses and displacement of millions. We have explored different dimensions of the developments and have investigated the phenomena of climate
change in our various articles that are a part of this edition.
Moreover, this edition also includes developments in the context of Russia-Ukraine War, Nagorno Karabakh Conflict, Iran Nuclear Deal, Kashmir Issue, Taiwan Issue and a number of other issues of global significance.
The edition also showcases opinions on important topics such as the expansion of NATO to eastern Europe, Women Empowerment, Pak-India Relations, Situation in Gaza, Gun violence in USA and a number of other important topics.
Thankyou for reading Global Affairs.
Ch. Shahzad Akhtar
Chief Editor
Diplomacy
in DiplomacyUS envoy sees ties with Pakistan at ‘inflection point’
LAHORE: US Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome on Tuesday remarked that the Washington-Islamabad relationship had seen many ups and downs over the years, but now the two sides were at an inflection point, looking at a new era of bilateral relationship. The ambassador shared these views during a reception hosted in his honour by the […] More
- in Diplomacy
Canadian envoy, COAS discuss bilateral cooperation in various fields
Wendy Gilmour Canadian High Commissioner to Pakistan paid a farewell call to General Qamar Javed Bajwa. Chief of Army Staff (COAS) at GHQ on Monday. According to the ISPR, matters of mutual interests, regional security situations, and bilateral cooperation in various fields came under discussion. The COAS thanked visiting dignitary for her services and appreciated […] More
- in Diplomacy
Pakistan, US pledge to keep high-level bilateral contacts
WASHINGTON – Pakistan and United States held wide ranging talks at ministerial level to review the bilateral relations and agreed to enhance cooperation in different fields and maintain high level contacts between the two countries. Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and US Secretary of State Antony Blinkin held the talks at the State Department in […] More
- in Diplomacy
US to give $10m for food security assistance, says Blinken
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday he was pleased to announce another $10 million for food security assistance, adding he was sending a simple message that “we are here for Pakistan just like we have been in the past”. Secretary Blinken said this during a meeting with Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari […] More
Politics
- in Politics
Putin warns Macron of risk of ‘catastrophe’ at Ukraine nuclear plant
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron that shelling of the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, which he blamed on Kyiv, could result in a large-scale disaster
Moscow and Kyiv have accused each other of shelling Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, which was captured by Russia in March but is still run by Ukrainian technicians. Only two of the facility’s six reactors are working. “Vladimir Putin, in particular, stressed that the systematic shelling of the territory of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant […] More
- in Politics
PM Shehbaz says world can’t afford US-China cold war, bloc politics
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has yet to travel to China despite being in office for over four months in a development seen as unusual given the fact Beijing has always been among the first destinations for any new Pakistani leader. When Shehbaz replaced Imran Khan as the prime minister in April, there were plans […] More
Beijing Vows Consequences If US Politician Travels To Island
BEIJING – US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s rumored plan for a trip to Taiwan has infuriated China and left the White House with a serious geopolitical headache. How big a problem is this? China has warned of “serious consequences” if Ms Pelosi were to proceed with her visit. Second in line to the […] More
- in Politics
Sidhu handed 1-year jail sentence by Indian Supreme Court in decades-old road rage case
Indian cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday was sentenced to a year in jail by the country’s apex court in a 1988 “road rage” case in which one person had lost his life, according to Indian media. Indian media stated that the 58-year-old would have to surrender before a court to serve a year’s rigorous […] More
Current Affairs
Ishaq Dar appointed federal finance and revenue minister
PML-N stalwart Ishaq Dar was assigned the portfolio of finance and revenue on Wednesday, shortly after he took oath as federal minister. President Dr Arif Alvi administered the oath to Dar during a ceremony at the Aiwan-i-Sadr, which was also attended by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. A notification issued by the Cabinet Division shortly afterwards […] More
World ‘running out’ of patience with Taliban, says UN envoy
UNITED NATIONS: The world is losing patience with the Taliban, a UN envoy told the Security Council on Tuesday, as the Islamist regime shows no sign of allowing girls’ education and question marks remain over its links to Al Qaeda. Markus Potzel, the United Nations deputy representative in Afghanistan, told the council that while there […] More
Prince Mohammed Bin Salman named Saudi PM
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman was named the country’s prime minister on Tuesday. King Salman also ordered a cabinet reshuffle, naming his son Khalid Bin Salman, the former deputy defence minister, as the new defence minister. Prince Abdulaziz Bin Salman stays as energy minister under a new cabinet, to be headed by […] More
Dar yet to surrender before court due to judge’s absence
ISLAMABAD: Senator Ishaq Dar, who is replacing outgoing finance minister Miftah Ismail, could not surrender before the accountability court of Islamabad on Tuesday as the judge was on leave. Mr Dar returned to the country on Monday from London to assume the portfolio of the federal finance minister. The accountability court on Sept 23 suspended […] More
Opinion
- in Opinion
China sees intensive, extensive development of opening up in past 10 years
