Tag: Stalemate

ISLAMABAD: A political stalemate in Pakistan, after an inconclusive election, ended with Shehbaz Sharif chosen to lead the country again, while efforts were underway on Wednesday to get the second-largest party to join the government to ensure stability.Sharif, 72, who was prime minister for 16 months until August, was ...

With the election of a staunch MAGA Republican to take the gavel of the House of Representatives in Washington, the end game of Ukraine counteroffensive might have come. House Speaker Mike Johnson is against continued aid to Ukraine, and the Republican-controlled House could simply kill US President Joe Biden’s ...

KARACHI, PakistanSuspected terrorists launched fresh attacks on security forces on Tuesday, amid talks between the Pakistani government and militants who have been holding several personnel inside a counter-terrorism facility in the country's northwest province for the past three days, officials and local media reported.A group of militants loyal to ...

Short of a miracle, it seems unlikely the COP27 climate change negotiations in Egypt will deliver any concrete action on loss and damage.“Loss and damage” refers to the harms of climate change on human society and the natural environment that can’t be avoided by bringing down emissions or adapting. ...

  New Delhi: The dedication of Indian soldiers and veterans towards the country is an “exemplary example”, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday soon after arriving in Ladakh on a three-day visit aimed at taking stock of India’s military preparedness in the region in the face of a ...

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir's mainstream political leaders are being invited for talks by the Centre next week. The move is seen by political watchers here as the first post-August 2019 major attempt by the Narendra Modi government to end the political stalemate in the erstwhile state. J&K was pushed ...

 New forms of geopolitics are taking shape in the Middle East, starring Turkey, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Israel.Sergey Lavrov’s visit to the Persian Gulf sent similar messages to Iran. Russian officials have indicated they are looking for new partners in the region, as evidenced by developments in Syria. These ...

KABUL: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday arrived in Kabul to meet with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani amid stalled peace talks between the Afghanistan government and Taliban. Khan’s one-day visit was his first trip to the Afghan capital since assuming office in 2018. It is the highest-profile visit by ...

Five months into a stand-off on their disputed Himalayan border, India and China may need to face an uncomfortable new reality – that the ‘roof of the world’ could become a permanently contested militarised zone much like disputed Kashmir, an area once dubbed by former US president Bill Clinton ...

The stalemate over the goods and services tax (GST) compensation may finally see temporary resolution at the Council meeting on Monday, with the fiscally stressed states unwilling to defer the matter further amid high spending pressure in the second half of 2020-21. Some dissenting states, ...