Valued-Added Exports | Editorial
According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), our exports for December 2020 surpassed the 2019 figure. More importantly, the …
Read MoreIndo-US Relations Under Biden By Inam Ul Haque
When I penned “Joe Biden, South Asia and Pak-US Ties”, printed on November 26, 2020, in this space, the administration …
Read MoreSBP Report | Editorial
NEXT to the World Bank’s forecast on economic expansion in Pakistan during the present fiscal year, the State Bank’s growth …
Read MoreInside Spoilers & Afghan Peace Process By Reema Shaukat
PAKISTAN has always supported Afghan-led, Afghan-owned peace process while extending its all-out political and moral support to Afghanistan. Last year …
Read MoreKashmir Dispute — A Stark Proof of UN Failure By Muhammad Raza Malik
THE people of India illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir have been facing the worst kind of Indian state terrorism for …
Read MoreNegotiations For Peace | Editorial
The United States has been at war in Afghanistan for more than two decades now—men who had been stationed in …
Read MoreJourney to Freedom and Pakistan By Iftikhar Ahmad
In the middle of the Night, in dimly hazy Light, I was gently pushed around, on a very fast flight, …
Read MoreOpening Borders | Editorial
The world saw significant development on the evening of January 4 after the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ended Qatar’s blockade. …
Read MoreTrump’s Final Foreign-Policy Report Card By Stephen M. Walt
A lifetime ago—January 2017—I sat down to assess outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama’s foreign-policy performance. Obama inherited a global financial …
Read MoreEurope Has Handed China a Strategic Victory By Gideon Rachman
Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, says she wants to lead a “geopolitical commission”. But Ms …
Read MoreWhat Economic Experts Are Certain Of About 2021: More Global Uncertainty – Analysis By Frank Kane
The year just gone was the Great Accelerator. This time last year, the experts were predicting a slight downturn in …
Read MoreReopening Schools | Editorial
In a meeting conducted by education ministers in the country, it has been decided that all educational institutes will be …
Read MoreThe Destiny of Brexit By Khurram Mateen
Britain has finally reclaimed its ‘sovereignty’ and regained control of its ‘destiny’ – the much-touted objective of Brexit – ending …
Read MoreMatter of Reopening Schools | Editorial
Federal and provincial education ministers are set to put their heads together once again and decide what to do about …
Read MoreCircular Debt | Editorial
THE government’s plan to settle the outstanding dues of IPPs amounting to Rs450bn in three tranches is only the first …
Read MoreReciprocal Ties | Editorial
Political disagreements in the past between Afghanistan and Pakistan have affected bilateral trade activities the most. While the cross-border exchange …
Read MoreGlobal Reset and the New World Order
Just one year ago, in the first few days of January 2020, no one could have predicted or imagined that …
Read MorePakistan’s New Year Foreign Policy Challenges By Kamran Yousaf
Year 2020 was tumultuous, to say the least, for Pakistan on the foreign policy front. Not just relationship with India …
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