Section: Pakistan Today (Pakistan)
Moscow may call shots in Afghanistan, soon
Let’s take a look at why “A person who does not learn from history is doomed to repeat it”. This famous quote of historian Santana has immensely pretentious Moscow. The Afghan War of 1979 led to the disintegration of the USSR. However, in the post-cold war era Afghanistan remained no longer imperative for Russia, because Russia was busy in...
US reshaping budget to account for Russian military threat
Russia’s increasing military activities around the world have unsettled top US military officials, who say they are reshaping their budget plans to better address what they now consider to be the most pressing threat to US security. “Russia is the No 1 threat to the United States. We have a number of threats that we’re dealing with,...
Conservative Fillon wins French presidential primary
Francois Fillon, a conservative reformist promising to shrink the French state, on Sunday clinched the rightwing nomination for next year’s presidential election with a resounding victory over his rival Alain Juppe. Ex-prime minister Fillon, 62, will now become a favourite to be France’s next leader after winning the US-style primary...
Russia poised to gain from oil production freeze
With its oil output at record levels and state coffers running low, Russia has little to lose and much to gain from agreeing a deal with the OPEC cartel on limiting production. Ahead of an OPEC meeting set for November 30 in Vienna, Moscow — which is not a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries — is pushing for an...
Envoy for enhancing trade ties between Pakistan, Ukraine
Ambassador of Ukraine to Pakistan Volodymyr Lakomov has said that Ukrainian Embassy considers enhancing business-to-business (B2B) interaction between the entities in Ukraine and Pakistan as one of the most promising and priority directions within the bilateral relations. Speaking at a meeting during his visit to Karachi Chamber, the Ukrainian...
Obama, Putin talk about Syria and Ukraine in quick summit meet
U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin spoke for around four minutes on Sunday at the APEC summit about Syria and Ukraine, in what is likely to be their last in-person meeting before Obama leaves office. The two men met at the start of the summit meeting in Lima, Peru’s capital. They exchanged pleasantries...
Obama says goodbye to world stage after eight years
US President Barack Obama bid farewell to the world stage Sunday, pondering his legacy, offering advice to his successor and discussing his post-presidential life at the end of his final foreign tour. His historic presidency and charisma have made Obama a rock star on the international scene, even at times when the daily grind of politics dimmed...
US to stop buying Russian helicopters for Afghanistan
US defence department officials have reportedly asked to stop buying Russian MI-17 helicopters for Afghan forces and instead to buy American helicopters. In addition, a number of senators also reportedly asked why the U.S should use American taxpayers’ money to pay Russia for the hardware when it was backing Bashar Assad’s regime in...
Pakistan ranked 48th for English proficiency
Pakistan has been ranked in the 48TH spot, with a low overall proficiency level, in EF’s English Proficiency Index (EPI); the world’s largest ranking of countries according to their level of English. Among reasons cited are the low percentage of people with access to the Internet and the level of spending on education. With a very...
Obama to pass torch to Merkel on farewell visit
US President Barack Obama pays a farewell visit Thursday to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, widely seen as the new standard bearer of liberal democracy since the election of Donald Trump. On the last leg of his final European tour as president, Obama will underline shared values, try to ease fears about the future of the transatlantic...