China sees intensive, extensive development of opening up in past 10 years By Gu Xueming, Zhang Dan Opening up is a fundamental policy of China, as well as a hallmark of contemporary China. Following the introduction of the reform and opening up policy in 1978, China has fully grasped the opportunities brought about by economic […] More
- in Opinion
Understanding The U.S Gun Culture
United States of America has 4% of the world’s population but Americans own around 46% of the firearms in the world, as per a 2018 Report. The deadliest year for America was 2020, with 13.6 death per 100,000 people owing to the rise in gun-related injuries that year. This was the highest rise since the […] More
- in Opinion
Critical evaluation of Pakistan’s second-strike ability
“The chief purpose of military strategy has been to win wars, from now on its chief purpose must be to avert them.” ~ Bernard Brodie This statement alone is enough to define the transition in the modes of warfare in the contemporary world. As the end of World War II marked the beginning of […] More
Science & Technology
China’s first solar exploration satellite makes breakthroughs
By Feng Hua China recently released the world’s first H-Alpha spectral scanning imaging by its first solar observation satellite “Xihe” after the satellite has stayed in orbit for 10 months. The satellite also obtained the world’s first spectral lines of the Sun’s H-Alpha waveband, neutral silicon atoms and neutral iron atoms, said Zhao Jian, chief […] More
Collaborative innovation highlights China’s industrial internet development
By Gu Yekai, People’s Daily The 2022 Global Industrial Internet Conference and Industrial Digital Transformation Annual Meeting was recently held in Wuzhen township, Tongxiang, east China’s Zhejiang province. The conference, focusing on the digitalization of industrial enterprises, invited a number of experts and scholars to discuss the new trends and paths in the development of […] More
Biden issues Executive Order on Crypto Regulation
The directive could offer much-needed regulatory clarity for digital assets and preserve the US as a global leader in technological innovation. The new executive order from US President Joe Biden could be a watershed moment for the crypto industry in the US, according to industry participants. Biden signed the long-awaited directive on Wednesday that outlined […] More
What You Need To Know About Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) seem to have exploded out of the ether this year. From art and music to tacos and toilet paper, these digital assets are selling like 17th-century exotic Dutch tulips—some for millions of dollars. But are NFTs worth the money—or the hype? Some experts say they’re a bubble poised to pop, like […] More
Tourism
- in Tourism
Villages of Gojal – Khudaabad
Geographically, the village of Khudaabad is located at the confluence of the Khunjerab and Chapursan rivers in front of the border town of Sost. The village can be divided into three sub-villages, Imamabad, Karimabad and Khudaabad according to the locals. One hundred percent of the village’s population is made up of Broshki speakers. The village […] More
Strategic Affairs
US, South Korea kick off biggest military drills in years
South Korea and the United States have launched their largest joint military drills in years, officials said, as the allies seek to tighten readiness over North Korea’s potential weapons tests. The annual summertime exercises in Korea, renamed Ulchi Freedom Shield, began on Monday and are scheduled to end on September 1. They come after South […] More
Japan considers deploying long-range missiles to counter China
Japan is considering the deployment of 1,000 long-range cruise missiles to boost its counterattack capability against China, 1,000 long-range cruise missiles newspaper reported on Sunday. The missiles would be existing arms modified to extend their range from 100 km (62 miles) to 1,000 km. The arms, launched by ships or aircraft, would be stationed mainly […] More
Chinese troops will travel to Russia to take part in joint military drills.
Beijing and Moscow have close defence links and China has said it wants to push bilateral relations “to a higher level,” even as Moscow faces international sanctions and widespread condemnation over its war in Ukraine. China’s defence ministry said Wednesday its participation in the annual “Vostok” exercises — which Moscow has said will take place […] More
CNS Lauds Multifaceted Contributions Of Pakistan Navy In Maritime Domain
SLAMABAD – Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi on Thursday lauded multifaceted contributions of Pakistan Navy in maritime domain. The Naval Chief expressed these views while presiding over the Command and Staff Conference of Pakistan Navy concluded at Naval Headquarters here, a Pakistan Navy media release said. During the conference, […] More
Art & Culture
Mid-Autumn Festival Gala by CMG to present high-tech visual feast to global audience
China Media Group (CMG) will be broadcasting the 2022 annual Mid-Autumn Festival during prime time on Saturday, providing a high-tech visual feast through state-of-the-art technologies and spreading the festive cheer among Chinese people across the globe. Produced by CMG, this year’s annual gala will open in Zhangjiagang, a county-level city in Suzhou City of east […] More
Thai Buddhist monk visits Peshawar Museum
PESHAWAR: A Buddhist Monk Arayawangso from Thailand on Sunday visited the Peshawar Museum along with 20 followers. He expressed his interest in Gandhara and various relics of Buddhist civilisation kept in the museum. Arayawangso said that he would write a book by researching the Buddhist relics in Taxila, Havelian, Swat and Peshawar. He added that […] More
How art and culture can help us rethink time
Ella Saltmarshe & Beatrice Pembroke
There is a line in Hamlet where the prince of Denmark declares, “The time is out of joint.” Shakespeare might have written these words yesterday, not more than 400 years ago, for we live in a world where our perception of time is dislocated. Humanity should be acting to preserve its long-term future. Instead, short-term […] More
Art Therapy During Pandemic
Art Therapy is designed to identify and rectify the imbalances of people’s mental, emotional and physical conditions.
