How Not to Make CPEC Controversial
Feb 13,16
implementation of the CPEC as before. Chief Minister Khattak told media he was dissatisfied with answers to the 13 questions …
Read MoreWe Seem to be Moving From the Culture of Writing | Zubeida Mustafa
Feb 13,16CAROL Loomis, an American financial journalist, who retired in 2014 as senior editor of Fortune magazine, once wrote, “Writing itself …
Read MoreWomen are Also Vying for the Post of UN’s Next Chief | Shazia Rafi
Feb 13,16“HE won’t vote for you; he says he is looking for a secretary general, not a secretary,” Elsa Papademetriou fumed …
Read MoreWhy India Must Bring Expertise to Help Regional Stability | Jawed Naqvi
Feb 13,16The unsettling if confounding assault on the Indian Air Force base in Pathankot came a day after Pakistan’s powerful military …
Read MoreUndermining National Interests | Malik Muhammad Ashraf
Feb 13,16Chief Minister KP Pervez Khattak, of late, has been trying to foment political controversy about implementation of CPEC, particularly the …
Read MoreThe Cost of National Security | Afiya Shehrbano
Feb 13,16udging by our media, we must be the most insecure country in the world. On a daily basis, there is …
Read MoreNational Debt: Facts From Fiction? | Dr Kamal Monnoo
Feb 13,16Last week at a CPEC road network’s inaugural ceremony in Baluchistan, the finance minister in his address was visibly angry …
Read MorePakistan Should Play a Positive Role | Pak Observer Editorial
Feb 13,16SOME media reports indicate that Pakistan has decided to remain neutral over Saudi-Iranian diplomatic row in view of closeness of …
Read MoreWhat’s Next for the World Economy? | Samuel Rines
Feb 13,16The Chinese and U.S. economies are changing—but it’s too soon to call it a ‘new normal.’ While markets are having …
Read MoreSaudi Executions Driven by Fear of Militancy, Signal Combative Policy
Feb 12,16Saudi Arabia’s execution of four prominent Shi’ites and dozens of al Qaeda figures appears to have been based on a …
Read MoreReforming the Civil Service | Express Tribune Editorial
Feb 12,16The government has finalised a civil service reforms package that, on the face of it, lacks material changes in the …
Read MorePutin is Steering Russia to Collapse | Alexander J. Moty
Feb 12,16As the new year begins, both Ukraine and Russia are making steady progress. The difference is that, while Ukraine is …
Read MorePakistan Needs Socialism | Salman Al
Feb 12,16Pakistan’s problems can be addressed only by bringing together all progressive, anti-imperialist, anti-establishment, secular political forces so as to embark …
Read MorePakistan & India / US Urges Pakistan, India to ‘Stay the Course
Feb 12,16WASHINGTON: The United States has urged India and Pakistan to stay the course and not allow extremists to prevent them …
Read MoreIran-Saudi Arabia Conflict
Feb 12,16Newton’s Third Law of motion states that “every action has an equal and opposite reaction”. It applies outside the realms …
Read MoreReclaiming Human Rights | Adan Abid
Feb 12,16The comprehensive scheme of civil, political, economic and social rights that underlie the aspirations of the modern human rights movement …
Read MorePathankot Attack: US ‘Expects’ Pakistan to act Against India Attackers
Feb 12,16The United States on Tuesday said it ‘expects’ Pakistan to act against Indian air base attackers and target militant groups. …
Read MoreNuclear déjà vu | Amb (r) Zamir Akram
Feb 12,16The US Congressional hearings last month, raising concerns about Pakistan’s nuclear programme along with threats of renewed sanctions, no doubt …
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