Prospects and Framework of Civil Service Reforms | S Ali Raza Shah
Through the ages, Weberian bureaucracy has survived the test of times. Colonial rule in the Indian subcontinent that thoroughly advanced …Read More
The Failure of Economic Democracy | Dr Zafar Altaf
Democracy is not about national assemblies and certainly not about asset building. It has its roots everywhere and is answerable …Read More
Indo-Pak Talks: Making Dialogue Worthwhile | Ashraf Jehangir Qazi
There have been rare moments when the dialogue process has appeared to move in the right direction. A number of …Read More
Women’s Protection: Theory and Practice | Mohammad Ali Babakhel
While the last decade has witnessed an increase in enactment of women protection laws, their enforcement remains a gigantic task. …Read More
Good Progress, Bad Governance | Taha Najeeb Khan
Now is not the time to pat ourselves on the back There is little doubt that if true democracy is …Read More
Poverty in Nuclear South Asia
Roughly 45 years after the India-Pakistan competition spread to the nuclear domain, the National Command Authority of Pakistan, the apex …Read More
International Literacy Day 2015 | Inayatullah
This year’s International Literacy Day celebrated all over the world, on Sept 8th 2015, carried the Theme: Literacy and Sustainable …Read More
Why we Support the Iran Deal
The US Congress is voting this week on whether to support the agreement that our countries, along with the United …Read More
A snapshot of education in Pakistan | Irfan Muzaffar
The dearth of debate on education is no longer an issue in Pakistan. There has been a flurry of reports …Read More
Pak-Afghan Relations: Hanging by a Thread | Khalid Aziz
“O Motherland! Why are all our tributaries Of love in tumult Our rivers of life In revolt?” — Ejaz Rahim …Read More
Pakistan to Maintain Full-Spectrum Deterrence Capability | Liaqat Toor
Islamabad—Pakistan is determined to maintain full-spectrum deterrence capability in line with the dictates of ‘credible minimum deterrence’ in order to …Read More
World Notices ‘Surprising Turnaround’ as Pakistan’s Economy Revives
Be it the increased investment in Pakistan, reduced terrorist attacks or the public flocking back to markets and resorts – …Read More
In Praise of Dissent | I.A. Rehman
ONE of the refreshing features of the minority judgments in the Supreme Court verdict on challenges to the 18th and …Read More
Renewing the Drone Debate | Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
Pakistan giving America’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) access to Shamsi airfield, heralded the dawn of a duplicitously convenient era for …Read More
The Exchange Rate Debate | M Ziauddin
The state of the world economy as noted by the G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors at a meeting …Read More
Bridging Pak-Afghan Trust Deficit | Mohammad Jamil
On Friday, Advisor to the prime minister on foreign affairs and national security Sartaj Aziz visited Kabul to attend a …Read More
Galvanise Civil Service in all Respects
IT is satisfying that the Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms, ably led by visionary Professor Ahsan Iqbal, is working …Read More
Possibility of a New Cold War | Asiya Mahar
SINCE the early 1970s, Russia experienced gradual decline of its influence in the Middle East. The outburst of civil war …Read More


