Author: Shukurbek Isanov

Dubai: “CIS Islamic Banking and Finance Awards – 2023” distribution ceremony was held in Uzbekistan on 14th March, 2023 at the occasion of 3rd CIS Islamic Banking and Finance Forum organized by Al-Huda CIBE at Hyatt Regency, Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Delegates from various countries participated in the forum. Many applicants have applied for the different categories. After scrutiny and evaluation by the designated award committee, Alif Moliya Uzbekistan Won CIS Islamic Banking and Finance Awards for Best Innovative Products. Mr. Nuriddin Lafizov, CEO Alif Moliya Uzbekistan further added that AlHuda CIBE initiative to distribute awards to the contributory organizations and individuals for Islamic banking…

Turkmenistan lies off the east coast of the Caspian Sea. Since its independence from the Soviet Union, it has adhered to the policy of “positive neutrality”. China and Turkmenistan established diplomatic relations in January 1992. The relationship between Turkmenistan and China has seen the signing of several bilateral agreements and treaties such as the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) in 1992 and the Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) in 2009 amid numerous official visits. In 2013, intergovernmental relations between Beijing and Ashgabat became strategic and an important document1 was signed. Their relationship was upgraded to a strategic partnership in 2014. Introduction Over…

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan — Voters in Turkmenistan cast ballots Sunday for a new parliament that is expected to have no members of opposition parties and be loyal to the government of the gas-rich Central Asian nation. The election for 125 members included 258 candidates, put forward by three political parties or running independently. All of them support President Serdar Berdymukhamedov. Berdymukhamedov, 41, was elected last March to succeed his father, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, who had run the isolated ex-Soviet country for more than a decade. Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov came to power after the death of the eccentric Saparmurat Niyazov in 2006 and established a pervasive personality…

Kabul [Afghanistan], March 27 (ANI): In order to help Afghanistan tackle the humanitarian crisis, Japan has contributed funds of about USD 21 million to provide essential vaccines to the women and children of the crisis-hit country, Khaama Press reported. Following the humanitarian gesture by Japan, UNICEF will provide clean water for 30,000 people in four provinces across Afghanistan, and vaccines for 18.3 million mothers and children. The Japanese government has made significant donations to UNICEF, including USD 18 million for essential vaccines for over 18 million mothers and children, as well as USD 3.6 million for water and sanitation facilities…

Kabul, Mar 27 (EFE).- The security forces of the Taliban gunned down at least three members of the Islamic State (IS) terror group in multiple operations in recent weeks in northern Afghanistan, according to official sources. The General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) of the Taliban government said in a series of tweets late Sunday that those killed were key members of Daesh, or the IS, in Police Districts 5,8 and 10 in Mazar-e-Sharif in Balkh province . Those killed were “Zainuddin, Daesh’s temporary head of Balkh and head of the judicial system and the second most popular person in ISIS-Khorasan;…

Officials from Uzbekistan travelled to Afghanistan this week for talks on ongoing efforts undertaken by the Taliban government to build a colossal canal that could end up diverting vast amounts of water needed by Uzbek farmers. Tashkent has been circumspect about the outcome of its coordination with Kabul, but Taliban officials on March 22 cited the visiting Uzbek delegation as saying their government was prepared to cooperate on completing the Qosh Tepa Canal project “in accordance with international norms and fully considering the privileges and rights of Afghanistan.” Afghanistan is not a signatory to any regional or international treaties on the use of transboundary…

Kyrgyzstan’s parliament used emergency powers on Saturday to appoint a new prime minister in a move to end a week of unrest in the country. Lawmaker Sadyr Zhaparov was appointed during the session in which proxy votes were used by those inside the chamber to achieve the necessary quorum. He had been nominated for the role on Tuesday by the country’s president Sooronbai Jeenbekov, but the move was contested by opposition groups following Sunday’s disputed parliamentary election in which government parties swept the seats in the chamber. Kyrgyzstan’s Central Election Commission overturned the election result following pressure from the opposition.…

US secretary of state to meet with counterparts of five Central Asian countries on visits to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Kazakhstan, his first stop on a Central Asia trip to meet his counterparts from all five former Soviet republics in the region. Blinken sat down for talks with Kazakh foreign minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi and then with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Tuesday. A meeting of the so-called C5+1 group, made up of the United States and the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, followed. Blinken’s trip, his first…

TWENTY-SIX MILLION AMERICANS are waiting to see if the US Supreme Court will allow a plan to cancel some student debt to move forward. Regardless of the court’s decision, a trillion-dollar mess remains—and, circling it, a cohort of startups looking for opportunity amid the crisis.  Some 100 startups have launched to try to build businesses on the mountain of US student debt, more than half since 2016. Companies focused on student financing have raised more than $4 billion in the past five years, according to data from Dealroom, which collects data on startups. They cover a range of business models. Online bank SoFi has a service…

An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter Scale struck China, while strong tremors were felt in Kyrgyzstan, during the early hours of Monday. In China, the tremors were felt at 5.49 am (local time), according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC). The agency said the earthquake struck 111 km SE of Aral.  In a similar phenomenon, an earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter Scale jolted Kyrgyzstan today. The National Center for Seismology stated that the tremors were felt at 5.19 am, 10 km from the capital city of Bishkek.  There were no reports of any loss of life or damage…