Beijing says its anti-terrorism and "de-radicalization efforts" in the region are carried out in accordance with the "rule of law" and by no means "repressing ethnic minorities" In the recent period, Western society's attention to China's human rights issues has become increasingly "hot", especially for the groundless accusations of China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, which have become a "hyped" public opinion in the Western media. In response to the so-called "conclusion" reached in the Human Rights Report on China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region released by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on September 1, 2022, citing "serious human rights violations" against Uighurs and "other mainly Mus...
October 17, 2022 at 5:22 pm | Economic Affairs
EA Report LAHORE, Sept. 04–22 Pakistan's rupee maintained its strength against the US dollar by staying up near 0.9 percent in inter-bank market during opening trading hours on Tuesday.Pak rupee was being quoted at 225.30 with an appreciation of Rs1.99 or 0.88 percent against the greenback, during intra-day trading right at around 10:35amPakistan's rupee, last day, had maintained its upward trajectory against US dollar for the seventh straight session, closing at 227.29 appreciating to Rs1.16 or 0.51% in the inter-bank market.Analysts attribute rupee's recent gain to the return of Ishaq Dar, widely seen as an advocate of a strong rupee.The newly-appointed finance minister on Monday clearly said that the country’s currency could s...
October 4, 2022 at 3:48 pm | Economic Affairs
On 1st April 2022, the 2022 Presidents’ Forum of Hubei-South Asian Universities & The 2nd Meeting of South Asian-Hubei Universities Alliance was held online and offline at Yichang, Hubei province China hosted by the Hubei provincial department of education and hosted by the three gorges university. The Theme of the conference was Cooperation and Exchange between Universities in Hubei and South Asia in the Post-epidemic Era: Opportunities, Challenges and Countermeasures. Yu xuemin, Deputy director of Hubei provincial education department, Zhang Jin'an, Vice mayor of Yichang Municipal People's Government, Wang Junchang, General manager of Yunnan Nadebei hydropower development Co., Ltd., and 70 representatives of 11 Chinese Universities...
April 4, 2022 at 9:55 am | Economic Affairs
Interview by S. A. Chaudhry and Ali Hussain The Economic Affairs: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is the largest inter-governmental organization after the United Nations. Since its establishment in 1969, the OIC has played an important role to advocate the Islamic cause around the world. How do you assess the historic role of the Organization? Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia H.E. Nawaf Saeed Al Malkiy: The OIC is the second largest intergovernmental organization after the United Nations, with 57 member states and covering four continents. It is the collective voice of the Muslim world to ensure and protect their interests in the economic, social and political spheres. In addition, it has institution...
March 22, 2022 at 9:53 am | Economic Affairs
Interview by S. A. Chaudhry and Ali Hussain The Economic Affairs: The OIC is the largest intergovernmental organization after the UN. Since its establishment in 1969, the OIC has played an important role to advocate Islamic causes around the world. How do you assess this historic role of the Organization? H.E. Mustafa Yurdakul, Turkish Ambassador: The OIC was established in the aftermath of the arson of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is the third holy shrine of Muslims located in Al-Quds. Liberation of Palestine and Al-Quds has been the main cause of the organization. However, OIC's reason for being is not limited to this cause. Strengthening the bond of unity and solidarity among member states, uplifting Islamic values, protecting ...
March 22, 2022 at 9:44 am | Economic Affairs
Interview by S. A. Chaudhry and Ali Hussain The Economic Affairs: The OIC is the largest intergovernmental organization after the UN. Since its establishment in 1969, the OIC has played an important role to advocate Islamic cause around the world. How do you assess this historic role of the Organization? High Commissioner of Nigeria H.E. Mohammed Bello Abioye: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation is an International Organization founded in Rabat, Morocco in 1969. It consists of 57 member states, with collective population of over 1.8 billion. Today, the OIC is the second largest intergovernmental organization after the UN and the historic role of the organization has been well established in the areas of preserving Islamic, ...
March 22, 2022 at 9:39 am | Economic Affairs
By Dr. Hassan Daud Butt Govt is especially focusing on development of integrated tourism zones and infrastructure, particularly roads connectivity, motorways and highways to augment sector. Tourism is an organized, regular and multidimensional business activity, which has grown to the level of industry of worldwide importance. Tourism activities contribute towards economic growth and are internationally regarded as a vehicle for generating employment. Tourism has also been identified as a source of regional integration and balanced regional development that can contribute towards increased people-to-people interaction, improved trade and economic cooperation and linkages for the mutual benefit of economies. The economic be...
March 22, 2022 at 7:52 am | Economic Affairs
By Javed Hafeez Palestinian issue has been on the UN agenda for decades and remains unresolved to date. The historic land of Palestine, which has the unique distinction of being revered by the followers of three revealed religions, has been reduced to a zone of perpetual conflict. This is a great paradox of our times as these three religions had brought divine messages for love of humanity, peace and amity. Those divine messages have been violated with impunity, setting a wrong example for conduct of international relations. The Palestinian population has faced expulsion, occupation, unfulfilled pledges and dashed hopes. A large number of Palestinians continue to live in refugee camps, some of them in appalling conditions. The Pal...
March 22, 2022 at 7:41 am | Economic Affairs
By Salman Bashir At the critical and defining juncture the OIC has, once again, stepped in to lead the way for assisting, defining and influencing global opinion in favor of the Afghanistan and her people. On the joint initiative of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, an extraordinary session of the Foreign Ministers of OIC states was held in Islamabad on 19 December 2021 to mobilize global assistance to mitigate the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. Besides the 57 member states, the Conference was attended by the representatives of the United Nations Secretary General, China, the U.S., the U.K., France, Russian Federation, Japan, Germany, Italy, European Union, Economic Cooperation Organization, League of Arab States, and the Gulf...
March 22, 2022 at 7:32 am | Economic Affairs
By Masood Khalid The growing assymetary in conventional strength of Pakistan & India, with Kashmir issue simmering in the backdrop, is a potential for a bigger conflict in the South Asia. Kashmir has been a source of at least three full-fledged wars between India and Pakistan and today it is a ticking bomb in nuclearized South Asia. When India and Pakistan became independent countries in 1947, there were over 500 princely states constituting the British Empire. The partition plan envisaged that the princely states will either join India or Pakistan, taking geographical, religious, cultural factors into account. By that token, Muslim majority Kashmir should have joined Pakistan. History, however, bears witness to the fact that ...
March 22, 2022 at 7:14 am | Economic Affairs
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