Trade Facilitation Network (TFN) Research Team Under the supervision of Muhammad Anwar, Founder & Chairman, TFN 13 September 2026 The 2026 BRICS New Delhi Declaration speaks firmly about the conditions needed for international trade. Paragraph 20 calls for a fair, predictable, rules-based trading system. Paragraph 21 warns that tariffs, non-tariff restrictions and protectionist measures can...
In 1989, the Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences in Srinagar recorded roughly 1,700 psychiatric outpatient visits annually. By 2015, that figure had reached 100,000. The woman who should be among those 100,000 is not. There is no psychiatrist in her district. She carries what the militarization gave her: house raids, a disappeared husband, years...
Pakistan’s diesel price has reached Rs403.32 per litre, and this is not simply a story about an expensive fuel. It is a story about governance. When an essential input for agriculture, transport, industry and trade reaches such a high price while the government simultaneously collects trillions of rupees through petroleum levies, taxes and duties, the...
London, (TW NEWS) – Chairman of the Global Pak Kashmir Supreme Council, Raja Sikander Khan, extends his profound and heartfelt congratulations to Ch. Tariq Farooq on assuming the esteemed responsibilities of Speaker of the Azad Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly and Acting President of the Government of Azad Jammu & Kashmir. Raja Sikander Khan described...
The Kashmir dispute is increasingly being contested beyond the Line of Control, with diplomacy, international law, media coverage and information narratives playing a growing role in shaping political and international perceptions.
There are some dates we remember because history asks us to. Others remain with us because we can still remember exactly where we were when the world changed. September 11, 2001, is one of those days for me. I was living in Calgary, Canada, and working my morning shift at Nortel Networks. What began as...
In the troubled history of nineteenth-century Kashmir, few figures stand out with the moral courage and compassion of Lieut Robert Thorpe—a British traveler and writer who visited the Valley in the 1860s. It was an era in which the Kashmiri Muslims were reeling under the despotic rule of Maharaja Ranbir Singh (1857–1885), who assumed the...
Infrastructure Investment, Debt, Capacity Utilization and the Changing Commercial Geography of China–Europe Trade Trade Facilitation Network (TFN) Research Team Under the supervision of Muhammad Anwar Founder & Chairman, Trade Facilitation Network Executive Summary The Middle Corridor is evolving from a transport alternative into one of Eurasia’s most significant emerging infrastructure programmes. Across the countries connecting...
An analysis of how securitisation in Jammu and Kashmir affects political participation, human rights, mobility, livelihoods and the everyday lives of Kashmiris.
Ambassador Rahim Hayat Qureshi met Hafiz Unib Rashid in Brussels, where his diplomatic services and efforts to promote Pakistan’s positive image were appreciated. The meeting also focused on boosting Pakistani exports and strengthening the role of the overseas Pakistani diaspora.
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