THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA & THE UNITED NATIONS

Ø  US ‘doesn’t support’ IP gas pipeline

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2460719/us-says-it-doesnt-support-iran-pakistan-gas-pipeline-project

Ø  Pakistan to Seek US Sanction Waivers for Gas Pipeline From Iran

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-26/pakistan-to-seek-us-sanction-waivers-for-gas-pipeline-from-iran

Ø  Pakistan in Peril? The State of the Nation’s Democracy, Economy, and Relationship with the US

https://www.wilsoncenter.org/audio/pakistan-peril-state-nations-democracy-economy-and-relationship-us

Ø  Autonomy and International Stability – Confidence-Building Measures for Uncrewed Systems in the Indo-Pacific

https://www.cnas.org/publications/reports/autonomy-and-international-stability

Ø  China’s Evolving Counter Intervention Capabilities and Implications for the United States and Indo-Pacific Allies and Partners

https://www.uscc.gov/hearings/chinas-evolving-counter-intervention-capabilities-and-implications-united-states-and-indo

Ø  Forging a New Era of U.S.-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Cooperation

https://www.cnas.org/publications/reports/forging-a-new-era-of-u-s-japan-south-korea-trilateral-cooperation

Ø  Gaza war: ‘Direct hits’ on more than 200 schools since Israeli bombing began

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/03/1148031

Ø  UN report: Credible allegations Ukrainian POWs have been tortured by Russian forces

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/03/1148026

Ø  ISIL growing stronger in Syria, as war enters 14th year

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/03/1147996

Ø  UN envoy backs demand for immediate Gaza ceasefire amid ‘cataclysmic suffering’

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/03/1147981

Ø  Gaza: ‘Double-digit’ number of children reported killed overnight

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/03/1147966

Ø  UN Security Council demands ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Gaza, ending months-long deadlock

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/03/1147951

Ø  Rights expert finds ‘reasonable grounds’ genocide is being committed in Gaza

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/03/1147976

Ø  With 783 million people going hungry, a fifth of all food goes to waste

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/03/1148036

 

RUSSIA & EUROPE

Ø  Europe’s destiny intertwined with Ukraine’s, EU Liberals chief says in Kyiv

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/03/28/europes-destiny-intertwined-with-ukraines-eu-liberals-chief-says-in-kyiv

Ø  North Africa bears the brunt of Europe’s externalisation policies: Analysts

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/27/north-africa-bears-the-brunt-of-europes-externatlisation-policies-analysts

Ø  Russia says NATO preparing for potential conflict in Eastern Europe, Black Sea

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2024-03-28/Russia-says-NATO-preparing-for-potential-conflict-in-Eastern-Europe-1sl67QuRxBe/p.html

Ø  Ireland to intervene in South Africa genocide case against Israel at ICJ

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/28/ireland-to-intervene-in-south-africa-genocide-case-against-israel-at-icj

Ø  What’s behind Macron’s ‘hardened stance’ on the Russia-Ukraine war?

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/26/whats-behind-macrons-hardened-stance-on-the-russia-ukraine-war

Ø  Russia’s Putin says ‘radical Islamists’ behind Moscow concert hall attack

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/25/russias-putin-says-radical-islamists-behind-moscow-concert-hall-attack675.html

Ø  Kyiv targets Russia’s navy as Moscow’s forces inch ahead in eastern Ukraine

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/28/kyiv-targets-russias-navy-as-moscows-forces-inch-ahead-in-eastern-ukraine

Ø  Putin Offers Both Reassurance and Threat on a Wider War

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/28/world/europe/russia-putin-ukraine.html

Ø  Russia blocks renewal of UN panel monitoring North Korea sanctions

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/29/russia-blocks-renewal-of-un-panel-monitoring-n-korea-sanction-compliance

 

POLITICAL ECONOMY & NON-TRADITIONAL THREATS

Ø  SBP Weekly Data Report
http://www.sbp.org.pk/ecodata/index2.asp

Ø  Pakistan faces tax evasion of Rs5.8tr annually

https://www.geo.tv/latest/536396-pakistan-faces-tax-evasion-of-rs58tr-annually

Ø  Tax exemptions of Rs50b defy IMF

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2460890/tax-exemptions-of-rs50b-defy-imf

Ø  PIA board approves privatisation plan amid IMF talks

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2460634/pia-board-approves-privatisation-plan-amid-imf-talks

Ø  IMF programme: is there an alternative?

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2460413/imf-programme-is-there-an-alternative

Ø  Pakistan eyes $300m panda bond debut

https://www.dawn.com/news/1823275/pakistan-eyes-300m-panda-bond-debut

Ø  Exports to EU states fall despite GSP+ status

https://www.dawn.com/news/1823401/exports-to-eu-states-fall-despite-gsp-status

Ø  More show than substance

https://www.dawn.com/news/1823450/more-show-than-substance

Ø  Oil jumps on tighter supply outlook

https://www.dawn.com/news/1824402/oil-jumps-on-tighter-supply-outlook

Ø  Why energy security is national security?

https://www.geo.tv/latest/536698-why-energy-security-is-national-security

Ø  ‘Global warming to raise food prices’

https://www.dawn.com/news/1823397/global-warming-to-raise-food-prices

Ø  Snowless winter, surprise rain, unusual cold wave: What is up with Pakistan’s weather?

https://www.dawn.com/news/1821433/snowless-winter-surprise-rain-unusual-cold-wave-what-is-up-with-pakistans-weather

Ø  Reimagining Irsa

https://www.dawn.com/news/1824223/reimagining-irsa

Ø  Society and Climate Change

https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2024/03/29/society-and-climate-change/

Ø  Climate change could affect timekeeping, study says

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68684244