Indian abrogation of Kashmir’s special status and policy options for Pakistan
Texas for Taipei?
Critical Evaluation of Pakistan’s Second Strike Capability
As Germany begins a new era, where does the far right stand?
Iran says nuclear deal ‘within reach’ if West shows goodwill
Pakistan-China sign 23 new friendship agreements this year: Ambassador Haque
Kazakhstan embassy celebrates 30th anniversary of National Day
Kazakhstan Marks 30 Years of Independence with Big Celebration in Capital, Festivities Around the World
US thanks Pakistan for hosting ‘vital’ OIC summit on Afghanistan
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From The Editor’s Desk
It is my honor to present the first edition of Global Affairs’ Magazine of the year 2022, the January Edition for our respected readers all across the globe. Like always, my team and I have dedicated our minds and hearts for the uncompromised quality material for esteemed audience.
For the honor of our tested friend in times of need, this month’s title has been dedicated to the 50th National Day of UAE. Moreover, Embassy of Kazakhstan has also celebrated their 30th Anniversary of National Day. The most important event of last month of OIC Summit has been discussed, where the Taliban has pleaded to show mercy for the millions desperate Afghans, Saudi Arabia is seeking consensus for Afghanistan and US has been thankful for Pakistan for hosting OIC Summit.
Readers will also go through the latest developments happening in the Middle East, from Prince bin Salman’s GCC tour conclusions in Kuwait, the US shifting their role for combat mission to advisory role, the latest developments of nuclear deal of Iran and President Raisi’s insisting of Trump facing justice for Soleimani killings. When we discuss about Ukraine, the readers will understand all the latest developments happening in respect to the escalation of Russian invasion fears, from G7 warnings to Russia to Putin and Biden virtual Summit, and Biden’s promise of bolstering Ukrainian military should Russia invade it.
Readers will further understand the conflict of East versus West, the Russian and Chinese alliance against the West, and the case study of North Korean rule. It will also explain the changing dynamics of German politics, ongoing deals of US, Australia and Japan, and the internal political changing dynamics of United States.
With the world facing another wave of corona, readers will understand the latest developments of China’s new antibody drug, the WHO’s warning to rich nations for hoarding jabs, and the discriminations happening in the Canadian welfare system.
Additionally, there has been good news about dozens of investment deals signed by Pakistani companies since the launch of Expo Dubai, and the latest Chinese-Pakistani investment deals. When discussing the latest developments of Pakistan, the magazine will discuss the evaluation of many domains including the second strike capability of Pakistan, Imran Khan’s opinion about national security and much more.
Lastly, it has highlighted the latest developments happening in India, from their abrogation of Kashmir status to the latest developments of farmers’ protest and the criticism by American academic of Indian autocratic and colonial ruling style, and much more We hope our valuable readers enjoy this edition and remain more updated with all the latest developments happening in the world. Like always, I thank my readers for choosing Global Affairs, and always looking forward for their reviews.
Ch. Shahzad Akhtar
Chief Editor
Diplomacy
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KAZAKHSTAN LOOKS FORWARD TO FURTHER STRENGTHENING RELATIONS WITH PAKISTAN: ENVOY
Kazakhstan, an important Central Asian state is progressing by leaps and bounds and these achievements are the hard-earned fruits of the struggle the people of Kazakhstan carried out for the sake of independence and to have their own separate identity. These views were expressed by Ambassador of Kazakhstan Yerzhan Kistafin at a reception organized by […] More
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Kazakhstan Marks 30 Years of Independence with Big Celebration in Capital, Festivities Around the World
Thirty years is a major milestone for a young country like Kazakhstan that over these years has grown into the region’s largest economy with ambitious plans and further reforms planned for the future. To mark this achievement, the Kazakh capital hosted a reception attended by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and senior officials.
Addressing the gathering at the Astana Opera, President Tokayev emphasized the centuries-old history of Kazakh statehood. “The values of independence run through many centuries of national history. Our people have always cherished the idea of statehood, because a nation with an independent state is historically considered successful because it retains its choice of development,” he […] More
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US thanks Pakistan for hosting ‘vital’ OIC summit on Afghanistan
US State Secretary Antony Blinken on Wednesday thanked Pakistan for hosting the extraordinary session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers to discuss the situation in neighbouring Afghanistan.