You must have seen art geeks standing for hours in museums and art galleries staring at one gigantic artifact or another. Have you ever wondered what possibly keeps them entranced? Why does it happen that certain types of music leave numbing effect on you? Why do you get so attached to some characters in certain […] More
Business
- in Business
China’s express delivery sector picks up, shows market potential
By Li Xinping China’s express delivery service companies handled 9.65 billion parcels in July, up 8 percent from a year ago, according to statistics recently released by the country’s State Post Bureau. Their revenue totaled 89.82 billion yuan ($13.02 billion), increasing 8.6 percent year on year. The growth of the business volume of Chinese express […] More
- in Business
Share development opportunities with CIFTIS to jointly promote global recovery
By He Yin, People’s Daily Chinese President Xi Jinping on Aug. 31 sent a congratulatory letter to the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS). In the letter, he stressed the significance of the event, showed China’s resolution to promote high-quality development by high-level opening-up, and expressed the country’s aspiration to jointly promote […] More
- in Business
Import ban on luxury items lifted
ISLAMABAD: The government has increased dealers’ commission on the sale of petroleum products by up to an unprecedented 70 per cent and lifted a ban imposed in May on the import of “non-essential and luxury items”, excluding automobiles, cell phones and electronics. The decisions were taken on Thursday at a meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee […] More
- in Business
Asian economies need interest rate hike to cool inflation: IMF
Several Asian central banks must raise interest rates rapidly because inflationary pressures are rising due to a global surge in food and fuel costs caused by the war in Ukraine, said a senior Internationl Monitory Fund (IMF) official. “Asia’s growing inflation pressures remain more moderate compared with other regions, but price increases in many countries […] More
Sports
- in Sports
4th T20: Pakistan win by 3 runs against England in seesaw thriller
Pakistan won by three runs in a final over thriller that saw the teams’ fortunes seesaw until Haris Rauf took two back-to-back wickets in the penultimate over that set up the Greenshirts’ victory in the fourth Twenty20 against England at the National Stadium in Karachi. The two teams are now levelled 2-2 with the next […] More
- in Sports
Ton-up Babar, Rizwan seal emphatic victory for Pakistan
KARACHI: The fervent crowd was back on its feet. There was a deafening roar at the sold-out National Stadium. Babar Azam roared too. The Pakistan skipper had asked his batters to step up in the second Twenty20 International against England. He led from the front with his vice-captain Mohammad Rizwan on Thursday night. This was […] More
- in Sports
Rural basketball games in China’s Guizhou province go viral
By Su Bin, Chen Junyi Two outdoor basketball courts in a rural village in southwest China’s Guizhou province recently became buzzworthy for holding games with an atmosphere that rival the NBA. Over ten thousand spectators sat courtside from morning to the next dawn to watch the games, and even at midnight, there were hundreds of […] More
- in Sports
Sri lanka beat Pakistan in Asia cup Final 2022
Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka said winning the Asia Cup will help the team’s preparation for next month’s Twenty20 World Cup, while batsman Bhanuka Rajapaksa labelled the achievement as a “great win” for the island nation amid their economic crisis. Sri Lanka won the Asia Cup for the sixth time on Sunday after Rajapaksa’s batting masterclass and […] More
Health & Foods
The World Isn’t Ready for the Next Outbreak
Andrew C. Heinrich and Saad B. Omer
The COVID-19 pandemic is the greatest global health crisis in at least a generation, and international organizations have responded accordingly. By building on measures initially developed to counter the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the global community’s response has easily been the most multilateral public health campaign in human history. By April 2020, for […] More
Here’s why fully vaccinated people might need boosters
It sounds confusing — federal health officials say the Covid-19 vaccines are working well, providing more than 90% protection against severe disease and death. They’re keeping people out of the hospitals. Yet they also say studies are showing that even vaccinated people are more likely to become infected now, so they are laying plans […] More
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