Ishaq Dar reaffirms Pakistan’s active role in SCO, stressing trade, transport, and regional connectivity cooperation.
![Ishaq Dar reaffirms Pakistan's active role in SCO, stressing trade, transport, and regional connectivity cooperation. [Image via X/@ForeignOfficePk]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/181347560e5c955.webp)
![Ambassador Muhammad Sadiq, Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, attended the flag-hoisting ceremony at the Pakistani Embassy as the Guest of Honor. [Image Credits: Ambassador Sadiq’s Office].](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-24-at-16.37.37_23aee5b0.webp)
Pakistan Day in Kabul: A Message of Peace, Trade, and Regional Cooperation
Pakistan Day marked in Kabul as envoy urges stronger ties with Afghanistan, Torkham reopens, and trade resumes.
![A plane at the new Gwadar Airport in Gwadar, Pakistan, on September 21, 2024. [Image: Tournée du Pakistan/Google Images].](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/SAT-Web-Banners-73.webp)
Pakistan’s Gwadar Airport: A Grand Infrastructure Without Flights—What Went Wrong?
Why has Pakistan’s Gwadar Airport failed to take off, and what does this tell us about the country’s broader developmental challenges?
![China and Pakistan pledge to upgrade CPEC, focusing on industrialization, clean energy, and regional economic growth. [Image via Profit]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/cpec-696x464-1.webp)
China, Pakistan Agree to ‘Upgrade’ CPEC 2.0 Cooperation
China and Pakistan pledge to upgrade CPEC, focusing on industrialization, clean energy, and regional economic growth.
![CPEC's maritime dimension is set to transform Pakistan's coastal trade, unlocking vast economic potential and a new era of maritime growth. [Image via Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/180329_maritime_silk_road_economic.webp)
How CPEC’s Maritime Dimension Serves as a Gateway for Connectivity
CPEC’s maritime dimension is set to transform Pakistan’s coastal trade, unlocking vast economic potential and a new era of maritime growth.
Terrorism: Bleeding Wound for Regional Connectivity
Terrorist organizations such as TTP, ISKP and IMU, operating in South and Central Asia, are the significant strategic barriers to regional connectivity.
SCO Summit 2022: An Overview
The SCO Summit 2022 is yet another reminder of the significance of the organization\’s geostrategic scope and its membership in shared aspirations of regional connectivity. With theorized shifts in the global order, the degree of actualization of that vision remains to be seen.
Silk Route Reconnect – Pakistan and Uzbekistan Bringing Two Regions Together
Pak-Uzbek cooperation is setting new directions that hold the promise of ‘Silk Route Reconnect’. Regional connectivity has long been compromised due to instability and war in Afghanistan. With peace returning, bilateral transit trade offers endless opportunities for regional re-connect.
The Resurgence of Sectarianism in Pakistan: A Threat Matrix?
Sectarianism is so deep-rooted in our society that even the state deems it ‘normal’ and does not react unless extremist manifestations of the phenomenon start turning ugly. The state’s typical response entails the ‘concealment and appeasement’ approach, which was evident from its dealing with the recent upsurge in sectarian tensions in the country.
![Sherman from United States met with Pakistan's Foreign Minister Qureshi in Islamabad [Image by Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP].](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/AP21281255820748.webp)
Is the United States Pivoting to Eurasia?
US Deputy Secretary of State visit to South Asia, particularly regarding Afghanistan, marks a shift towards civilian diplomatic engagement.
