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New envoy makes a pitch for growth in US-Pakistan economic, trade relations
Afghanistan may currently be the elephant in the world newsrooms when it comes to ongoing discussions on the U.S.-Pakistan relations. But running alongside the immediate American interest in stabilizing Afghanistan on Pakistan’s western border is the...Jul 4, 2018 1032 0 -
Trump, Kim agree on historic deal toward complete denuclearization
Photo: Dan Scavino Jr./Wikimedia Commons President Donald Trump pulled off a huge foreign policy breakthrough by striking a deal with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in their Singapore summit under which Pyongyang has committed to...Jun 12, 2018 920 0 -
New report: Record opium in Afghanistan fuels militancy, drug trade & political instability
Opium poppy field in Afghanistan. Photo: IRIN A new report is warning against implications of record opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, saying it has caused rise in illegal drug trafficking, fueled militancy and political instability. The...May 22, 2018 834 0 -
China offers massive trade concessions to the U.S. under new deal
File photo: Donald Trump and Xi Jinping leading talks at G-7 summit in July 2017, Credit: The White House/ Wikimedia Commons China is offering massive trade concessions to the United States worth billions of dollars under...May 18, 2018 1021 0 -
India-Pakistan trade steady despite mounting tensions
Despite mounting tensions in Kashmir and along parts of the border during the last several months, the trade between Pakistan and India has remained intact since the beginning of the current fiscal year. Pakistan’s central bank...Apr 14, 2017 1137 0 -
Amazon’s new e-commerce warehouse in Frederick County to create 1,000 jobs
Amazon will establish an e-commerce warehouse and distribution operation in Frederick County, creating more than 1,000 new jobs, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe’ s office said. The company plans to construct a new, one million-square-foot facility in...Mar 29, 2017 1441 0 -
For Trump, a fair anatomy of body politic could provide the way forward
Time Magazine, in its publication of April 2011, wrote about 10 gambles where Mr. Donald Trump put his name behind and busted. Those are Trump Airlines, Trump Vodka, The Bankruptcies, The Hair, The Marriages, Trump Mortgage,...Nov 15, 2016 1047 0 -
Pakistan-India standoff: Wagah trade and travel could be route to peace?
Although, India called off its flag retreating ceremony at Wagah border crossing the day it claimed to have carried out a “surgical strike” on the Pakistani side of Kashmir, the land route continues to allow mutually...Oct 1, 2016 900 0 -
Governor McAuliffe awards $ 927,000 in matching grants to boost tourism
Governor Terry McAuliffe has announced that $927,000 in matching grant funds will be awarded to 43 local tourism initiatives as part of Virginia Tourism Corporation’s (VTC) Marketing Leverage Program (MLP), his office said Tuesday. The grants...Sep 21, 2016 747 0 -
South China Sea tensions – What is the best way forward?
Recently an international tribunal in The Hague ruled that China has no legal rights to exclusive claim of resources within the “9-dashed line” – a U-shaped line in the South China Sea – which extends hundreds of...Jul 24, 2016 1095 0