Regional Trade | Editorial
PAKISTAN’S exports to regional countries — including South Asian nations, Iran and China — have plunged by a hefty 22pc …
Read MoreChallenging Roadmap to Peace By Maleeha Lodhi
THE Biden administration has launched its first diplomatic initiative to accelerate the Afghan peace process even as it continues its …
Read MoreAmerica’s Indo-Pacific Folly By Van Jackson
Adding New Commitments in Asia Will Only Invite Disaster On his first phone call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping after …
Read MoreAfghan’s Case For Peace | Editorial
The pressure on the Biden administration to withdraw all US forces from Afghanistan as per a May 1 deadline does …
Read MoreWashington to Further Strengthen Partnership With Pakistan: Biden
ISLAMABAD: US President Joe Biden on Tuesday underscored that Washington will further strengthen partnership with Pakistan. In a letter written …
Read MorePakistan Day | Editorial
As Pakistan wakes up to celebrate the 81st anniversary of the Lahore resolution, it is important to take stock of …
Read MoreUnfinished Agenda of Jinnah’s Pakistan By Malik Tariq Ali
MUSLIM League was established as a political party at Dacca in 1906, at a meeting headed by Nawab Waqar-ul-Mulk and …
Read MoreThe SAARC Story By Khalid Saleem
THERE was a time when things were moving fastin this region of ours. SAARC was an organisation that had the …
Read MoreDeteriorating Relations | Editorial
With President Biden’s inauguration to the presidential office, there was hope for fostering a renewed friendship with China after Trump’s …
Read MoreIMF Deadlines | Editorial
With an IMF deadline looming before it, the government is in a rush to complete the necessary obligations imposed on …
Read MoreStrategic Shift in Pakistan’s Foreign Policy By Kamran Yousaf
When the PTI government came to power in August 2018, Pakistan had to reach out to its friends in the …
Read MoreMonetary Policy | Editorial
THE State Bank’s decision to keep an easy monetary policy in place is a clear sign that it doesn’t want …
Read MoreMoscow Talks | Editorial
AS the May 1 deadline for America to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan draws close, efforts are afoot to speed …
Read More‘Tough’ US-China Talks Signal Rocky Start to Relations Under Biden
US and Chinese officials concluded on Friday what Washington called “tough and direct” talks in Alaska, which laid bare the …
Read MoreKashmir and the Role of the USA By Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai
The Kashmir question is one of the oldest unresolved international problems in the world. The experience of nearly seven decades …
Read MoreHigher Education in Peril | Editorial
Before the Britishers arrived, the sub-continent was a thriving intellectual region. Even though education was perpetuated through religious institutions — …
Read MoreTalks With India | Editorial
Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa both recently made very public overtures to …
Read MoreThe World Still Needs the UN By Suzanne Nossel
Imagine a system of global governance fit for the twenty-first century. All nations would be bound to codified precepts restraining …
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