Defusing Saudi-Iran Tension | Dr Muhammad Khan
It is a very welcoming decision of Pakistan that, Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and Army Chief; General Raheel …
Read MoreWhat has the IMF Programme Achieved? | Khurram Husain
IN a recent conference call with journalists, the Fund’s mission chief for Pakistan was asked what the ongoing programme has …
Read MorePakistan and the Saudi Coalition | Nasim Zehra
Pakistan’s foreign policy managers, including the prime minister, the advisor on foreign policy, the foreign secretary and indeed the spokesperson, …
Read MoreIdeology is Dead? | Aasim Sajjad Akhtar
THE 20th century gets a lot of bad press, and rightly so. In its first half inter-imperialist rivalries culminated in …
Read MoreForeign Policy Trials | I.A. Rehman
AS if the task of saving the Nawaz-Modi initiative from being derailed was not challenging enough, Saudi Arabia’s aggressive drive …
Read MorePak-Russia Relations: Certain Realities | Dr Qaisar Rashid
Immediately after 1991, Russia started extending the hand of friendship to Pakistan to which Pakistan remained sceptical. In the meantime, …
Read MorePakistan and the Saudi Coalition | Nasim Zehra
Pakistan’s foreign policy managers, including the prime minister, the advisor on foreign policy, the foreign secretary and indeed the spokesperson, …
Read MoreDeveloping Rural Pakistan | Dr Habib Gul
RURAL development is the uprising the living standard of the farmers, miners and the poor and all those living in …
Read MorePakistan’s Balancing Act | Najma Minhas
The past week has seen both the Saudi Arabian foreign minister and defense ministers visiting Pakistan. As the second largest …
Read MorePresident Obama’s Asia Pivot Approach | Shahid Javed Burki
The continent towards which President Barack Obama hoped to pivot the US was very different at the beginning of his …
Read MoreEconomic Prospects for 2016
In its latest report, Global Economic Prospects 2016, the World Bank has warned of threats to developing economies, highlighting that …
Read MoreDeception of Nuclear ‘no first use’ | Hasan Ehtisham and Ahsan Ali Zahid
Nuclear deterrence can only be established when there is considerable threat of nuclear escalation during any crisis Sandy Berger would …
Read MorePakistan’s Reconstructive Surgery | Farrukh Khan Pitafi
Silent. Decaying. Smouldering. Hurting without much noise. That is how most South Asians spend their mortal lives. When it becomes …
Read MorePolitical Economy of Taxation | Sakib Sherani
IF a second marriage is dubbed a “triumph of hope over experience”, what should an eighth tax amnesty scheme be …
Read MoreThe US Shouldn’t Take Sides in Ksa-Iran Tension | Fareed Zakaria
Over the past two decades, the United States has approached the Middle East through its own conceptual frameworks: dictatorships vs …
Read MoreGood Governance and its Digital Dividend | Tariq Malik
Good governance is a hot topic in Pakistan these days. Can a fragile state deliver good governance? Ranked eleventh on …
Read MoreHow Not to Make CPEC Controversial
implementation of the CPEC as before. Chief Minister Khattak told media he was dissatisfied with answers to the 13 questions …
Read MoreUndermining National Interests | Malik Muhammad Ashraf
Chief Minister KP Pervez Khattak, of late, has been trying to foment political controversy about implementation of CPEC, particularly the …
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