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“Kashmir: Seventy-Eight Years of Denied Rights” by Ambassador Babar Amin

Seventy-eight years have passed since Indian forces landed in Srinagar on October 27, 1947, an event remembered by Kashmiris worldwide as Black Day. That...

American Sanctions on Pakistan’s Missile Programme: Impact on Strategic Stability in South Asia

In December 2024, new American sanctions were imposed on Pakistani entities for allegedly developing long-range missiles. Moreover, a few days later, the then Deputy...

Enhancing Regional Cooperation: Pakistan’s Role in Revitalizing SAARC

Regional cooperation has been key to economic growth, political stability, and cultural harmony in organizations like the EU, ASEAN, and SCO. Despite South Asia’s...

Pakistan and the IAEA – A Mutually Beneficial Partnership

Pakistan embarked on its quest to harness nuclear technology for peaceful uses around the same time the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was founded...

Pakistan-United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC): A Lasting Partnership

Established in 1977 and headquartered in Vienna, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is the main UN body on matters related...

ASEAN and Pakistan: A partnership for peace and prosperity

Introduction The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was established on August 8, 1967, in Bangkok, Thailand, when the Foreign Ministers of Indonesia, Malaysia, The...

The Expanding Role of SCO: Strengthening Pakistan’s Regional Integration

Introduction The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was established on 15 June 2001 by its six founding members: the Republic of Kazakhstan, the People's Republic...

Pakistan and Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)

Introduction The economic cooperation models of European Union and ASEAN are seen as examples of best practises for regional economic collaboration. The basic premise...

Climate Change: From Sharm-el-Sheikh (COP 27) to Dubai (COP 28)

Setting the scene Climate Change is one of the defining issues of our time. It is a common challenge and an existential threat to...

Leading the Developing Countries (Pakistan’s Chairmanship of the Group of 77 and China)

At the UN, Pakistan has traditionally played an active and constructive role in promoting the development objectives of the developing countries. Group of 77 and...

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