Education Crisis
For weeks, parents across the country have been protesting against the arbitrary hikes in the already exorbitant fees of private …
Read MoreIndia Worried About Afghanistan-Pakistan Trade Deals
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan have shelved a raft of agreements that promised to more than triple cross-border trade, officials said, …
Read MoreBarriers to way Forward | Iftikhar Ahmad
Prime minister Nawaz Sharif will raise the issue of India’s fanning terrorism in Pakistan at the up-coming session of the …
Read MoreEnergy Sector Still in Disarray | Farhat Ali
It is now over two years that the government is struggling to define and structure a realistic roadmap to resolve …
Read MoreCountering Militancy: Taking the Battle to the Source | Zahid Hussain
The good news is that the scale of militant violence has come down significantly because of military operations in the …
Read MoreWater Wars: The Next Great Driver of Global Conflict?
As much as oil shaped the global geopolitics of the 20th century, water has the power to reorder international relations …
Read MorePakistan’s Security Imperatives | Mohsin Raza Malik
Once again, the National Command Authority (NCA), the apex policy-making body on strategic nuclear matters in Pakistan, has reaffirmed country’s …
Read MoreThe Conundrum of Private Education | Sahar Bandial
In recent weeks, parents in urban centres have picked up the slogan “No fee till low fee” to object to …
Read MorePakistan and USA: A Chequered Past | Nadeem M Qureshi
The relationship between the United States of America and Pakistan is not monolithic. It consists of three distinct strands each …
Read MorePakistan’s Taxing Problem | Abdul Majeed Abid
Soon after partition, a ticket collector was making the rounds of a train and asked one of the passengers to …
Read MoreNational Language | Saad Rasool
On 8th September, 2015, in the very final days of Chief Justice (Retd.) Jawwad S. Khawaja’s judicial tenure, the honorable …
Read MoreSecurity Challenges Facing Pakistan | Dr Muhammad Khan
Today, Pakistan is among the few countries, which simultaneously faces external and internal challenges to its very survival. Right from …
Read MoreGender Inequality | Huma Yusuf
IT is becoming increasingly difficult to discuss the challenges that Pakistani women face. After all, Pakistani women have won Nobel …
Read MoreProspects 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 MoreThe 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 MoreIndo-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 MoreWomen’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 MoreGood 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 …
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