• South Asia

    Pakistan-Afghanistan border closed

    By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Entire trade activities between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been suspended since last five days following the closure of Torkham Border due to unprovoked firing and illegal construction of a check-post by the Taliban authorities. Pakistan authorities had closed the Torkham border after the…

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  • South Asia

    Pakistan’s Karachi Port leased out to UAE companies

    By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative KARACHI: The Pakistan government has leased out Karachi Port to AD Ports Group (ADX: ADPORTS), for a period of 50 years. The concession agreement with Karachi Port Trust (KPT), the Pakistani federal government’ agency that oversees the operations of the Port of Karachi, and…

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  • South Asia

    Opening ceremony held in Pakistan for WT-ADF Cares Program

    By Seok-Jae Kang, Vice President, Asia Journalists Association KAHUTA: An opening ceremony was held in Pakistan for the 2023-2024 WT-ADF Cares Program amid extensive media coverage. The ceremony, which took place on June 5, 2023, at Iram Model School & College in Kahuta, Rawalpindi district of the Punjab province, drew…

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  • East Asia

    Kyrgyzstan, Qatar to build comprehensive partnership

    Zhaparov, Shaikh Tamim ahead of their meeting (Kabar) BISHKEK: Kyrgyzstan and Qatar intend to raise cooperation to the level of a comprehensive partnership. President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Zhaparov and the Emir of Qatar Shaikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani discussed prospects for bilateral cooperation, measures to build up and interact…

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  • Central Asia

    Gas union of Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan strengthens energy security

    By Kuban Abdymen BISHKEK: The gas union project between Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan will strengthen energy security, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday at a press conference following his visit to Uzbekistan. “Russia, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, including at the level of presidents, have actively advanced in the discussion of…

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  • ‘U.N. International Day of Peace’ Initiator Young Seek Choue’s biography publication ceremony held in Seoul

    By Seok-Jae Kang, Vice President, Asia Journalists Association  SEOUL: A biography publication ceremony for the late Dr. Young Seek Choue, who advocated the U.N. International Day of Peace and founded the Kyung Hee University System, was held successfully in Seoul, Korea on March 16, 2023. The publication ceremony, which was…

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  • South Asia

    Vice Chancellors of 11 Pakistani Universities on South Korea’s visit

    Vice Chancellor of Sindh Agriculture University Dr Fateh Marri with a Korean official By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative Islamabad: The Vice Chancellors of 11 universities of Pakistan, including the Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, are on week-long visit to South Korea under the USAID’s Higher Education System Strengthening Activity (HESSA) being…

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  • South Asia

    Pakistani poet Imdad Aakash visits Egypt

    By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid, President, Asia Journalists Association CAIRO: Pakistani poet Imdad Aakash , one of the most famous Urdu writers and composers of Gazal poems, is visiting Egypt. Imdad Aakash was selected as the coordinator of the World Poetry Movement (WPM) in Pakistan, which was a bridge to our meeting…

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  • South Asia

    Pakistan and the Game of Thrones

    By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Game of Thrones – Yes, but this is not about the popular 73-episode American fantasy drama television series based on fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, first of which was Game of Thrones. This is about the Game of Thrones being played…

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  • South Asia

    Pakistan delegation visits Kabul, holds talks with Taliban

    By Nasir Aijaz, The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), country’s spy agency, and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar visited Kabul and held important meetings with acting Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and other high-ranking officials…

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