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Global Village Space | Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan on Wednesday expressed his desire for “closer and fraternal” relations with Bangladesh, by speaking to the PM, Sheikh Hasina Wajid. Mr Khan, in what was his first telephone conversation with his Bangladesh counterpart Hasina Wajed...

Global Village Space | Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), a leading US non-proliferation watchdog, has ranked Pakistan as the most improved in security from those countries holding nuclear materials, improving its overall score by seven points since its 2019 annual report. Laura E Kennedy, a...

Global Village Space | Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting, Lt. Gen (Retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa has said that Special Economic Zones, roads, motorways, and energy projects under the CPEC will change the fate of the country. According to media reports while talking...

Global Village Space | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday called on India to tamp down its dependence on Chinese goods, amid growing tensions between US and China. In remarks to a US-India virtual business summit, Pompeo said New Delhi was a natural partner to Washington as “one of...

Global Village Space | An Afghan girl said Wednesday she was ready to confront any other Taliban insurgents who might try to attack. The girl killed two Taliban militants and wounded several more after they dragged her parents from their home and killed them for supporting the government...

Global Village Space | Iran on Monday executed a former translator convicted of spying for the CIA and the Mossad, including helping to locate a top Iranian general killed later by the Americans, the judiciary said. The killing of Major General Qasem Soleimani in a US drone strike near Baghdad...

Global Village Space | Earlier this week, India suffered a foreign policy setback of unprecedented proportions, as Iran announced that it was ‘dropping’ India from the Chabahar-Zahedan Railway line project. The importance of this news, and its relevance to Pakistan’s economic and security...

Global Village Space | Najma Minhas: What is the implication of Modi’s recent visit to Ladakh? Sardar Masood Khan: Symbolically, it has much importance because Modi is trying to assuage the fears and apprehensions of his population and boost the morale of the Indian armed forces. However, I...

Global Village Space | “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others” was the proclamation made by pigs controlling the government of the “animal farm”. Other animals might have no objection over the declaration. Still, from a ‘global sustainability perspective,’ it’s...

Global Village Space | While the world is still grappling with the Coronavirus, businesses everywhere are reeling from the devastating impact of the pandemic. The negative forecasts of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other financial institutions are a grim reminder that hard times will...

Global Village Space | The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), came back into the limelight after it took responsibility for an audacious attack on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) in Karachi on June 29. Four BLA militants stormed the PSX building and killed three security guards and a police officer...

Global Village Space | Pakistan, since February, has lost more than 5000 lives. This is a huge human tragedy but glancing around the world where the US has lost almost 135,000 lives, UK (a country with 60 million population) has lost nearly 60,000 lives; Pakistan has fought well in creating...

Global Village Space | A Hindu temple in the capital Islamabad, even before it’s built, has been creating rifts between the people. Unfortunately, a place of worship, which should be above politics, seems to be the centre of it. It’s a prime example of how politics is being played in the name...

Global Village Space | Although not explicitly raised for counterinsurgency operations, Pakistan Air Force since its very inception has been called upon to undertake such missions. While at the beginning of the insurgency, the threat may have been mere pinpricks, since the beginning of the...

Global Village Space | An “incident” damaged an under-construction building Thursday near Iran‘s underground Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, though it did not affect its centrifuge operations or cause any release of radiation, a spokesman said. The affected building, described as an...

Global Village Space | Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a surprise visit to rally Indian troops near a disputed frontier with China at Ladakh on Friday, telling them the country’s enemies had seen their “fire and fury” following a deadly border clash last month. The incident in the Galwan...

Global Village Space | Politics in the land of the pure has suffered due to backdoor entries. The list is long and painful, from the Chaudhrys of Gujrat to the Sharifs of Lahore or the Wattoos of Okara, and so on, there are trails of corruption, nepotism and plunder. It is a great national...

Global Village Space | Russia backed China’s law on Hong Kong slamming “external interference” on Thursday, and maintaining that the world must respect the territorial sovereignty of China. These remarks were aired by Russia’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova at a video-conference...

Global Village Space | Pakistani authorities renewed the detention orders Thursday for four men whose convictions in the kidnapping and killing of US journalist Daniel Pearl had been overturned, meaning they will remain jailed at least three more months, an official said. A Karachi court...

Global Village Space | Twenty Saudi suspects including two former aides to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman went on trial Friday in absentia in Turkey, accused of killing and dismembering journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. Turkey tries Kashoggi murderers in a development that will have far...