“The OIC extraordinary session on Afghanistan is a prime example of our collective determination and action to help those most in need. We thank Pakistan for hosting this vital meeting and inviting the global community to continue cooperating to support the Afghan people,” Blinken said. The OIC session was held in Islamabad on Sunday. Envoys […] More
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Saudi Arabia seeks consensus on Afghanistan at OIC summit in Pakistan
Saudi Arabia seeks consensus on Afghanistan at OIC summit in Pakistan
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s Council of Foreign Ministers met Dec.19 in Pakistan. With a membership of 57 states across four continents, the OIC is the world’s second largest organization after the United Nations. The council is one of the forum’s key bodies. In addition to foreign ministers and other envoys from member states, the […] More
Politics
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Russia’s Putin, China’s Xi hail ties amid tensions with West
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, have held a video meeting, as friction persists in both countries’ relations with the West. In their opening remarks at the virtual summit on Wednesday, Putin and Xi hailed relations between Russia and China, with the Russian leader declaring them “a proper example of interstate […] More
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How free trade has harmed Colombia’s Black communities
Efforts to open up Colombia’s economy have caused displacement, poverty and violence for Afro-Colombian communities. In 2013, US Vice President Joe Biden visited Colombia and met with then-President Juan Manuel Santos to cement ties between the two countries. Just a year before, a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) had been ratified between the two which proponents […] More
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PTI’s Abdul Qayyum Niazi elected new Prime Minister of AJK
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s Abdul Qayyum Niazi has been elected the 13th prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. He received 33 votes in the newly formed Legislative Assembly of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, whereas joint opposition's candidate Chaudhry Latif Akbar garnered 15 votes. Niazi succeeds PML-N’s Raja Farooq Haider, whose tenure in the AJK PM's office […] More
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How an Afghan refugee crisis at sea transformed Australia policy
Twenty years ago, a Norwegian freighter rescued hundreds of Afghan asylum seekers off a sinking Indonesian vessel, triggering a crisis that ushered in Australia’s hard line immigration policies. Melbourne, Australia – In August 2001, an Indonesian fishing boat carrying 433 asylum seekers was en route to Australia’s Christmas Island, when its engine failed in international […] More
Current Affairs
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Foreign Governments, Experts Urge Peace After Myanmar Opposition Announces Mass Uprising
The National Unity Government’s declaration of a “people’s defensive war” has raised a host of political and ethical questions. Southeast Asian and Western countries have urged all sides in Myanmar to refrain from violence and allow in humanitarian aid, after the country’s shadow government declared a nationwide uprising against the junta that took power in […] More
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Pakistan’s Civil-Military Leadership vow to meet all security challenges
The country’s civil and military leadership on 9th September 2021 vowed to meet all external and internal security challenges vigorously by eliminating re-emerging terrorists and extremist groups through coordinated efforts of all relevant authorities. They also reviewed and revised the National Action Plan (NAP) launched in January 2015 to crack down on terrorism and supplement […] More
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US, UK and Australia form a new Indo-Pacific security pact – AUKUS
Australia will get nuclear-powered submarines as part of the deal, dubbed AUKUS, which is seen as an attempt to counter China
Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom have announced a new trilateral security alliance, including a joint effort to help the Australian military acquire nuclear-powered submarines, in an apparent attempt to counter China. The leaders of all three countries unveiled the alliance – dubbed AUKUS – on Wednesday. They stressed that the submarines would […] More
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The Evolving Situation in Afghanistan
President Biden announced after assuming charge as the new President that the United States will not meet the deadline set under the U.S.-Taliban agreement to withdraw all troops by May 1 and instead releases a plan for a full withdrawal by September 11, 2021. “It’s time to end America’s longest war,” he says. The remaining […] More
Opinion
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Texas for Taipei?
