By Abed Akbari Tehran, IRNA – Cultural diplomacy is the most important tool which can be used to expand soft power and, as a result, expand ties between Iran and its neighboring countries, including Pakistan. Promoting the level of cooperation with regional countries will, subsequently, provide more room for convergence in foreign policy. As reported…
Khushab (Soon Times), as soon as the final candidates for the by-elections became clear, the public inclination began to emerge. In PP-83 Khushab, PTI and PML-N have made wrong decision regarding ticket. Asif Bha, being a public leader, has his vote bank in Khushab, but the PML-N, keeping its promise to the defectors, issued tickets…
By: (Deputy Director DGPR) The Department of Local Government and Community Development Punjab plays an important role in providing civic services to the people in a planned and coordinated manner to improve their living standards. In the budget presented by the government of Chief Minister Muhammad Hamza Shahbaz, a substantial amount of Rs. 528 Billion….
By: Adham Kawa Qadir Bachelor of International Relations& Diplomacy adham.kawa@std.tiu.edu.iq Since the final quarter of the last century, the importance of cultural, identity, civilization and religion issues has become more prominent by international relations experts. In the history, major movements such as “realism and liberalism” have only read foreign policy in terms of power and…
By: Dr. Muhammad Akram Zaheer PhD Political Science akramzaheer86@yahoo.com Since the administration of President Joe Biden, the US alignment in Asia and in the Middle East has entered in a new phase. All regional states are revising their policies according to new realities, but Iran hopes that post Biden regime may diminish its pressure then…
Covid-19 pandemic has presented a number of challenges to mankind and will not end with the virus disappearing from the face of the earth. It is now widely believed that world-wide, enough people will gain immune protection from vaccination and from natural infection leading to less transmission and much less Covid-19-related hospitalizations and death, even…
By: Dr. Malika-e-Abida Khattak Bangladesh’s much anticipated Padma Bridge, also a dream project of the Bangladesh, is going to be inaugurated on June 25 this year and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed will inaugurate the long-awaited bridge at 10:00am. The commuters of 21 districts of the south-west part of the country cross the Padma River…
Special Report Grant GB ‘provisional province’ status was the unanimous recommendation of the seminar on ‘Gilgit-Baltistan in National Security Calculus’ organised by the Centre for Aerospace & Security Studies (CASS) in Islamabad. The discussion focused on the current political status of GB, its role in securing China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), its linkage with the Jammu…
Most bilateral relations in the region, including those between Kathmandu and Islamabad, are dominated about India’s massive influence in the region. Both countries have a long history of diplomatic and political ties, and India has played an important role in both countries’ considerations. After India’s independence in 1947, Nepal maintained diplomatic relations with India, but…
Islamabad (Soon Times), the country’s renowned jurist Niazullah Niazi while addressing the Islamabad District Bar said, “We are trying to make the bar and the bench work together to provide justice to the people.” Some people in the judiciary are trying to thwart the efforts of lawyers by abusing their powers. The Islamabad Bar Council…
