Economic Vulnerabilities | Editorial
Debt time bomb Whatever the outgoing government has achieved on the economic front, or otherwise, it has done so on …
Read MoreTwenty Years of S Asian Nuclearisation By Moonis Ahmar
In May 1998, India and Pakistan tested their nuclear devices which plunged South Asia into a relentless nuclear arms race. …
Read MoreTwists, Turns of Pak-America Relations By Salahuddin Haider
TWISTS and turns have been the principal characteristics of ties between Islamabad and Washington, which in earlier days of our …
Read MorePower Breakdown Yet Again | Editorial
THE latest near-countrywide power breakdown happened at exactly the same place where multiple such events have already occurred over the …
Read MoreFighting Inequality In Asia And The Pacific – OpEd By Shamshad Akhtar
Inequality is increasing in Asia and the Pacific. Our region’s remarkable economic success story belies a widening gap between rich …
Read MoreChina’s Role in a Changing SCO By Muhammad Asif Noor
The forthcoming summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is scheduled to be held in June in China’s province Qingdao. …
Read MoreShaping change By Jim Yong Kim
BEFORE 1800, nearly everyone on the planet was poor. Royalty and large landowners were a small minority, and wealth was …
Read MoreClimate Change: A Serious Threat to Pakistan By Baba Faiz
Climate change is one of the biggest problems the whole world is collectively facing. Not only small and developing countries …
Read MoreMore Relief in Budget | Editorial
MINISTER for Finance and Economic Affairs Miftah Ismail has not only successfully preserved the basic characteristics of the Federal Budget …
Read MoreConsolidating Higher Education By Muhammad Murtaza Noor
The recent annual report released by Human Rights Commission of Pakistan described the state of higher education in Pakistan in …
Read MoreModi-Xi Wuhan Summit: A Critical Analysis of Competition and Co-operation By Asma Khalid
Peoples Republic of China and India are known as the two most populated states of the globe. Both nations have …
Read MoreThe Worsening Water Crisis | Editorial
THE almost drought-like situation in many parts of the country at the start of the Kharif sowing season is cause …
Read MorePak-Afghan Plan | Editorial
SEEMINGLY against the odds, the Afghanistan-Pakistan Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity has moved from a conceptual framework for bilateral …
Read MoreEU Launches Economic Plan in bid to Salvage Iran Nuclear Deal
The European Union on Tuesday launched work on a nine-point economic plan to keep the Iran nuclear deal alive after …
Read MoreCarnage in Gaza By Zahid Hussain
IT was the massacre of unarmed Palestinians, and not the celebrations of the relocation of the US embassy to Jerusalem, …
Read MoreA Charter For Education | Editorial
It has been a painfully slow process for representatives of key political parties to agree on a minimum reform agenda …
Read MorePakistan’s Credentials For NSG Membership By Hasan Ehtisham
The 48-member Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) was formed to prevent further nuclear proliferation when India diverted its Canadian-supplied nuclear technology …
Read MoreContradictions in Pakistan-US Relations By Talat Masood
Pakistan-US relations continue to face one challenge after another. The latest episode that further vitiated the relationship was the result …
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