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Reimaging Climate Finance: Pakistan’s Vision for a Resilient South Asia
Pakistan’s climate crisis demands urgent access to climate finance, yet local resources remain underutilized. Highlighting insights from Ali Tauqeer Sheikh, Climate Advisor to the Planning Commission and member of the newly established Loss & Damage Fund (LDF) and...
Circular Debt Reduction is Possible in a Single Click to Save Pakistan from Financial Catastrophe and Destabilization
By Engineer Arshad H Abbasi Pakistan’s power sector is a leaking bucket: the holes deliberately crafted, and the leaks carefully collected as economic rents by various stakeholders who control the system. It is a self-evident truth that our power sector is bedevilled...
Xinjiang: Why Shrouded in Secrecy?
Xinjiang, a Muslim-majority region in China, borders eight countries and is a vital “corridor” for the Belt and Road Initiative. With 56 ethnic groups, it has seen significant development in the last 15 years, with a 1.9 trillion yuan GDP in 2023. The region has 5,400...
China’s 2024 Two Sessions: Ambitions and Priorities
The annual meetings of China’s top legislative body, the National People’s Congress (NPC), and its political advisory body, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), were held in Beijing from March 4-March 11, 2024. Referred to as the “Two...
Unlocking China’s Economic Potential: New Quality Productive Forces
In fostering the development of new quality productive forces, President Xi Jinping emphasizes a balanced approach that prioritizes high-quality development while maintaining a strategic focus on innovation and emerging industries. In the global economic landscape,...
Hope Amidst Hardship: Building Bridges for Afghan Female Students
Amid the Taliban's control in Afghanistan, Afghan families fled to Pakistan for their daughters' education. Pakistan later ordered their departure, leaving uncertain futures. In a dialogue led by CRSS and OESP, Afghan female students advocated for solutions like...
Nero’s Shadow over Pakistan’s Nuclear Power Crisis
The cost of solar, hydropower, wind, and coal power plants was never analyzed according to global cost rates and is one of the reasons why the price of electricity is higher in Pakistan. A high-efficiency plant utilizes less fuel, gas, coal, or oil, to produce one...
Chinese FM Wang Yi’s Key Takeaway Points- China’s ‘two sessions’ 2024
On March 7, 2024, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi attended a press conference for the second session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC), in Beijing. During the “two sessions”, the annual meeting of the national legislature and top political advisory body,...
China’s Shared Community vs US Exceptionalism
An article in the American Foreign Affairs ( Feb 15) magazine provided the context to how the US war on terror post 9/11 had “normalized the idea that everything is permissible in the pursuit of “terrorists”. “To prosecute its war in Gaza, Israel borrows ethos,...
Conference on Disarmament-China advocates UN Protection for Non-Nuclear States
Sun Xiaobo, Director General of the Department of Arms Control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China stated that the nations with the largest nuclear arsenals should either negotiate a treaty prohibiting them from using nuclear weapons against one another or at...
Sustainability In Focus: 2024 SCO Summit Addresses Climate
The 2024 SCO Summit in Islamabad addressed the urgent issue of climate change through regional collaboration. Key focus areas included renewable energy transitions, disaster preparedness, and effective water resource management. The summit highlighted the need for...
Xi to attend China-Arab meeting
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Global Civilization Initiative Helps Reset the Global Order
China’s global initiatives, including the GCI, calling for an egalitarian and inclusive order in pursuit of just and coherent global governance, are a corrective bid to reinstate the sagging Westphalian order for the benefit of the international community. The rollout...
China calls for restraint after Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel
UNITED NATIONS, April 14 (Xinhua) — A Chinese envoy on Sunday called for calm and restraint after Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel over the latter’s deadly assault on the Iranian consulate in Syria. “China calls on relevant parties to exercise maximum calm and...
People’s Security should be the Ultimate Goal
As the transformations unseen in a century are unfolding at an accelerating pace, international relations are undergoing profound adjustments, and the world has entered a period of turbulence and transformation, people of all countries have greater expectations for...
At Boao forum, China reiterates commitment to opening up, shared development
At the high-profile Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2024, China has made a clarion call for solidarity and cooperation to address the common challenges facing the world today as it reiterated commitments to opening up and shared development. China is...
Xi calls for more China-US exchanges
The Chinese economy is healthy and sustainable, and China will consistently improve its business environment to provide broader development space for enterprises from various countries, including the United States, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday. He made the...
UN Security Council demands immediate Gaza ceasefire after US abstains
UNITED NATIONS/CAIRO, March 25 (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution on Monday demanding an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas after the United States abstained from the vote, sparking a spat with its ally...
Constructive dialogue, cooperation key to human rights protection: Chinese ambassador
China's permanent representative to the United Nations (UN) Office in Geneva and other international organizations has stressed the need to promote and protect human rights through constructive dialogue and cooperation. During the 55th session of the UN Human Rights...
Chinese envoy meets Hamas political leader in Qatar to discuss ‘Gaza conflict and other issues’
China’s foreign ministry envoy Wang Kejian has met the head of Hamas’ political bureau, according to a Chinese readout on Tuesday, in the first known meeting between a Chinese official and the militant group since the Gaza conflict broke out last year. The brief...
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"For the past nine years, I have been living in Pakistan. Being part of different youth initiatives here has allowed me to witness the incredible warmth and hospitality of the Pakistani people, and how they empathize with young Afghans like me. The Pak-Afghan Youth Peace Initiative by CRSS has helped me realize my potential as a youth and refugee leader. I'm determined to spread the messages of peace and friendship that I am taking away from this fellowship."