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Islamabad
January 23, 2021
Islamabad:Pakistan needs to set its focus on bolstering diplomatic, economic, and cultural ties with North African states as the historic ties with them remain short of achieving their true potential so far.
The exigency was highlighted in a consultative session titled Pakistan s relations with North African countries organised by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), which was addressed as keynote speaker by Pakistan s former envoy to Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia, Ambassador (r) Mushtaq Ali Shah.
The session was chaired by Executive President IPS Khalid Rahman and participated by Ambassador (r) Tajammul Altaf, Brig (r) Tughral Yamin, associate dean, CIPS-NUST and a non-resident fellow at IPS, GM-IPS Naufil Shahrukh, and Kulsoom Belal, research officer, and focal person for IPS’ ‘Understanding Africa’ initiative.
Call to handle Israel recognition issue in line with popular opinion, sentiments
Islamabad
December 28, 2020
Islamabad : Foreign policy experts were of the unanimous opinion during a discussion here on Sunday that the government should handle the delicate issue of Israel’s recognition in line with the popular opinion and sentiments in the country and through parliamentary debates as any move against national ideology and policy environment would cause chaos.
They declared the debate initiated on the issue in the policy arena by ‘vested interests’ untimely and counterproductive and said it didn t present any vision and proactive plan to benefit from such a major foreign policy shift.
Contributions give Pakistan chance to advance relations
Islamabad
December 26, 2020
Islamabad : Pakistan’s contributions to the UN peacekeeping missions across the world, especially Africa, provide the country with a good opportunity to strengthen diplomatic and trade relations with those given the valuable support.
This was the crux of the thoughts shared by experts during a webinar jointly organised by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Centre for International Peace and Stability Studies-National University of Science and Technology, and Centre for Asian African Studies (CAAS), Bradford-UK, as part of the Institute’s ‘Understanding Africa’ project.
The session was chaired by Executive President IPS Khalid Rahman, moderated by Dr Tughral Yamin, associate dean, CIPS-NUST and non-resident fellow at IPS, and addressed by Brig (r) Mirza Salim Baig, Brigadier (r) Imran Rasheed and Brigadier (r) Azam Agha from NUST, Islamabad.
Peacekeeping efforts give Pakistan opportunity to advance relations
National
December 26, 2020
Islamabad: Pakistan’s contributions to the UN peacekeeping missions across the world, especially Africa, provide the country with a good opportunity to strengthen diplomatic and trade relations with those given the valuable support.
This was the crux of the thoughts shared by experts during a webinar jointly organised by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Centre for International Peace and Stability Studies-National University of Science and Technology, and Centre for Asian African Studies (CAAS), Bradford-UK, as part of the Institute’s ‘Understanding Africa’ project.
The session was chaired by Executive President IPS Khalid Rahman, moderated by Dr Tughral Yamin, associate dean, CIPS-NUST and non-resident fellow at IPS, and addressed by Brig (r) Mirza Salim Baig, Brigadier (r) Imran Rasheed and Brigadier (r) Azam Agha from NUST, Islamabad.