Pakistan, India and other member States of the SCO will participate in the upcoming joint military drill dubbed Peace Mission 2018 to promote mutual trust against terrorist threats and to maintain regional peace and stability, says a report published in Chinese Media.
Beijing, (Pakistan Point News - 7th Jun, 2018) : Pakistan, India and other member States of the SCO will participate in the upcoming joint military drill dubbed Peace Mission 2018 to promote mutual trust against terrorist threats and to maintain regional peace and stability, says a report published in Chinese Media. The drill's command post exercise will take place at the Chebarkulsky training ground in the Ural Mountains region in August. Chiefs of general staff of the SCO nations will also hold a meeting during the joint military drills, it said.
The exercise will follow the 18th SCO Summit, scheduled for June 9 and 10 in Qingdao, Shandong province. The exercises are biannual, multinational drills with the goal of enhancing counterterrorism coordination and cooperation among the eight member countries, which include China, Russia, Pakistan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The drill does not target any third party. The last exercise was held in Kyrgyzstan in September 2016.
The 2018 exercise will be the first for India and Pakistan since becoming full members of the SCO in 2017. It also will be the first time India and Pakistan take part in a military exercise together since their independence, though their militaries have previously worked on United Nations peacekeeping missions. Li Xing, a professor of international relations at Beijing Normal University, said India and Pakistan in the joint exercise represents a new height in security cooperation through the SCO.
"India and Pakistan have had many conflicts, but the SCO exercise can facilitate positive interactions between the two militaries and help ease tensions between the two countries," Li said. Li Li, a researcher of South Asian countries at China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, said many exchange mechanisms between Pakistan and India have been halted due to constant border tensions. "It is very rare for the Indian and Pakistani militaries to interact with each other," she said.
"The SCO is a great platform for member nations to build mutual trust, improve their ability to tackle terrorist threats and maintain regional peace and security," thereport added. President Xi Jinping in a recent statement hoped that the SCO will emerge as a strong force in promoting peace and stability in the region as well as improving the livelihood of the people. National moot on Emerging Science takes place early next month, says AIOU ISLAMABAD, June 7 (INP): The sixth national conference on Physics and Emerging Sciences will be held here early next month to promote viable and quality research in the country and link it with the country's socio-economic development.
It is part of the activities being arranged by the Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) on a regular basis, it was announced here on Thursday. The conference is being organized by the University's Department of Physics in which commercially viable research-based projects of young researchers will also be displayed. It will be attended by eminent scientists, researchers, academicians as well as students of M Phil and PhD from all over the country.
According to Dean Sciences Dr Syed Zafar Ilyas, the event is in line with the vision of the Vice Chancellor Dr Shahid Siddiqui that aimed at developing a research culture in the country and provide a platform to researchers for sharing and projecting their academic work and to make it beneficial for the society. Such activities also help to provide academic and scholarly input to the policy-makers in government institutions to improve the living conditions of the masses and address the new challenges in the socio-economic sector.
Recently, the University has developed itself as a Research-based educational institution. To this effect during the last three and half years, 17 research journals were published, 34 national and international conferences and nearly 150 seminars were arranged on the initiative of the Vice Chancellor. The University's science laboratories and the country-wide library network were also enriched for this purpose. The National Library here at the main Campus was made open for the general public from 8 am to 7 pm. It is now working as main source of research-based activities, the announcement added.
