Pakistan is in the midst of a political upheaval; as the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) government is tightening the noose over anti-government voices. From silencing the opposition by arresting leaders of Pakistan Peoples Party, Asif Ali Zardari and Hamza Shahbaz of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and cracking down on…

The fifth Summit meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia, commonly called as CICA, was held at Tajikistan last weekend. The First President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev is considered as the Founder of CICA as he had proposed the idea of CICA in his United…

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s getting re-elected to office; India’s China policy is likely to remain consistent while leveraging on the fluctuations in global politics involving United States-China trade war. After the Doklam stand-off of 2017, both countries invested resources on managing their differences. The Wuhan informal Summit in 2018…

 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi after being elected for a second term, visited Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on 13 & 14 June. He met with Kyrgyzstan President Sooronbay Jeenbekov in a bilateral meeting. The Indian Prime Minister’s meeting with President Jeenbekov can be hailed as special and strategic. President Jeenbekov was one of the…

The Budget Session of India’s Parliament will begin from 17th of this month following the constitution of the 17th Lok Sabha after the Naendra Modi led NDA government swept to power for the second term in the general elections held last month with the slogan ‘Sab ka Saath-Sab ka Vikas-Sab ka…

In a major foreign policy outreach after his resounding electoral victory, Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the annual Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit at Kyrgyzstan capital Bishkek. Addressing the summit, the Indian Prime Minister said that nations which provided encouragement, support and financial help terrorism needed to be called…

Prime Minister NarendraModi will be attending the 45th G-7 Summit to be held at Biarritz in South France from 24th-26th August, 2019. India has been invited as a ‘Special Invitee’ along with Australia, Chile and South Africa by French President Emmanuel Macron. G-7 usually engages key leaders from the world…

India’s bid to further deepen and step up its engagement with Africa can be gauged from the fact that soon after the second Modi government assumed charge, it deputedMinister of State for External Affairs, Mr. V. Muraleedharan, on a 3-day visit to Nigeria. Apart from attending the ‘Democracy Day’ celebration.He…

Former Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has been arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) of Pakistan on charges of having fake bank accounts. Mr.Zardari happens to be father of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the Chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and he is also a sitting member of the…

The two-day meeting of G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors was held in Fukuoka, Japan.It came in the backdrop of the present global economic crisis. The meeting not only contemplated and pinpointed the various trade and tariff concerns of the G20 member-countries; it also laid the preparatory ground work…