CPEC: The Case for the Western Route | Hurmat Ali Shah
Feb 12,16
Pakistan is supposed to be a federation, where the federating units should have judicious share of national resources. Developmental projects …
Read MoreUNCIP Resolution On Kashmir | Mohammad Jamil
Feb 12,16On January 05 1949, the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan (UNCIP) had adopted a unanimous resolution by which …
Read MoreThe Way Forward | Syed Saadat
Feb 10,16AROUND the world, technology has taken governance to new levels, but the bureaucracy in Pakistan is constricted to writing on …
Read MoreCrisis Prevention | Moeed Yusuf
Feb 10,16WE have witnessed an eventful couple of weeks in India-Pakistan ties. Indian Prime Minister Modi surprised everyone with his impromptu …
Read MoreNew Year Diplomacy | S Mubashir Noor
Feb 10,16Though it is hard to firmly equate the Sino-American impasse after World War II with the issues bedeviling India and …
Read MoreAn Eighth and Final Year | Andrew J. Bowen
Feb 10,16President Obama enters his final year in office at a time of rising conflict worldwide and deepening uncertainty about the …
Read MoreFederation in Controlled Democracy | Afrasiab Khattak
Feb 10,16In 2013, despite facing many challenges, Pakistani democrats celebrated the first ever completion of full constitutional term by the elected …
Read MoreReforming Pakistan’s Bureaucracy | Kulsume Hai
Feb 10,16Red tapism, proffering bribes to speed up work, dealing with babus, sending officials countless reminders, inhospitable environments, the inability to …
Read MoreA Nation Grows When it Reads | Muhammad Omar Iftikhar
Feb 10,16For the masses here reading is boring. This shows the collective mindset of a nation because reading requires patience; it …
Read MorePutin Signs Document Declaring Nato A “Threat To The National Security” of Russia | Kurt
Feb 10,16Russia accuses NATO of violations of the norms of international law Russian President Vladimir Putin considers the aggressive expansion of …
Read MoreThe Construction of Politics | Rizwan Asghar
Feb 10,16What is a threat? When does a threat become really threatening? And why do some threats take precedence over others …
Read MoreHow Modi’s Hard Line on Pakistan Unravelled | Hasan Suroor
Feb 10,16Acrucial test of the success or failure of India’s foreign policies under any government, regardless of its political complexion, has …
Read MoreDemocratising Pakistan? | Dr Ejaz Hussain
Feb 10,16This last part of the article will explain the post-1985 (democratisation that engulfed electoral politics in the 1990s and 2000s. …
Read MoreThe Anti-Terror Treatment | Salman Tarik Kureshi
Feb 10,16According to a news item, a Daesh (Islamic State or IS) cell has been discoveredin, of all places, the well-heeled, …
Read MoreCan South Asia Make Nice in 2016? | Muhammad Akbar Notezai
Feb 9,16Early this month, the fifth Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process Summit was opened by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Afghan President …
Read MoreAmerican Muslims ‘Trumped’ | Syed Mansoor Hussain
Feb 9,16Whatever might happen in the US’ politics this year, the year that just went by will be remembered as the …
Read MoreMiddle East still rocking from First World War pacts made 100 years ago | Ian Black
Feb 9,16IN an idle moment between cocktail parties in the Arab capital where they served, a British and French diplomat were …
Read MoreFrom Bhutto to Zia to Musharraf, ‘No Apologies’ Should be Our National Motto | Akhtar
Feb 9,16The All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) denies that former military ruler Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf offered an apology over the …
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