Dawn Editorial 10 January 2021
PDM’s way forward THE opposition Pakistan Democratic Movement alliance has a challenge on its hands: what to do now? After …
Read MoreGlobal Dynamics in 2021 By Maleeha Lodhi
AT this time of the year many reports and assessments are published looking at the year ahead, identifying global dynamics …
Read MoreJoe Biden’s Foreign Policy Dream Team Is Disappointing By Ted Galen Carpenter
Anyone hoping that Joe Biden’s presidency might embrace new thinking on foreign policy and a greater receptivity to the concept …
Read MoreDawn Editorial 9 January 2021
Ruet chief’s decision WHILE the sighting of the moon for every new Hijri month in Pakistan is usually a quiet …
Read MoreDissecting the EU/UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement By Dr Muhammad Khurram
RECENTLY I came across a lot of friends who were really confused about Brexit. Some though Britain was still in …
Read MorePakistan-China Trade in Iffy Times By S M Naveed
PAKISTAN-China Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry has been striving hard to continue trade relations between business communities of Pakistan …
Read MoreTowards a Polio-Free Pakistan in 2021 By Dr Rana Muhammad Safdar
Year 2020 will be remembered for the challenges it brought to global public health. Like others, Pakistan had to focus …
Read MoreIncreased Trade Deficit | Editorial
According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), the country’s trade deficit widened by 32 percent in December 2020. The …
Read MoreWhat Has Not Changed in U.S.-China Relations By John Cookson
In the last few years, it has become gospel in Washington that the status quo of U.S. policy toward China …
Read MoreGlobal Economic Outlook For 2021 By Rashid A Mughal
YEAR 2020 has been a year of disaster for the global economy. All the predictions and forecasts made in January …
Read MoreDawn Editorial 8 January 2021
Anarchy in America IT was a side of America few could have imagined. As lawmakers were meeting in the Capitol …
Read MoreDawn Editorial 7 January 2021
SBP report NEXT to the World Bank’s forecast on economic expansion in Pakistan during the present fiscal year, the State …
Read MoreReforms in Bureaucracy By Kanwar Muhammad Dilshad
DEVELOPMENT on reforms in bureaucracy aiming at a depoliticized and corruption free bureaucratic structure would be discussed later on. Before …
Read MoreReconnecting the Pak-US Strategic Dots? By Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi
THE US State Department announced that the US Administration has resumed the International Military Education and Training Program (IMET) (for …
Read MoreValued-Added Exports | Editorial
According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), our exports for December 2020 surpassed the 2019 figure. More importantly, the …
Read MoreIndo-US Relations Under Biden By Inam Ul Haque
When I penned “Joe Biden, South Asia and Pak-US Ties”, printed on November 26, 2020, in this space, the administration …
Read MoreSBP Report | Editorial
NEXT to the World Bank’s forecast on economic expansion in Pakistan during the present fiscal year, the State Bank’s growth …
Read MoreInside Spoilers & Afghan Peace Process By Reema Shaukat
PAKISTAN has always supported Afghan-led, Afghan-owned peace process while extending its all-out political and moral support to Afghanistan. Last year …
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