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Pakistan, Uzbekistan sign MoU to strengthen bilateral cooperation

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TASHKENT: Pakistan and Uzbekistan signed multiple accords to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the fields defence, technology, technical training and youth empowerment.

The documents were signed during the two-day visit of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to Uzbekistan, at the invitation of Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

Following their bilateral meeting and the delegation-level talks, Prime Minister Shehbaz and President Mirziyoyev witnessed the ceremony as the officials from both sides exchanged the pre-signed documents of the agreements and MoUs for cooperation in different fields.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar and Uzbek Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov exchanged the documents of agreements in the fields of visa-free travel for diplomatic passport holders, military intelligence, internal affairs, professional and technical training and training of diplomats.

Another inter-government agreement was signed between both sides to collaborate in the fields of scientific research, technology, and innovation. Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan and Uzbek Deputy Prime Minister Khodjayev Jamshid exchanged the documents.

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar and Director General of the National Information Agency of Uzbekistan Kuchimov Abdusaid exchanged a document of news cooperation agreement between the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) and National Information Agency of Uzbekistan (UZA).

DPM Ishaq Dar and Mayor of Tashkent Shavkat Umurzakov Buranovich exchanged the documents of an MoU between Lahore and Tashkent.

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaulah Tarar and Director Youth Affairs Agency of Uzbekistan Sa’dullayev Alisher exchanged documents of MoU between Pakistan’s Prime Minister’s Youth Programme and the Government of Uzbekistan on youth affairs.

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PM Shehbaz accorded guard of honour in Tashkent

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PM Shehbaz

TASHKENT: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was accorded a guard of honour as he arrived at the Tashkent Congress Center to meet President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and hold the delegation-level talks.

As the prime minister arrived at the venue of the formal welcome reception, the Uzbek president warmly received him.

The national anthems of Pakistan and Uzbekistan were played, which followed the guard of honour by the smartly-turned out contingents of the Uzbek armed forces which the prime minister reviewed along with President Mirziyoyev.

Later, both President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif introduced their respective delegations to each other before proceeding to the bilateral meeting and the delegation-level talks.

The discussions will focus on enhancing cooperation between Uzbekistan and Pakistan in regional connectivity, trade, investment, energy, defense, security, regional stability, and education.

The prime minister who arrived here pm two-day official visit, is accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar, Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan, Minister for Investment and Privatization Abdul Aleem Khan, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar, and Special Assistant to PM Tariq Fatemi.

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Finance Minister Ishaq Dar calls on Uzbek President

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Finance Minister
  • He thanked the President for the opportunity of the meeting.
  • Ishaq Dar  conveyed the greetings and best wishes of Shahbaz Sharif.
  • Finance Minister is on an official visit to the of Uzbekistan.

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Ishaq Dar called on President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev in Tashkent.

During the meeting matters pertaining to further expansion of mutually beneficial cooperation and practical aspects of the implementation of projects in trade, investment and transport sectors were discussed.

Ishaq Dar thanked the Uzbek President for the opportunity of the meeting and conveyed the greetings and best wishes of the Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahbaz Sharif.

At the meeting, special attention was paid to the implementation of important agreements signed on transit and preferred trade.

In addition, within the framework of the agenda of intergovernmental negotiations, the importance of promoting specific cooperation projects in various sectors of the economy was noted.

The head of state touched upon the need for the development of bilateral bus services and the acceleration of the railway construction project, which connects Central and South Asia through Afghanistan and leads to the ports of Pakistan.

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Rights group confirms Uzbekistan has detained more than 300 over deadly unrest

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Uzbekistan

Hundreds of people remain detained following unrest in Karakalpaktakstan this month, rights group says. Authorities say 14 protesters and four law enforcement officers were killed in the violence. It was the deadliest unrest in Uzbekistan since 2005. State of emergency lifted early on Thursday. Hundreds of people remain detained in Uzbekistan following deadly unrest in … Read more

‘Suddenly, shooting started’: Uzbek city reels from violence

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Uzbek city

Salamat Khalilov, 46-year-old was among thousands injured in last Friday’s protests in Nukus, capital of Uzbekistan’s Karakalpakstan region. Unprecedented unrest over constitutional amendments shook this provincial city last Friday, killing 18 people. Violence forced President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to walk back proposed changes to the constitution.   Salamat Khalilov, an Uzbek builder, is unsure what blew … Read more

Uzbekistan says 18 dead in unrest in autonomous region

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Uzbekistan 18 dead
  • 18 people killed in clashes in autonomous Karakalpakstan region.
  • Security crackdown has drawn parallels with 2005 Andijan protests.
  • Demonstrators clashed with police during protests in the western region of Nukus on Sunday.

 

18 people were dead in clashes in the autonomous Karakalpakstan region of Uzbekistan last week when mass protests erupted over planned constitutional changes affecting the territory’s status, Uzbek authorities said on Monday.

