Apprising IPCC climate warnings By Adeel Mukhtar Mirza
As the Unite Nations Secretary General (UNSG) recapped world leaders a month ago, “We confront an existential danger. Environmental change …
Read MoreS Arabia comes to Pakistan’s rescue | Editorial
RIYADH/ISLAMABAD: In a major relief for the cash-strapped Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday agreed to provide Pakistan …
Read MoreAvoiding IMF By Asad Hussain
The economists, journalists and bureaucrats of Pakistan are extremely vocal about there being no other way but to seek International …
Read MoreSCO: New Standards And New Horizons By Farhat Asif
As autumn is setting across the world, a new spring has been observed during the recent meeting of the second …
Read MoreArms Race in South Asia By Mohammad Jamil
PAKISTAN said on Friday that India’s decision to buy S-400 missile defence system from Russia will further destabilise the region …
Read MorePower Crisis | Editorial
Another impending crisis that the government has adopted is that of the energy sector, and it is one which also …
Read MorePakistan’s Water Strategy By Raashid Wali Janjua
In Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Ancient Mariner” a tale of accursed seamen is narrated, who have been jinxed due to an …
Read MorePakistan: The Impact of Urbanisation on Society By M Zafar Khan Safdar
Pakistan is one of the fastest urbanising countries in South Asia and the share of urban population has risen from …
Read MoreHard Choices: Saudi Arabia or IMF By Kamran Yousaf
Prime Minister Imran Khan will undertake a second visit to Saudi Arabia in five weeks on Tuesday. He will attend …
Read MoreDigital Payment Policy Review | Editorial
Electronic commerce has reached new heights this year with tech giants reaching a market capitalisation of $1 billion, marking a …
Read MoreOverhauling Higher Education | Editorial
The meeting of an 18-member commission of Higher Education Commission (HEC) on Friday after a gap of 32 months shows …
Read MorePopulation Crisis | Editorial
THE perils of a runaway population are well known. Pakistan, with 208m people at last count, is often described as …
Read MoreEducating Pakistan By Sophiya Rafi
Real education is not tangible and results from investment and work done now can only be accurately measured twenty years …
Read MoreAsia-Pacific: The Precursors of a Coming War By Muhammad Ali Baig
What were the intervening variables which drove the United States to transfer a large chunk of its military forces from …
Read MoreDAWN Editorials – 17th Oct 2018
IMF and China’s support THE public endorsement is likely a result of a great deal of behind-the-scenes lobbying. It is …
Read MoreHow to Save Globalization By Kenneth F. Scheve and Matthew J. Slaughter
We live in a time of protectionist backlash. U.S. President Donald Trump has started a trade war with China, upended …
Read MoreNuclear Weapons Don’t Matter By John Mueller
The unleashed power of the atom,” Albert Einstein wrote in 1946, “has changed everything save our modes of thinking, and …
Read MoreThe Crisis of Higher Education | Editorial
It has been four decades now since the ban on students unions, and we’re in the second decade of the …
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