On May 17, The EurAsian Times had reported that the USA was pursuing India for military bases to paralyse China. The Pentagon has been searching for military base opportunities in the Indo-Pacific since 2004.

Global Defense Posture Review had planned to increase the number of overseas USA facilities by replacing and supplementing cold war era bases in Germany, South Korea and Japan with FCOSs ( Forward operating sites) and CSLs (Cooperative security locations). First, one is small installations that can build up rapidly and the second one hosts nation facilities with little USA personnel but with equipment and logistical capabilities. Both of them can be activated when it seems necessary.

The USA wants to deploy 60 percent of its surface ships into the Indian Pacific. For this purpose, it wants safe bases in the adjoining area of the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar for refuelling its ships and other logistic operations.

India is interested in providing its military bases to the USA because it is also serving its foreign policy interest. By this, it will be able to destabilise China. The USA wants to become a major naval power in the region, to control any kind of peace-threatening activity. But inside the story, both of them are looking for their own national interests.

The protracted and brutal military siege in Kashmir is likely to be lifted and the restoration of the special status of Kashmir is expected, as Modi calls an all-party meeting on the Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir next week.

On 5th August 2019, the Modi government changed the special status of Kashmir by abrogating Article 35A and 370 of the Indian Constitution, changing it to a union territory governed directly from New Delhi. Despite the presence of 500,000 soldiers in the occupied territory already, thousands of troops were deployed additionally.

The all-party meeting is likely to discuss the restoration of the statehood of the Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir on June 24. The union Home Secretary reached out to the leaders to invite them to the meeting. The four former Chief Ministers of Kashmir have been invited including Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Mehbooba Mufti.

As per sources, the US President Joe Biden, who has been asking Pakistan for military bases for surveillance in Afghanistan, played a leading role in restoration of Kashmir’s autonomous status. The US may try to please Pakistan with this move to ask for a favour in the shape of a drone or military bases in return.

Pakistan also wrote a letter to the UN-Security Council President, expressing concerns over reports of Indian intention of further demographic changes in the disputed territory.

Prime Minister Imran Khan in a recent interview also indicated to re-engage with India if it simply gave a road map to restore the statehood of Kashmir.

A 2012 tweet by PM Imran Khan has resurfaced on the internet that clearly states that Pakistan should not be a slave of the US in its war in Afghanistan.

As the US is planning its exit from Afghanistan, PM Imran Khan has once again reiterated his firm and crystal clear policy on not allowing the US government to set up a military base on Pakistani soil. As tweeted in 2012 by PM Imran Khan, he has once again relived his promise today. In another interview, PM Imran Khan stated that, “This is not our war, and Pakistan will never take part in any other country’s war.”

He further added, “If this is not Pakistan’s war, why should our people die because of it?” Imran Khan’s resolute stance is making rounds globally as the USA struggles to find land for a military base in South Asia.

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan once again dispelled rumours regarding US bases in Pakistan for future operations in Afghanistan against Afghan Taliban and other groups.

PM Khan was being interviewed by Jonathan Swan of HBO Axios. The interview will be aired on Monday at 3:00 am PST.

Jonathan asked whether Islamabad will allow the US to use military bases in Pakistan, he asked,
“Wil you allow the American government to have the CIA here in Pakistan to conduct cross-border counter-terrorism missions against Al-Qaeda, ISIS and Taliban.
“Absolutely not, “PM Khan replied.
There’s no way we’re going to allow any bases or any sort of action from Pakistani territory into Afghanistan. “Absolutely not .”

US government is trying to negotiate with Pakistan and others for future cooperation as US wants to have its role in the future despite leaving the region.

However, there is an absolute no from the government.

NATO Defence College in Rome has published a 104 pages report on Afghan peace deal. The report says that Pakistan is showing efforts to bring peace and political stability in the region, but outside players like India are against an interim government required for the sake of stability.

The analysis on Pakistan and India’s involvement in peace deal was written by Rahul Roy-Chaudhury, Siegfried O. Wolf and defence experts from UK’s defence think-tanks IISS and RUSI have also contributed.

The report says, all the stakeholders of the peace deal agreed that the solution must be a political agreement, strong power sharing. The report also says Russia and China agreed to replace Ashraf Ghani with interim government, which will involve a major role of Afghan Taliban.

Palestinian students will get 500 Scholarships at Pakistani Universities. These scholarships have been announced for undergraduate and postgraduate students in partnership with Association of Private Sector Universities of Pakistan (APSUP) and COMSTECH

In 1981, OIC, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, established COMSTECH, the Ministerial Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation…

As OIC was concerned regarding the Israeli atrocities on Palestinians, it wanted to play a role for the betterment of Palestinian nation. These scholarships are additional and not a part of the already existing 100 scholarships per year.

According to PTV, COMSTECH media advisor said, “The work on scholarships will start by the end of this month. The scholarships will be offered in the coming academic year. Each scholarship will cost around 1 million PKR on average.”

The Palestinian Ambassador expressed his gratitude for this initiative.