[ad_1] While âabeyanceâ lacks a formal status in international law, the closest corresponding legal concept is âsuspensionâ under Article 62 (1) of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT). It recognizes a change in circumstances as a valid but narrowly constructed ground for suspending or terminating treaty obligations if: (a) the change is…
[ad_1] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has imposed tough conditions on Pakistan for disbursing instalments of the $7 billion loan that Islamabad negotiated with it under its Extended Fund Facility (EFF). Such IMF credit comes not so much with avuncular indulgence as with tough conditionalities meant to stabilize macro-economic variables. The IMF is also giving…
[ad_1] The past few days have seen notable shifts of geopolitical and trade significance. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reset red lines for Indiaâs engagement with Pakistan. Elsewhere, the US and China called a momentary truce in their trade war, with talks underway on a bilateral deal. As history is moving at a frenetic pace,…
[ad_1] Ahead of the briefing by the government about the success of Operation Sindoor on Thursday, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished that the country âshouldn’t be divided in such a situationâ. Also Read: Operation Sindoor: How India carried out its âmost significant’ military action inside Pakistan in…
[ad_1] That Pakistan could not afford an arms race with much-larger India was clear all along. The infirmity of its quest for parity via nuclear weapons, for which a former Pakistani leader once said people would go hungry if need be, was exposed by its own role in a covert game of inflicting a âthousand…
[ad_1] Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday slammed Pakistan for incidents involving attacks on minorities and said that the country cannot change the “fanatical and bigoted mindset” of a neighbour. The minister told Parliament that even former Prime Minister and Congress leader Indira Gandhi couldn’t succeed in changing Pakistan’s mindset. Jaishankar, while speaking…
[ad_1] PM Shehbaz Sharif made the remarks while addressing a special session of the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) Legislative Assembly in Muzaffarabad on the occasion of the âKashmir Solidarity Dayâ, an annual Pakistani event to show support for the Kashmiris. File | Photo Credit: AP Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday (February 5, 2025) said Pakistan…
