Category: Asia

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) – the new Silk Road On April 20, 2015, Pakistan and China signed a billion -dollar deal that will develop…

Energy crisis The energy crisis in Pakistan is one of the greatest challenges that the country must master if it is to prosper in…

Viewed historically, the Pakistani economic development is characterized by instability and strongly fluctuating growth rates. In the 1950’s and 1960’s, Pakistan was still seen…

The Indo-Pakistani conflict Since mid-2016, tensions between India and Pakistan have been increasing again. There were repeated clashes on the Indian side after a…

In 2015, Pakistan took over the chairmanship of the Heart of Asia process, which aims on the one hand to promote cooperation between the…

Pakistan and the drone war In March 2018, the United States used a drone to kill a son of Mullah Fazlullah, the head of…

Pakistan is one of the countries where there are serious human rights violations. According to the general Amnesty International country report on Pakistan (2017/2018),…

Power groups The Pakistani military In addition to geopolitical and geostrategic factors, the imbalance of government institutions within the Pakistani state is the cause…

The fight against terrorism One of Pakistan’s most wanted terrorists is apparently dead: As the Afghan Ministry of Defense announced, Mullah Fazlullah, the leader…

New skirmishes between India and Pakistan The situation in Kashmir has been very tense since an attack in the Indian part on February 14,…

The parliamentary elections in Pakistan took place on July 25, 2018. Almost 106 million eligible voters, out of a population of around 200 million,…

The new representatives since August 2018 Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi has been chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, the Pakistan Movement for Justice,…

The Constitution The first Pakistani constitution did not come into force until nine years (1956) after Pakistan was established, reflecting the indecision and instability…

Pakistan has in the Press Freedom Index 2020 by Reporters Without Borders to place 145 of a total of 180. In 2017, disappeared more…

Even if the state of Pakistan has only existed since 1947, the residents are proud of the country’s 5000-year history. In the short period…

In the course of the partition of India after 89 years of direct British colonial rule (from 1858 to 1947), Pakistan was born on…

5000 years of high cultures Pakistanis are proud of the thousands of years old civilizations that arose on their soil. In the 3rd millennium…

With almost 800,000 square kilometers, Pakistan is twice the size of Germany and Switzerland combined. The country is located in the northwest of the…

Pakistan is a country full of contradictions: Breathtaking landscapes, a multi-layered and colorful society, and cultures that are thousands of years old stand in…

Estimated GDP: 312.6 million US $ (2018) Per capita income (purchasing power parity): 1,399 € (2018) Human Development Rank (HDI): 152 of 189 (2018)…