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East Asia
New Year Messages of The AsiaN Authors
Ashraf Abul-Yazid Dali – Egypt Egypt is going through a transforming era, where everything is not stable; prices, social life and infrastructure. These are the aftermath five years after 25 January revolution 2011, which included a year of suffering when Muslim Brotherhood ruled the country, sending it backwards, raising the…
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South East Asia
Demonetisation of Currency in India
Last year, the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi gave an unscheduled live televised address to the nation on November 8 at 8.15 pm. He suddenly announced that high denomination currency notes, all of 86% currency in current circulation, will no longer be legal tenders after midnight. The political circles and…
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South East Asia
Constitutional Monarchy’s Duet with Parliamentary Democracy
The Sultan of Kelantan, Sultan Muhammad V, 47, is now the 15th Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King of Malaysia) and will serve for a five year term under the country’s unique rotational monarchy system. The announcement was made by the Keeper of the Rulers’ Seal, Datuk Seri Syed Danial Syed Ahmad…
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East Asia
Pakistan: CPEC opens doors to Chinese and Korean investors
Paul Kagame, the sixth President of Rwanda, took office in the year 2000 when his predecessor, Pasteur Bizimungu resigned. Kagame a former commander of the rebels who ended the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, once said: “In Africa today, we recognize that trade and investment, and not aid, are the pillars of…
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East Asia
To Be or Not to Be a President!
In every continent, there was a certain time when one country – at least – was facing a presidential crisis. Actually, 2016 showed us that we need to redefine the process to elect a person for presidency, then ask him / or her, to step down. Asia was not an…
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South Asia
YPF invites participants of Int. Seminar on Kashmir in Jan 2017
Nazir Siyal – ISLAMABAD: A Young Parliamentarians’ Forum (YPF) of around 80 young elected members of National Assembly of Pakistan and the scholars of various countries will attend 2-Day “International Seminar on Kashmir issues” is being held on 5 – 6 January 2017. The YPF International Seminar is being assisted…
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South Asia
Present mainstream of CPEC must to protect fragile Environment of Pakistan
Nazir Siyal – ISLAMABAD: IUCN in partnership with Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) organized a panel discussion on Mainstreaming Environment in China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) during the 32ndAnnual General Meeting of Pakistan Society of Development Economics (PSDE)on the theme of “China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and Regional Integration”. Abu Ahmad…
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South Asia
Completion of Hoshab-Sorab highway a milestone for Pakistan
Nazir Siyal – Gwadar/Turbat Director General Frontier Works Organization (FWO) Lieutenant General Muhammed Afzal highlighted that it was another landmark in the history of Pakistan that under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) objectives they have completed major portions of road communication in Baluchistan to connect western route via different national arteries…
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East Asia
Development in Korea, India
Ranjit Kumar Dhawan – The Korea Times November 14 of this year marked the hundredth birthday of an iconic Korean leader, Park Chung-hee. Although Park has been criticized for being authoritarian and conservative, it was under his leadership that Korea witnessed rapid economic transformation. It was largely due to the…
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East Asia
