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China’s Foreign Ministry raked Washington and Tokyo over the coals on Friday amid the prospects of the further militarization of East Asia, calling on both nations to avoid making an ‘imaginary enemy’ out of Beijing and turning the region into a wrestling ring.  “The Asia-Pacific is an anchor for peace and development, not a wrestling ground for geopolitical competition,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said in a regular press briefing. “Countries in the region are for justice and against hegemonism. They hope to engage in cooperation, not confrontation. They aspire for true multilateralism and reject small circles that incite bloc…

Evidently the lethal nuclear deal that will enable Iran to have all the nuclear weapons it wants and missiles with which to deliver them — and for which the Obama and Biden administrations have been pining for nearly a decade so that, most likely, Iran will not try them out on their watch but wait for somebody else’s — is not yet dead, according to reports from Israeli officials. For the length of a coffee-break, there were rumors that, because the Iranian regime was sending drones to Russia to help crush Ukraine, the deal was – finally – off the…

By Staff Reporter Geneva, Switzerland/Islamabad, Pakistan 11 January 2023 For the past 17 years the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report has warned about deeply interconnected global risks. Conflict and geo-economic tensions have triggered a series of deeply interconnected global risks, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2023. These include energy and food supply crunches, which are likely to persist for the next two years, and strong increases in the cost of living and debt servicing. At the same time, these crises risk undermining efforts to tackle longer-term risks, notably those related to climate change, biodiversity, and…

The Amnesty International has said that pleddges for flood recovery must be followed through with meaningful climate action. In response to the news of donor pledges exceeding financial goals to cross the $9 billion mark during the International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan 2023 held jointly with the UN in Geneva yesterday Rimmel Mohydin, South Asia Campaigner at Amnesty International said that pleddges made by the world in this regards is appreciated. “Many States have stepped up to assist Pakistan as it begins its long and difficult journey to recover from last year’s devastating floods. While this is a welcome…

In a remarkably frank interview with the Financial Times yesterday, the top US Marine general in Japan declared that US-NATO successes against Russia in Ukraine were a product of advance planning and preparations—“setting the theatre” for war in military jargon. That was exactly what the Pentagon was doing in Japan and Asia, he explained, in preparing for conflict against China over Taiwan, WSWS reported quoting Financial Times. “Why have we achieved the level of success we’ve achieved in Ukraine?” Lieutenant General James Bierman asked rhetorically. A big part of it, he explained, was that after what he termed “Russian aggression”…

By  Mustansar Klasra University of Chakwal organized International conference on 4th of January 2023. Theme of the conference was “BRIDGING THE INDUSTRY – ACADEMIA GAP FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN PAKISTAN.” Renowned academicians from across the globe including Prof. Kim from UK, Prof Fernando from USA, Associate Prof Freeha from UK, Prof Kumail from Iran graced the event. While prof Shahid Munir Chairman PHEC & aroun eight VCs of different Pakistani Universities participated in this international conference. Minister Higher Education Punjab and Deputy Commissioner of Chakwal also attended the conference. Honorable Vice Chancellor University of Chakwal, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Bilal welcomed…

Asia Pacific region may witness an arms race after Australia announced Thursday it will boost its defense capabilities by spending more than 1 billion Australian dollars ($700 million) on new advanced missile and rocket systems, including U.S.-made HIMARS which have been successfully used by Ukraine’s military. Reports suggested that the mobile, truck-mounted HIMARS has proved its worth in Ukraine significantly enabling Ukrainian forces to hit key targets, including a recent strike on a single building that killed at least 89 Russian soldiers. Following the success of HIMARS, the Australian government said the HIMARS it was buying included launchers, missiles, and…

Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah made it loud and clear on Wednesday that security forces were ready to take action against any militant organization including TTP challenging the writ of the state. He was responding to a query about open threats to the leadership of PPP and PML-N issued by TTP. “ We will respond to any militant/terrorist organization planning to attack Pakistan according to International Law,” Rana said addressing a press conference in Islamabad. Alarmed by the uptick in terrorist activity in the country, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Wednesday assured the nation that the government was taking steps to…

At the end of a year in which the number of journalists killed in connection with their work rose again, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has compiled and analysed the figures for journalists killed during the past 20 years – two especially deadly decades for those in the service of the right to inform. What with murders, contract killings, ambushes, war zone deaths and fatal injuries, a staggering total of 1,668 journalists have been killed worldwide in connection with their work in the last two decades (2003-2022), according to RSF’s tallies based above all on its annual round-ups. This gives an average…

The dangerous manoeuvre of the Chinese Jf-11 fighter jet over the South China Sea almost started a war between two superpowers of the world including China and the USA last week. According to the US media reports, a Chinese fighter jet flew within 6 metres of a US military aircraft in the South China Sea earlier this month, the latest in a series of encounters that Washington and its allies have warned are risky, unprofessional and increasingly frequent. The Financial Times has recently reported the incident which occurred on December 21 but was disclosed late on Thursday, highlighting the danger…