China-India Progress | Editorial
Setting an example China and India deserve credit for handling the fallout of last year’s eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation in the disputed …
Read MoreThe Budget: Tools For Economic Analysis By Iftikhar Ahmad
In almost every country in the world, budgetary policy is a well-recognised major tool for the development and stabilisation of …
Read MoreBlind to basic needs Huma Yusuf
GOVERNANCE. Is there a more boring word? Mention it and you seem didactic, academic, prosaic — a victim of development-speak. …
Read MorePakistan and its rural dilemma | Editorial
Poverty has remained Pakistan’s legacy and its quantum has deepened over the years. The country’s poverty crisis is largely concentrated …
Read MorePakistan heading towards sustainable democracy By Shahid Javed Burki
If there are no surprises between now and the coming summer, it appears that Pakistan is well on the way …
Read MoreCPEC — challenges and solutions By Sadruddin
Gilgit-Baltistan is home to over 50 mountain peaks above 7,000 metres and three of the world’s largest glaciers that are …
Read MoreAmnesty schemes and tax reform: where is the twist By Hassan Yousaf Shah
The economic debt trap which we face is something more than real. It is huge, external debt crossing $89 billion, …
Read MoreWomen in politics By Shazia Nizamani
IN most countries, including ours, women are given token representation in political parties and institutions eager to appear progressive, while …
Read MoreSovereignty is the issue By Moonis Ahmar
Pakistan’s gradual assertion of sovereignty amidst deep rooted dependence on foreign loans and aid got noticeable on April 5 when …
Read MoreAnalysing current American geo-strategy By Zahid Mehmood Zahid
It is safe to say that no country is more distressed by today’s dynamic global landscape and the tectonic shift …
Read MoreWhither ill-starred SAARC By Khalid Saleem
News from New Delhi has it that India is dropping broad hints of its intention to ‘sabotage’ the already postponed …
Read MoreRationalising the affairs of state By Talat Masood
Pakistan inherited weak political institutions from its inception and since then there have been meagre attempts at strengthening it. Besides, …
Read MoreAre you ready to become a welfare state By Sarah Ahmed
President Abraham Lincoln defined democracy in these words: “It is the government of the people, for the people, by the …
Read MoreElectoral Reforms: The only way forward for sustainable ‘Peace & Governance’ By Kanwar Dilshad
Since its inception in 1947, Pakistan has endured tremendous suffering at the hands of inefficient and ineffective governance, which has, …
Read MoreWhat is wrong with preliminary delimitation By Sarwar Bari
Like the provisional census results, the preliminary delimitation has also triggered a huge controversy. Strangely all this is happening when …
Read MoreBack on the same bridge By M Ziauddin
Pakistan, in a way, had played the bridge for the US to reach out to China for its first-ever highest …
Read MoreEmpire strikes back By Munir Akram
IN a little over a year, US President Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ posture has been translated into an extensive and …
Read MorePakistan’s new old foreign policy By Shahzaib Khan
Everything you need to know about the undeniable and drastic shift in Pakistan’s current foreign policy you can find out …
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