US-Taliban Peace Deal: Beyond Déjà Vu? By Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi
AFTER a series of grave deliberations, the Trump Administration has directed U.S. diplomats to reach out to Taliban leadership. The …Read More
TheCSSPointJanuary 31, 2019 Circular Debt | Editorial
WITH the approval of a plan to float Rs200bn worth of Sukuk bonds to partially settle some claims of the …Read More
TheCSSPointJanuary 31, 2019 Failing bilateral Ties | Editorial
Bangladesh has refused to accept the credentials of Saqlain Syedah as Pakistan’s new high commissioner in Dhaka, causing further damage …Read More
TheCSSPointJanuary 31, 2019 Water Economics | Editorial
PAKISTAN is getting very poor economic returns from its large water resources, and when we add in the costs of …Read More
TheCSSPointJanuary 30, 2019 Education For Growth By Hassan Daud
Socio-economic development and poverty alleviation are the key focus areas for our government. In the same spirit, the CPEC base …Read More
TheCSSPointJanuary 30, 2019 The Upcoming NFC Meeting | Editorial
The federal government is intending to hold negotiations with the provinces soon for chalking out a new mechanism for division …Read More
TheCSSPointJanuary 30, 2019 India and Pakistan Need to Engage By Talat Masood
Ever since PM Imran Khan has assumed office he has made several statements and sincere overtures to normalise relations with …Read More
TheCSSPointJanuary 30, 2019 India Stands Isolated in the Region and the Afghan Peace Talks By Col (R) Muhammad Hanif
It is good to hear that the Afghan peace talks between the US and the Taliban, facilitated by Pakistan are …Read More
TheCSSPointJanuary 29, 2019 Pakistan makes slight improvement in Corruption Perceptions Index 2018 By Amin Ahmed
Pakistan has made a slight improvement in the ‘Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2018’ released by the Transparency International on Tuesday, …Read More
TheCSSPointJanuary 29, 2019 Towards a Comprehensive Saudi-Pakistan Partnership By Mohammed Al-Sulami
An understanding of political realities and historical analysis clearly confirms that the approach adopted in Saudi-Pakistan bilateral relations has always …Read More
TheCSSPointJanuary 29, 2019 The 18th Amendment and Article 140 of the Constitution By Syed Zeeshan Haider
Getting the government to act according to the constitution is the responsibility of our judicial system For a while now, …Read More
TheCSSPointJanuary 29, 2019 Peace Breakthrough in Afghanistan By Shahid M Amin
BOTH US spokesmen and Taliban representatives have said in the last few days that there has been progress on a …Read More
TheCSSPointJanuary 29, 2019 CPEC and Opportunities For India By Shakeel Ahmad Ramay
India has been skeptical of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) from its very inception. It recognizes CPEC as a …Read More
TheCSSPointJanuary 28, 2019 Age of Geo-Economics By M Ziauddin
The globalization process has turned the world into an increasingly interdependent entity. No nation state or a country can now …Read More
TheCSSPointJanuary 28, 2019 Why Pakistan, India Need Backchannel Diplomacy By Kamran Yousaf
India continues to spurn peace overtures by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government. Last week, Islamabad shared a draft agreement with …Read More
TheCSSPointJanuary 28, 2019 Pakistan Foreign Policy 101 By Ashraf Jehangir Qazi
FOREIGN policy is the external aspect of national policy. It covers the whole gamut of global, regional and neighbourhood developments, …Read More
TheCSSPointJanuary 26, 2019 
Kashmir’s Struggle For freedom By Sajjad Haider
The 1948 United Nation’s Resolution clearly states that accession of Jammu and Kashmir will be decided through plebiscite; however, India …Read More
TheCSSPointJanuary 26, 2019 
WEF In Davos And Oxfam Issues Report: Is It Time To Tax The Super-Rich? – OpEd By Dr. Arshad M. Khan
The World Economic Forum met this week (January 22-25) for its 48th annual meeting since its inception. It costs $60,000 …Read More
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