The unrest, which pitted protesters against security forces, was the most significant challenge to President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s rule since he ascended to power from the post of prime minister in 2016, when his long-serving mentor Islam Karimov died.

The size of the protest on Friday was unprecedented for the Karakalpakstan region and possibly Uzbekistan.

The security crackdown that ensued has drawn parallels with protests in the eastern city of Andijan in 2005, where 170 people were killed according to an official toll considered conservative at the time.

Uzbek lawmaker Bobur Bekmurodov said that analogy was “unfair” in a tweet on Monday, praising Mirziyoyev’s willingness to engage in dialogue over the crisis.

In the aftermath of the violence, Mirziyoyev scrapped the constitutional amendments that would have removed the republic’s constitutional right to self-determination.

Eyewitnesses told AFP of a tense calm in the region, where a state of emergency is in effect.

The diplomatic reaction to events in the remote region has been muted so far.

 

On Monday, the European Union called for an independent investigation into “the violent events in Karakalpakstan”.

“We deeply regret the casualties and loss of human life and continue to follow developments closely,” it said in a statement.

Russia, Uzbekistan’s traditional ally and top trade partner ahead of China as of last year, indicated it had no plans to intervene.

Moscow, which is pressing ahead with a military offensive in Ukraine, said the events in Uzbekistan were the country’s “internal affair”.

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State of emergency in unrest-hit Uzbekistan region

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Uzbekistan

State of emergency declared in Uzbekistan’s Karakalpakstan. Eyewitnesses say police break up second night of protests. Police break up protest in Nukus,Karakalpakstan, using tear gas. A state of emergency was in force in Uzbekistan autonomous Karakalpakstan region Sunday after eyewitnesses told AFP that police had broken up a second night of anti-government protests in the … Read more

Uzbekistan’s president announces ‘fatalities’ during unrest

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Uzbekistan

Civilians and law enforcement personnel died in Karakalpakstan protests. Shavkat Mirziyoyev did not give a number or the cause of deaths. The unrest erupted Friday. Uzbekistan president on Sunday announced fatalities among civilians and law enforcement personnel during protests in the country’s autonomous Karakalpakstan region, which has seen massive unrest over a planned constitutional reform. … Read more

Uzbekistan U-turn on constitution after rare protest

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Uzbekistan
  • President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in Karakalpakstan after rare protests over constitutional reform proposals.
  • Proposals would have removed autonomous republic’s right to self-determination and brought it further under central control.
  • Uzbekistan’s neighbour Kazakhstan has barred the passage of “people, vehicles and goods” through its border with Uzbekistan.

The president of Uzbekistan arrived in a protest-rocked autonomous republic on Saturday and promised that proposed constitutional amendments that would have weakened the territory’s status would be scrapped.

Authorities earlier said on Saturday that they had arrested “mass riot organisers” who wanted to seize administrative buildings in the Republic of Karakalpakstan, which saw rare protests over constitutional reform proposals.

A Friday demonstration brought thousands onto the streets of the regional capital and followed the publication of draft amendments to the Uzbek constitution that would have removed the republic’s right to self-determination and brought it further under central control.

The tightly controlled government has made no mention of casualties, although Telegram accounts have circulated footage that suggests fatalities occurred during the police crackdown.

Internet access has been restricted in the territory during the last week and at least one private media outlet deleted an article about the changes to Karakalpakstan’s status shortly after publishing it.

Spontaneous demonstrations are illegal in the authoritarian ex-Soviet republic and police said Friday that “order had been restored” in the area taken over by the protest.

Nevertheless, the demonstration marked arguably the biggest challenge yet to the rule of authoritarian President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

The Uzbek leader styles himself as a reformer but has seen the economic opening of his reign undermined by successive global crises — the coronavirus pandemic and key trade partner Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Mirziyoyev’s press service on Saturday said he had held a meeting with lawmakers of Karakalpakstan’s parliament and that the articles of the constitution concerning the region would remain unchanged “on the basis of… the opinions stated by residents of Karakalpakstan”.

The proposed changes that had angered residents included one that removed the republic’s constitutional right to secede from Uzbekistan via referendum.

The article dates back to 1993 after the republic’s leadership made a push for greater separation from Uzbekistan on the eve of the fall of the Soviet Union.

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Protest in Uzbekistan region over constitution reform

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Uzbekistan

Reforms would extend presidential terms from five to seven years. Benefit authoritarian leader Shavkat Mirziyoyev. protesters took to the streets in an autonomous republic. Police in Uzbekistan said protesters took to the streets in an autonomous republic Friday due to a “misinterpretation” of constitutional reforms expected to go to referendum in the near future. Spontaneous … Read more

President Alvi reaffirms support to Trans-Afghan Railway project

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President Alvi

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi held a bilateral meeting with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and reaffirmed Pakistan’s full support for the Trans-Afghan Railway project and assured all possible cooperation for its early realisation. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the 15th ECO Summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) in Ashgabat. The talks … Read more

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