Author: Gulbara Abdurakhmanov

The founder chairman of Pakistan Association of Exhibition Industry, Khurshid Barlas, along with the PAEI delegation including Fahad Barlas, Convener Exhibition, Amin-u- Rahman, Shamraiz Iqbal, EC members met with Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan Totuiaev Ulanbek Asankulovich at the Embassy of Kyrgyzstan. In the meeting, Chairman Khurshid Barlas briefed the Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan about “3rd Pakistan International Property Housing and Construction Exhibition from 17-19 November 2023” at Pakistan China Friendship Center Islamabad. The three-day exhibition will be attended by a large number of prominent builders, developers, allied construction industry from all over the country, including banking projects and various business community related…

Kyrgyzstan, a landlocked country in Central Asia, is blessed with abundant renewable energy resources, including hydro, solar, and wind power. With its mountainous terrain and numerous rivers, the country has a significant potential for generating clean and sustainable energy. However, despite its vast potential, Kyrgyzstan has yet to fully capitalize on these resources. This article explores the opportunities and challenges associated with harnessing renewable energy in Kyrgyzstan and the steps the country can take to overcome these obstacles. Kyrgyzstan’s primary source of renewable energy is hydropower, which accounts for approximately 90% of the country’s electricity generation. The country has over…

Frankfurt, London (12/08 – 80) It seems that the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) has become a hostage to its investments in Tajikistan. In mid-July, the Prosecutor’s Office of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) appealed to the Supreme Economic Court of Tajikistan with a demand to annul the land certificate for the campus of the University of Central Asia in Khorog, which is owned by the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). The university’s administration, local authorities, and the prosecutor’s office have not commented on this matter. However, it is evident that if the authorities manage to revoke the land certificate,…

Sr Agnes Gangmei, from the congregation of Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, has been a missionary, in Mongolia since 2012. She is a teacher in a school in Obit, on the outskirts of Mongolia’s capital Ulaanbaatar attended by about 100 children from kindergarten to primary school. Sr Agnes is currently in India for a two-year study period before she returns to Mongolia next year, but upon hearing of the Pope’s visit to the vast and sparsely populated East Asian country she said she felt “very happy and overwhelmed to learn of the visit of our Holy Father.” In an…

Mongolia’s recent decision to adopt SpaceX’s Starlink internet services is stirring security concerns across the border in China, both as a potential military threat and a possible way around Beijing’s strict censorship regime on perceived as “harmful” foreign websites. On July 6, the Communications Regulatory Commission of Mongolia issued special licenses for SpaceX, founded by American billionaire tycoon Elon Musk, to operate as a service provider using low-orbit satellites and for Starlink to provide internet services in the country. The decision, part of the country’s ongoing digital transformation and New Recovery Policy, was announced ahead of the annual Mongolia Economic…

TIR, the only global transit system, is now bringing additional efficiency and security to China’s booming e-commerce trade.A truck loaded with a wide range of e-commerce goods has completed its journey from China’s inland city of Kashgar to Kyrgyzstan. This marks the first transport of its kind to connect China with Central Asia benefiting from the unique combination of TIR and the dedicated e-commerce goods customs declaration procedure called “9610”. China’s cross-border e-commerce trade witnessed rapid growth during the pandemic, becoming an important driving force of the country’s foreign trade. Data from China’s Ministry of Commerce shows that the country’s…

Earlier this month, Kyrgyz Facebook user Kamchybek Tashiyev took to his account and posted a crudely worded, two-line status update. “No to ‘matronymics,” whoever backed them should cancel [their decision]! That is my civic position!” he wrote without elaborating further. Tashiyev is no ordinary citizen, though. He is the head of the State Committee for National Security, the successor agency to the KGB. The decision he was referring to was a June 30 ruling by the Constitutional Court to allow citizens to be permitted, once they reach the age of 18, to adopt their mother’s name to form a matronymic.…

Kyrgyzstan won the 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division III Group B in emphatic style in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, to celebrate back-to-back gold medals. Having finished top of the Division IV on home ice in Bishkek last season, Kyrgyzstan’s golden generation is currently on a roll. In Sarajevo the youngest team of the tournament took maximum points while scoring double-digits in each of their five games. Ruthless in front of the net, the Mikhail Chekanov coached Kyrgyz men’s national team left their opponents in their wake scoring 76 times and conceding on just five occasions. “It was an…

On 16 June 2023 UNESCO, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic and Agency for Quality Assurance in Education “EdNet” held in the scientific library of the Kyrgyz State University named after I. Arabayev the final event – “Integration of Education for Sustainable Development in the Educational System of Central Asia: Main Achievements and Further Development Steps” conference within the “Quality Education for Sustainable Development through ICT approaches in Central Asia” project funded by the Republic of Estonia. The aim of the event was to present the main results of the project for the development of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in…

The Kyrgyz authorities are seeking to introduce controls over the screening of audio-visual materials during festivals, conferences and trainings, in a move that rights’ groups consider a further restriction of basic freedoms. The ministry of culture is working on a draft resolution that would introduce a mandatory state license for any video material to be screened publicly. This would extend the current rules, which apply only to film distribution. The amendments would require film facilities, distributors, festivals and workshop organisers to obtain permission from the Film Centre Kyrgyztasmasy state enterprise. Rights’ groups, including Bir Duino, the Media Policy Institute and the legal…