Geopolitical Importance: A Different Perspective | Lt Col Khalid Masood Khan (Retd)
Encyclopedia Britannica defines Geopolitics as, “analysis of the geographic influences on power relationships in international relations.” Traditionally, the geo-political importance …
Read MorePakistan and the United Nations | Masood Khan
THE United Nations is etched into Pakistan’s memory and psyche because of the Jammu and Kashmir issue. In January 1948, …
Read MoreKashmir Conflict & Indo-Pak Ties | Ali Ashraf Khan
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif talking to the media on way to the United States, where he is set to speak …
Read MoreIAEA praises Pakistan’s nuclear security record
ISLAMABAD: Director General (DG) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano praised Pakistan’s impressive nuclear security record spanning over four …
Read MoreSCO Membership – A Potential Trump Card for Pakistan | Zafar Bhutta
ISLAMABAD: The process of granting Pakistan full membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) got under way in Ufa during …
Read MorePakistan Extending Training and Technical Support to Developing Countries: PM
NEW YORK: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif while addressing a high-level roundtable on South-South Cooperation at the United Nations (UN) on …
Read MoreThe Balochistan conundrum | Ali Ahsan
In his 1997 book “The Grand Chessboard,” former US national security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski described the critical importance of Eurasia …
Read MorePak-Afghan Relations | Saleem A Sethi
Address issues, forget blame game The terrorist attack on Badaber air base has brought into focus both the internal and …
Read MoreUS-India declaration
THE hyphenated relationship is back, it appears. Pakistan-India, or India-Pakistan to much of the outside world, has at various points …
Read MoreReason & revelation | Jan-e-Alam Khaki
THE nature of the relationship between reason and revelation has been of considerable importance in the context of Muslim …
Read MorePakistan Court Orders Government to Enforce Climate Law | Ahmad Rafay Alam
A high court in Pakistan has set a legal precedent – both at home and internationally – by ordering the …
Read MoreEducation and Propaganda | Dr Raza Khan
Education is one of the most potent forces in any society that can change it for the better; it is …
Read MoreSouth-South Cooperation | Masood Khan
The United Nations defines South-South cooperation as a broad framework for collaboration among countries of the South in the political, …
Read MoreUnravelling Energy Scams
The government has come under fire once again over corruption charges in the Energy sector. It has been learnt that …
Read MoreCompetitive Civil Services
In a radical move, the government is set to wipe out half of Pakistan’s senior civil service grades, boost the …
Read MoreEducation emergency: Why Ahsan Iqbal’s desire of increasing literacy rate to 90% by 2025 is mere wishful thinking | Shaikh Abdul Rasheed
On September 8, International Literacy Day is celebrated throughout the world every year with the objective to raise public awareness …
Read MoreNPT Rules | Lawrence Wittner
When all is said and done, what the recently-approved Iran nuclear agreement is all about is ensuring that Iran honours …
Read MoreFinancial Inclusion | M Ziauddin
Pakistan’s banking sector is seemingly adequately mature and fairly sophisticated. Thanks largely to the very stringent prudential regulations of the …
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