Nuclear rivalry By Moeed Yusuf
THIS week, the nuclear nonproliferation world is gathered in Geneva for the second preparatory meeting (prepcomm) of the 2020 Nuclear …
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Power, acquired through ballot or bullet, when misused to thwart rule of law leads to institutional and economic collapse, rise …
Read MoreWoman Empowerment – The Solution | Amna Malik
Father of the nation Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah once said: “No Nation can rise to the height of glory unless …
Read MoreLiteracy in Today’s World | Maira Saleem, Maham Malik
The importance of literacy in the world today cannot be emphasized enough where new technologies are emerging from nowhere to …
Read MoreA New World Order | Farrukh Khan Pitafi
The racist subtext of many political speeches and the growing obduracy of terrorist attacks lead you to think that civilisation …
Read MorePakistan’s Middle East Problem | Fahd Humayun | Foreign Policy
For decades, Pakistan’s approach to the Middle East has been shaped by two competing heritages: religious and post-colonial. But the …
Read MoreIran, Hezbollah and Russia: the real coalition | Ayaz Amir
Daesh or the Islamic State is the most extreme form of Salafist Islam, so toxic that it makes the Taliban …
Read MoreWho runs Pakistan? | Aasim Sajjad Akhtar
IT is hard not to sit up and take notice of the chief of army staff’s current preoccupations in America. …
Read MoreNuclear Discrimination | Malik Muhammad Ashraf
Why Pakistan does not want to sign NPT Proliferation of nuclear weapons is rightly a cause of concern and there …
Read MoreTime to say Goodbye to IMF? | Rashid Amjad
Economics is often described as a dismal science. So, when you read that the Pakistan economy — after eight years …
Read MoreKeep the Back-Channels Open
Whilst it is possible to criticise this or any other government for its performance, the performance of the Nawaz Sharif …
Read MoreThe New Warfare
The Third World War may already be in progress, and it is going to be like neither of its two …
Read MoreThe new ‘war on Terror’ | Zahid Hussain
The wave of atrocities over the last two weeks — from the downing of a Russian passenger aircraft to a …
Read MoreUnderstanding GDP and its Growth | Dr Kamal Monnoo
There is a lot of talk about the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth number not only in our average daily …
Read MoreAggravating Water Crisis | Ali Ashraf Khan
AMONG the many problems that Pakistanis are suffering from is water shortage that has been mainly man made. The water …
Read MoreA Reappraisal of Pak-US Relations | Maria Khalid
Less domination and more cooperation According to a popular notion, three As — Allah, America and Army — have remained …
Read MoreGood Governance: Sine qua non for Peace | Mohammad Jamil
If the government formulates sound economic policies and the fruits of economic growth reach the masses, in particular the poor …
Read MoreF’ in Education
ASK anyone in a position of political leadership or public service how they feel about educating Pakistan’s young, and the …
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