Geo-Strategic Aspects of Naval Bases in Indian Ocean By Kamran Hashmi
THE Indian Ocean is the third-largest ocean and most of it is in the Southern Hemisphere. The Indian Ocean, which …
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Is the NFC Award Sustainable? By Farrukh Saleem
How should revenues be distributed between the Federation and the Provinces? Consideration number 1: We need a financially functional federal …
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Fifth Wave | Editorial
As the tally reaches 7678 in the last 24 hours, Pakistan is reporting the highest number of Covid-19 cases since …
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Dwindling SAARC | Editorial
Pakistan and India blame each other for the failure of the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC). But the …
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Updating the Economy | Editorial
THE long-overdue rebasing of our GDP has boosted the economy’s size through improvements in the coverage area of economic activities. …
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Biden’s Focus Will Soon Fall Firmly On Foreign Policy – OpEd By Andrew Hammond
One of soccer’s biggest cliches is that it is a “game of two halves.” This sporting platitude also provides a …
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Evolving an SME Economy | Editorial
In an earnest endeavour to expand growth, the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) policy is a step in the right …
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Is Education a Priority? By Faisal Bari
THE chairperson of the Higher Education Commission (HEC), Dr Tariq Banuri, was removed through an ordinance in March 2021. He …
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India’s Myopic Foreign Policy By Amjed Jaaved
In a joint statement, the UN Security Council’s five permanent members (the P5) said a nuclear war cannot be won …
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How to Prevent COVID’s Next Comeback By Esther Duflo
During the first year of the pandemic, most people believed the world had a shot at eradicating COVID-19. Now, it’s …
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Role of Nuclear Power in Climate Change Mitigation By Hafiz Abdul Nasir
THE effects of environmental and climate change are turning out to be progressively dangerous, what was a “what if scenario” …
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Why Putin’s Post-Soviet World Remains a Work in Progres? By Dr. James Dorsey
Russian civilisational is proving handy as President Vladimir Putin seeks to expand the imaginary boundaries of his Russian World, whose …
Read MorePakistan’s Strategic Construct — Some Thoughts By Inam Ul Haque
Powerful countries like the US, China and Russia have what military theorists call a ‘Grand Strategy’ and ‘other’ strategies including …
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Rebuilding The World Order – Analysis By Emil Avdaliani
Many in the West believe China’s economic ascendancy indicates that Beijing is covertly working to usher in a new world …
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Pakistan’s Geo-Economic Challenge By Dr Qaisar Rashid
Stemming from geostrategic placement, geopolitics kept on dictating its terms to Pakistan, which has finally realized that it is lagging …
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UAE Targeted | Editorial
MONDAY’S deadly drone strikes by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeting the UAE, and subsequent retaliatory attacks on Sana’a by the Saudi-led …
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Significance And Challenges For Second Stage Of CPEC | By Iram Zahid
The second stage of CPEC emphasizes industrialization, agriculture, modernization, information technology, employment opportunities and socio-economic growth. There are eleven Special …
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Improved Relations | Editorial
If PM Imran Khan’s telephone call with President Vladimir Putin signifies anything, it is that relations between Pakistan and Russia …
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