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Celebrating Pakistan’s 79th Independence Day while commemorating 75 years of friendship with China through exclusive diplomatic insights and stories of multilateral cooperation.

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Pakistan's 79th independence anniversary is treated as an occasion to look past flag-waving sentiment toward the actual mechanics of sovereignty — diplomacy as a working supply chain that moves capital, students, technology, and market access.

The issue profiles diplomats and figures (Ambassador Khalil Hashmi in Beijing, High Commissioner Rabia Shafiq in Singapore, the Mekong River Commission's first female CEO, a microfinance COO, and delegates at forums in Astana and Bishkek) who represent the unglamorous, ongoing labor of converting goodwill and relationships into tangible economic and institutional gains.

The underlying argument is that independence in 1947 was only a starting point — real sovereignty is sustained not by commemoration but by the daily, practical work of institutions and diplomats on all the days that aren't August 14.

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Highlights from this Issue

  1. ​Exclusive Interview with Khalil Hashmi - Ambassador of Pakistan to China
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  2. ​Exclusive Interview with Ilsam Awfer - Chief Operating Officer - LOLC Microfinance Bank
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  3. ​Exclusive Interview with Busadee Santipitaks -CEO - Mekong River Commission
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  4. ​Pakistan-Singapore Relations at 60 By High Commissioner Rabia Shafiq
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  5. ​Independence Day Message from Atadjan Movlamov - Ambassador of Turkmenistan & Dean of the Diplomatic Corps
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  6. ​Second Pakistan Logistics & Shipping Summit 2026​
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  7. ​Games of the Future 2026 Kazakhstan​
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  8. ​SCO Summit ​
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  9. ​Eurasian Media Forum and Diplomatic Insight Group ​
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  10. ​Rashid Latif Khan Group and Diplomatic Insight Group

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