Siasat Wala Blog

WASHINGTON: Fifty years after the US, Russia and other powers reached a landmark deal to halt the spread of atomic weapons, an arms race and shifting US alliances risk triggering a new scramble for the bomb, experts say. Signed on July 1, 1968, six years after the Cuban Missile Crisis took the world to the brink of an atomic war, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) has been credited with dramatically reducing the threat of a nuclear apocalypse. The treaty attempted to strike a balance between the security concerns of nuclear-armed powers and the atomic ambitions of the have-nots. The five countries that already had nuclear weapons — the US, Russia, China, France and Britain, all permanent UN Security Council members — were allowed keep them, in return for commitments on reducing their arms stockpiles. Non-nuclear-armed states agreed never to develop such weapons, in return for help from the so-called P5 countries in developing peaceful nuclear technology. The treaty becam...

The CPIC, a privately held investment company which focuses on real estate investment opportunities within the $62 Billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), has placed on 100 buses the huge banner on the side carrying the words across and...

COX’S BAZAR: The transit camp in Myanmar’s Rakhine state stands ready to welcome back 150 Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh every day. But on most days it lies completely empty, as members of the stateless minority dread returning to a place they were violently driven from by the military, and Myanmar makes little effort to reassure them things will be different this time. “We have been ready to receive them since January, when we opened,” said Win Khaing, immigration director at Nga Khu Ra, standing in the desolate camp with reporters on Friday as part of a two-day government-chaperoned trip to the area. The result is a stand-off, as Myanmar immigration officials wait in empty offices shuffling papers and arranging biometric equipment but with little to no work to do except greet visiting delegations and journalists. Fewer than 200 Rohingya Muslims have been resettled in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state from the 700,000 who fled a violent army crackdown in August. Rohingya wome...

ISLAMABAD: SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry Pakistan chapter has canceled its three-day visit to India at the eleventh’s hour due its hostility towards Pakistan especially in regard of sabotaging 19th SAARC Summit which slowed down the pace of regional cooperation and integration. The delegation of SAARC CCI Pakistan Chapter was to participate in SAARC Development Fund (SDF) Partnership Conclave 2018 commencing from July 01 in New Delhi. Talking to media on Saturday, SAARC CCI Senior Vice President (SVP) Iftikhar Ali Malik said “India is deliberately maligning SAARC for its own vested interests and targeting Pakistan to disrupt trade and peace process in the region.” He said it was always fabricated propaganda that India remained steadfast in its commitment for regional cooperation since its prime minister Narendra Modi backed out his promise that India would participate in SAARC conclave held in Islamabad. He said that Pakistan aimed to convince the SAARC member states tha...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Saturday invited former minister Chaudhry Abdul Ghafoor Mayo, who recently rebelled against the PML-N leadership, to join his party.  Mr. Khan had a telephonic exchange with Mayo during which he commended his courage and bravery. He told the former PML-N leader that he watched his presser and that he was a brave person. During a charged presser, Mr. Ghafoor alleged the party tickets for the upcoming general election were sold. “I know which ticket was sold for how much. I know how much money was spent to appoint someone as governor.” The former provincial minister swear to expose PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shehbaz. Addressing Hamza, he said, “Lahore is no your and your family’s fiefdom.” He further added, “I can’t stand with the leadership which has hatched conspiracies against country’s institutions. Sometimes there was a conspiracy regarding changing oath, while other times [Indian Pr...

MADRID: A police dog has become an internet sensation after his video performing CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation) on a cop who played dead during a mock demonstration. Shared by the official Twitter account of Madrid Police, the post says, “Heroic performance of our # Compañerosde4Patas Poncho, who did not hesitate for a moment to ‘save the life’ of the agent, practicing the # CPR in a masterful way. The dog is the only being in the world that will love you more than he loves himself- John Billings.” The 42-second recording, which has over 2.3million views at the time of writing, shows the policeman acting dead and in no time the dog runs towards him and tries to revive him. Time and again, the dog jumps onto the officer and applies pressure on his chest with the help of its paws. It then places its ear near the officer’s mouth to check for breathing. “Heroica” actuación de nuestro #Compañerosde4Patas Poncho, que no dudó ni un instante en “salvar la vida” d...

Ahad Cheema. Photo:file LAHORE: The Lahore wing of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has launched a new probe into the River Ravi Zone Front Development Project, tightening its noose around provincial bureaucrat Ahad Cheema.Cheema, the...