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Global Village Space | Under the terms of the agreement, the exchange of 6,000 prisoners and the start of the intra-Afghan dialogue were scheduled to happen on March 10. The timeline was rather ambitious as it was unrealistic to expect that the prisoners kept in scattered locations, would be...

Global Village Space | Coronavirus is a threat to all of humanity, but communities most at risk are those where there is illiteracy, poverty and the absence or lack of administrative institutions. A large number of displaced people all over the world face the daunting prospect of being...

Global Village Space | A decision by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC producers like Russia to temporarily end a price war and cut production, amounts to a time-out rather than an end to what is likely to erupt at some point in the future as a tripartite...

Global Village Space | There’s a message in Pakistani and Egyptian responses to the Coronavirus: neither ultra-conservative science-rejecting worldviews nor self-serving autocratic policies aimed at regime enhancement produced initial prevention and mitigation strategies that could have blunted...

Global Village Space | Coronavirus has spread its tentacles across the globe. The phenomenal speed with which the pandemic has spread has caught scientists by surprise. The disease has affected lives, business, trade, productivity and travel. National incomes have been impacted, besides the...

The graveyard of Indian tanks: the battles in the Sialkot sector in the 1965 war Global Village Space | In this sector Pakistan’s 15 Division, consisting of four infantry brigades (24,101,104, and 115) and 6 Armoured Division, faced Indian I Corps, comprising 1 Armoured Division, 6 Mountain...

What happened on the Kasur front in the 1965 war? Global Village Space l Saleem Akhtar Malik | In this sector, Pakistan’s 11 Division (21, 52, and 106 Brigade), with under command 15 Lancers and 32 TDU* were pitted against Indian 4 Mountain Division (7and 62 Mountain Brigade) with under...

The US failed Afghan policy – Part... Global Village Space l It took Donald Trump and his team 8 months to formulate Afghan policy, which was hailed by India and Afghan Government but received with concern by Pakistan, China, and Russia. It was a U-turn to what Trump had promised during the...

Cheers at Gymkhana remained a dream for Indian Generals Global Village Space l Saleem Akhtar Malik l General Chuadhari’s dream of having a toast at Gymkhana remained unfulfilled. At the Lahore front Indian XI Corps began its operations by advancing on three axes –15 Division (three infantry...

Tillerson hints at Air strikes in Pakistan; will the US find... Global Village Space | Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson has hinted at possible air strikes inside Pakistan as part of the Trump administration to compel Pakistan to stop its alleged support to terrorists. Tillerson alluded to such...

Mian’s revolution Global Village Space | Dr. Farid Malik | After three decades of retrogressive, status-quo politics, Mian Muhammed Nawaz Sharif, the deposed Prime Minister (PM) has decided to launch a revolution. As an activist, I have always welcomed all initiatives for change as they are...

Is NAB really capable of initiating meaningful investigation against Nawaz? Global Village Space | National Accountability Bureau (NAB) did not send written summons to the Sharif family, local news reports claim. A local TV news anchor alleged that the Sharif family was instead issued verbal...

Pakistan can pull the plug on the US Global Village Space | Pakistan has started to mull over options to confront the new US South Asia strategy which has ramped-up pressure on it. The country’s National Security Committee will be chaired by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbassi where the...

President Trump’s speech and our reactions Global Village Space | Muhammad Ali Ehsan | My first impression after hearing President Trump’s speech was – does it serve our interest to be so diplomatically humiliated from the highest podium through a speech by the most powerful person leading the...

The blockade defeats its purpose; Doha revives diplomatic ties with Tehran Global Village Space | Doha has decided to send back its envoy to Tehran after he was recalled 20 months ago over Tehran’s deterioration of ties with Riyadh.The Qatari foreign ministry said its ambassador would “return...

North Korea undeterred despite Tillerson’s optimism for talks Global Village Space | The nuclear brinkmanship on the Korean peninsula doesn’t seem to abate as Pyongyang decided to ramp-up the production of solid-fuel rocket engines and rocket warhead tips on Wednesday. The official media...

Delhi, Kabul hail Trump’s new South Asia policy Global Village Space | Afghanistan and India have welcomed the path laid by the US for fighting the simmering war in Afghanistan. US President Trump’s speech where he rolled-out his administration’s strategy for the region was followed by...

A policy in search of a strategy Global Village Space | Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | After endless deliberations, bickerings, and dithering, President Trump got the cat out of the bag; the new South Asia policy was announced in his first address to the nation as the Commander in Chief of US forces...

A policy in search of a strategy Global Village Space | Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | After endless deliberations, bickerings, and dithering, President Trump got the cat out of the bag; the new South Asia policy was announced in his first address to the nation as the Commander in Chief of US forces...

Self-aware Pakistanis vs the influential and power-wielding elite Global Village Space | This unworkable and wholly undemocratic architecture rendered Pakistan’s democracy in a state of constant struggle between two forms of authoritarian dictatorships, military or civilian. During the first...