Pakistan: No Democracy, Only Autocracy | Ejaz Hussain
The debate on democracy and democratisation in Pakistan is as old as the country. The majority of the existing literature …
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Read MoreN.Korea Follows Indo-Pakistan Down the Nuclear Gutter | Pervez Hoodbhoy
America is fuming, South Korea and Japan are terrified, Russia is worried, and China is miffed. North Korea’s podgy pudding-and-pie …
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FOR too long now, economic orthodoxy has focused on macroeconomic fundamentals to assess the health of an economy. So when …
Read MoreQuadrilateral Peace Talks on Afghanistan | Akbar Jan Marwat
The matter of peace talks between the Afghan government and representatives of the Afghan Taliban is so essential that efforts …
Read MoreLiving Under the Shadow of Terrorism
Both civilian and military agencies agree that despite a significant decline in terrorist attacks the threat of terrorism still looms …
Read MoreRising Terrorism in the World | Shaheera Syed
Over the last several years, it appeared that Pakistan was moving back to the Stone Age where people lived in …
Read MoreRising Terrorism in the World | Shaheera Syed
Carlotta Gall in her recent article in The New York Times, ‘Pakistan’s Hand in the Rise of International Jihad’ wrote …
Read MoreHoly Quran & Expansion of Universe | Harun Yahya
IN 1929, in the California Mount Wilson observatory, an American astronomer by the name of Edwin Hubble made one of …
Read MoreOur Full Spectrum Nuclear Deterrence Regime | Gen Mirza Aslam Beg
PAKISTAN decided to correct the ‘balance of terror’, disturbed by India, by exploding the atomic device in 1994. It required …
Read MoreNuclear Power In Middle East: Strategic And Economic Significance – Analysis | Giancarlo Elia
If we look at the latest data, the OPEC countries – or anyway the Middle East countries – are those …
Read MoreNATO Needs a new Strategy | Harlan Ullman
Make no mistake: Russian President Vladimir Putin is running rings around NATO and the west. His seizure of Crimea and …
Read MoreTaliban and the Quartet | Talat Masood
The success of the quartet’s — Afghanistan, Pakistan, the US and China — efforts in the reconciliation process will largely …
Read MoreHow ISIS Surge in Libya Raises Stakes | Ali Imran
The raging ISIS storm in Libya — torn along tribal lines and beset with political chaos — has heightened the …
Read MoreAfghan Peace Process | Iftikhar Ahmad
The representatives of Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and the United States-the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) members, adopted a roadmap stipulating the …
Read MoreInvest in Education | Dr Atta-ur-Rahman
The four pillars of progress are: high quality education; science & Technology; innovation and entrepreneurship; and a governance system that …
Read MoreThen, How can you Handle Pakistan? | Mosharraf Zaidi
When the history books are written on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, it seems certain that one of the things his …
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