Foreign Policy & Middle East By Dr Muhammad Khan
THE foreign policy of Pakistan has been dynamic and farsighted right from its emergence as an independent state in 1947. …
Read MoreAfghan Peace Prospects By Maleeha Lodhi
WILL the peace process between Afghanistan’s warring parties be put at risk by the Pentagon’s recent announcement that more US …
Read MoreAddressing The Sino-Russian Challenge – Analysis By Richard Weitz and Hudson Institute
The Trump administration has described the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation as the most significant great-power challengers …
Read MoreUniversity Rankings and Education | Editorial
Whenever international bodies release higher education institutions’ rankings, one has to struggle to find the names of Pakistani universities among …
Read MoreUS-India Strategic Deal & Policy Options For Pakistan By Dr Mehmood-ul-Hassan Khan
DURING the US presidential election 2020, the US and India have signed a key defence deal which considered a foreign …
Read MoreFailure of Education | Editorial
THE educational institutions are closed because of Covid-19. The process of learning has to continue but the tools to ensure …
Read MoreAfghan Trade Agreement | Editorial
As part of the overall efforts to enhance ties with Afghanistan, negotiations on the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) have begun. …
Read MoreRocky Road Ahead For Biden On US–China Relations – Analysis By Zhiqun Zhu
Despite US President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede, the 2020 US presidential election is over and former vice president Joe …
Read MorePakistan’s Peaceful Uses Of Nuclear Energy – OpEd By Sher Bano
The development of Pakistan’s nuclear program in the early ’50s was primarily meant for peaceful purposes. Since then, Pakistan has …
Read MoreA Climate-First Foreign Policy By Steven Herz, Brendan Guy, and Jake Schmidt
President Donald Trump will hand the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden a daunting set of foreign policy challenges, including …
Read MorePakistan, China, Iran Geostrategic Cooperation By Prof Abdul Shakoor Shah
THE three regional giants, Pakistan, China and Iran with the three regional zones, South Asia, East Asia and the Middle …
Read MoreHalting UAE Visas | Editorial
IT appears that the Pakistani workforce in the UAE, along with labour from some other, mostly Muslim, countries, has become …
Read MoreBack to Virus Peak Times | Editorial
Though the world has seen the birth of a successful vaccine against coronavirus, and its distribution worldwide is a matter …
Read MoreComplex Regional Dynamics By Sikandar Noorani
PEACE loving quarters are deeply vexed over alarmingly rising violence in Afghanistan. Restoration of peace is not only a matter …
Read MoreUnchanged Interest Rate | Editorial
THE decision taken by the State Bank of Pakistan to continue an accommodative monetary policy by keeping its policy rate …
Read MorePak-US Relations and the Indian Factor By Durdana Najam
The relations between Pakistan and the US have remained enigmatic with the result that people call it a relationship of …
Read MoreRenewable Energy By Zehra Waheed
THE importance of Pakistan’s energy transition from traditional carbon-based sources to renewables cannot be overemphasised. As one of the countries …
Read MoreNeo-unipolar World Order By Khalid Chandio
Long ago the Greek philosopherHeraclitus had said: “There is nothing permanent except change.” A constant in world order still remains …
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