July 15, 2021
The geopolitical and geo-economic dynamics in Central and South Asian regions are undergoing major changes. Amid these changes, two initiatives stand out for their potential to bring stability and predictability to the fast-evolving regional dynamics the Uzbek president’s initiative to hold the ‘Central and South Asia Connectivity Conference’, and Pakistan’s prime minister’s vision to proactively engage with Central Asia at strategic level.
Both the initiatives are aimed at orientating regional geopolitical and geo-economic dynamics towards a peaceful, prosperous, and progressive futuristic outlook. The two initiatives are likely to yield far-reaching bilateral and regional results.
Pakistan and Uzbekistan are poised to play a major role in the future political and economic disposition of the region. The two countries are fortunate to be led by leaders who have the vision, will and determination to work together to steer their countries and the region towa
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A statue of Tamerlane in front of the Hotel Uzbekistan in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent
Inarguably, one of the finest (read: exhaustive) books published in Pakistan in the outgoing year is Professor Iftikhar H. Malik’s The Silk Road and Beyond: Narratives of a Muslim Historian. It is supposed to be a collection of travelogues, but the volume rises above that. Written in first person singular (sometimes it becomes plural), it gives the historical background of the places the author takes us to and introduces us to real life characters of different hues and shades.
Malik’s travels begin with a narration and description of Tamman, the hometown of Air Marshal Nur Khan, in Punjab. Joining him on the visit are his wife and their son, under the leadership of the author’s elder sister Bilqis Begum, to offer condolences to the family of the man whose services to the country’s air force and national airline, as also different sports, have remained unparalleled. The author also refer
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The writer is Dawn’s correspondent in Delhi.
WATCH the video of Donald Trump’s visit to Agra and freeze the frame where the publicly anti-Muslim chief minister of Uttar Pradesh is seen presenting the US president with a framed picture of the Taj Mahal. Yogi Adityanath, whose open targeting of Indian Muslims has spearheaded Hindutva’s political march was presenting a celebrated Mughal relic to a fellow racial bigot. Hatred can be an opportunistic tool, of course, but Adityanath had put on a needless charade for a visitor who in any case didn’t care.
Cut to a recent online summit between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. India and Uzbekistan shared “civilisation and historic ties”, a readout of the talks said last week. It’s true that Uzbekistan, like Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey and other Central Asian countries, has had extremely close cultural links with India. What is difficult to figure out is the reason for a sectarian pri
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