JAMES M. DORSEY A recent poll of Arab public opinion suggests US credibility has taken a hit, but all is not lost.That is if the United States realizes that Middle Easterners judge the US on glaring inconsistencies in its domestic and foreign policies rather than on its cultural, technological, and […]
OPINION
By Qamar Bashir Our Prime Minister, Shahbaz Sharif, is affectionately called as Shahbaz Speed, a title bestowed upon him by Vice-Minister Zheng Xiaosong of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in 2018, and Shahbaz has proven himself worthy of this title time and […]
By Qamar Bashir The Wagner Group, an armed to the teeth, quasi-military outfit created by Russia to accomplish illegal tasks that the regular army could not do due to the Geneva Convention, and was engaged in dirty work in Ukraine, Syria, Libya, and the Central African Republic, with a sudden […]
By Qamar Bashir Some of us were expecting Pakistan to be at the top of the list of countries where journalists and media personnel are fleeing the country due to alleged persecution by the state. However, to my and many others' surprise, the latest mapping issued by Reporters Without Borders […]
BY JAMES M. DORSEY Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s four-day red carpet visit to the United States constitutes a microcosm of what a 21st-world order century will likely look like. The visit spotlights the adjustments the United States faces in transitioning from a US-dominated unipolar world to a multipolar world […]
By Qamar Bashir Turkmenistan to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India (TAPI) also known as peace pipeline is a 1,800-kilometer (1,120-mile) natural gas pipeline with a capacity to transport approximately 14 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India, originally scheduled to be completed in 2023. According […]
By Qamar Bashir According to a World Bank research, Pakistan could save up to $10 billion per year on imports if it switched to 100% solar energy. This will lessen Pakistan's dependence on imported energy, making it more energy secure, while also lowering greenhouse gas emissions and combating climate change. […]
By Qamar Bashir Pakistan is still rebuilding from massive floods that killed over 1,700 people and ruined over 2 million homes. Many communities are still submerged, and some people are surviving on the rooftops of their homes without water, food, or shelter. Stagnant water continues to wreak havoc on the […]
JAMES M. DORSEY When jailed Turkish politician Selahattin Demirtas apologized for his pro-Kurdish party’s poor performance in recent Turkish elections, he did more than take responsibility. Mr. Demirtas implicitly questioned the notion that Turks vote primarily along ideological and identity lines rather than based on assessing which party will best […]
By Qamar Bashir With its typical and proven insensitivity to human life, dignity, and honor, India continued to treat the indigenous people of Kashmir as pygmies when it unexpectedly announced the conduct of a G-20 tourism working group conference in Srinagar from 22nd to 24th May, 2023. This move elicited […]