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) fighter planes have been making intrusions into Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on a daily basis for over a year now. With a record number of 56 PLA aircraft entering Taiwan’s ADIZ on October 4. China has been exhibiting an increasingly aggressive posture towards Taiwan, which it considers its […] More
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Critical Evaluation of Pakistan’s Second Strike Capability
The south Asian region is critical when it comes to the outbreak of the nuclear war due to the arch rivalry between the two nuclear-armed neighbors India and Pakistan. The nuclear policy of Pakistan has two main aspects; first to deter India from seeking any conventional or nuclear offensive against Pakistan and second, if deterrence […] More
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Reviving JCPOA: Prospects and Challenges | Zeeshan Naveed
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) accord signed on July 14, 2015, resolved a diplomatic standoff between Iran and the US, thus ruling out the chances of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons for at least a decade. Despite the IAEA certifying Iran’s compliance, the agreement was short-lived, as the US President, Donald J. Trump, withdrew […] More
Science & Technology
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How VR is Redefining eLearning Experience
Along with the advancement of technology, there has been a revolution in the educational industry as well. Whether it is print media or web, we have acknowledged richer and easily accessible information. Therefore, the idea of web-based learning systems has always made sense to us. As we are turning more and more digital with online […] More
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PTCL Group Successfully Conducts 5G trial in a Limited Environment
PTCL Group, one of the country’s largest telecom groups and the backbone of connectivity in Pakistan, has successfully tested 5G technology at a special ceremony held at PTCL Headquarters, which was graced by Syed Amin Ul Haque, Federal Minister for Information Technology & Telecommunication as the Chief Guest. The 5G trial was conducted in a limited environment on a non-commercial basis.
The ceremony was attended by Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui, Federal Secretary IT & Telecom and Chair- man Board of Directors, Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), Major General (R) Amir Azeem Bajwa HI (M), Chairman, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), H.E. Nong Rong, Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan, H.E. Ha- mad Obaid Ibrahimi Alzabbi, UAE Ambassador to Pakistan, along […] More
Tourism
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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
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CIA director meets Bajwa, ISI chief at GHQ
Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns discussed the situation in Afghanistan with Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt Gen Faiz Hamid, the ISPR said on Thursday September 9th. “Mr William Joseph Burns, Director of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), USA, called on General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of […] More
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Both North and South Korea fire ballistic missiles as tensions rise on peninsula
Both North and South Korea tested ballistic missiles on Wednesday September 15th, ratcheting up tensions exponentially in what was already one of the most volatile regions on the planet. Pyongyang fired the first missiles on Wednesday, sending two into waters off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula five minutes apart, at 12:38 p.m. and […] More
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Azerbaijan, Turkey, Pakistan wrap up joint exercises of Special Forces
A solemn ceremony dedicated to the completion of the “Three Brothers-2021” international exercises involving representatives of the special forces of Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Pakistan was held in Baku on September 20, Trend reports citing the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry. According to the ministry, the Commander of the Special Forces of Azerbaijan, Lieutenant General Hikmat Mirzayev congratulated […] More
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The Quest for Strategic Balance and South Korea’s Indo-Pacific Conundrum
Seoul is walking a fine line, carefully calibrating its cooperation with U.S. initiatives in the Indo-Pacific.
Given the fact that the Moon Jae-in government in South Korea had never expressed explicit support for or earnestly cooperated with the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy before, the level of agreement reached at the Moon-Biden Summit in May 2021 was surprisingly high. The U.S.-Republic of Korea (ROK) Leaders’ Joint Statement states that the two countries “share […] More
Art & Culture
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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
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Belarus to participate in the International Trade & Industry Fair (ITIF) Karachi
In view of promoting cooperation between the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Republic of Belarus, the National Centre for Marketing and Price Study of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus (NCMPS) is going to organize the National Exposition of Belarus within the framework of the International Trade and Industry Fair […] More
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What is China’s common-prosperity strategy that calls for an even distribution of wealth?
What is common prosperity? At an economic leadership meeting in August, Chinese leaders agreed that China must pursue a goal of “common prosperity” – where citizens share in the opportunity to be wealthy – as the main objective for the next stage of its development, while stressing the need to maintain an airtight economy that […] More
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China reiterates readiness to work with Pakistan to make CPEC a great success
China reiterated on Friday its readiness to work with the Pakistan government for a mutual goal of making the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) a great success. “China is ready to work with Pakistani side to create a sound environment for the CPEC and bilateral practical cooperation to achieve mutual benefit and common development, the […] More
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Russia Drops the US Dollar from National Wealth Fund
The Russian Minister of Finance has just declared that the National Wellbeing Fund, its oil fund, will completely divest from its exposure to the US dollar, which still amounts to 40 billion dollars. Russia’s plan is now to move into the Chinese yuan, the euro, but also gold: “Today we have about 35% of NWF […] More
Sports
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‘Welcome back’: Manchester United agree €20m deal for Cristiano Ronaldo
Manchester United have confirmed that Cristiano Ronaldo will make a sensational return to Old Trafford after they agreed a fee with Juventus for the five-time Ballon d’Or winner. Ronaldo is expected to sign a two-year deal subject to being granted a visa and passing a medical, with United having agreed to pay an initial €15m […] More
Health & Foods
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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
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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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