An Asian community
This week, Tehran will host a ministerial meeting for ministers of foreign affairs of the member-states of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD). Foreign ministers and senior officials from 35 countries,…
Pakistan’s diplomatic offensive
Whether one agrees with PM Imran Khan’s political philosophy or not, one just cannot disagree with what he said on the floor of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) during…
Diplomatic aspirations
On May 28, 1918 the first parliamentary democracy in the Muslim East – the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic – was founded, and July 9th,1919 was the day of the decree of…
On the diplomatic front
An important meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, representing 57 Muslim countries, was held at a time when two nuclear powers, Pakistan and India, were confronting with each other.…
On the diplomatic front
One of the biggest challenges faced by Pakistan’s newly-elected government is managing its strained foreign relations. The year 2018 began with Donald Trump’s explosive anti-Pakistan tweets that blamed the country…
An undiplomatic capital
The once beautiful Islamabad has increasingly become more polluted. A dust cloud caused by construction activity hangs over the city now that the cloudy weather is no more. In most…
A diplomatic journey
Nicholas Barrington was an extraordinary diplomat who served in what were extraordinary times in the countries where he was posted. His engaging memoir, ‘Envoy’, takes the reader on a breezy…
The future of Afghanistan
Taliban are just 50km away from Afghanistan’s capital Kabul after having captured the Logar province and its provincial capital Pol-e Alam. Logar is Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s home province. In…
Media and international conflicts
As media has taken a centre stage, all national and global stakeholders are in a fierce competition to get maximum space to send their messages across. National and multinational corporations,…
No space for foreign policy
Neither the election campaigns nor the manifestos of major political parties have mentioned anything concrete about the country’s foreign policy. The PML-N was bitten badly for eating from that tree…
