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 MoreWorld 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 MoreIn 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 MoreRenewing 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 MoreThe 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 MoreBridging 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 MoreGalvanise 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 MorePossibility 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 MoreConstitutionalisation of Democracy | Iftikhar Ahmad
The founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah believed in constitutionalism, the doctrine that states that the power to govern should …
Read MoreNational Unity And Security | Dr Muhammad Khan
In July 1942, an American press representative asked Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, “whether the Muslims were a nation or not”. …
Read MoreOptimism And Economics
Due to the strong relationship that Pakistan has with China, the economic crisis in China is raising alarms in Pakistani …
Read MoreOpportunity Beckons | Ali Tahir
PAKISTAN is ranked sixth amongst the most populous countries of the world. If it continues to add more people at …
Read MoreGuardian of National Frontiers | Zubair Fakhar
Guardian of National Frontiers | Zubair Fakhar3 million Afghan refugees,bear the brunt of sectarian and anti-state terrorism, suffer economic sanctions …
Read MoreView From Abroad: Limits of Zionist Influence in the US | Irfan Husain
WHEN King Salman of Saudi Arabia was in Washington last week at President Obama’s invitation, the nuclear deal with Iran …
Read MorePakistan’s Liberal Future | Farrukh Khan Pitafi
There seems to be a national consensus on the futility of the liberals as a class. Somehow, it has been …
Read MoreA Response to American Claims | Muhammad Umar
According to “A Normal Nuclear Pakistan”, a recent report co-authored by Michael Krepon and Toby Dalton published by The Stimson …
Read MoreAll is not Well With our Education
MINISTER of State for Education Engineer Balighur Rehman, who is otherwise a visionary and hardworking man, has frankly admitted that …
Read MoreRefugee Crisis: A tragic abdication | Abbas Nasir
THERE can be no doubt that the media plays a key role in disseminating information that influences opinions in societies, …
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