The Cost of National Security | Afiya Shehrbano
udging by our media, we must be the most insecure country in the world. On a daily basis, there is …
Read MoreNational Debt: Facts From Fiction? | Dr Kamal Monnoo
Last week at a CPEC road network’s inaugural ceremony in Baluchistan, the finance minister in his address was visibly angry …
Read MorePakistan Should Play a Positive Role | Pak Observer Editorial
SOME media reports indicate that Pakistan has decided to remain neutral over Saudi-Iranian diplomatic row in view of closeness of …
Read MoreReforming the Civil Service | Express Tribune Editorial
The government has finalised a civil service reforms package that, on the face of it, lacks material changes in the …
Read MorePakistan Needs Socialism | Salman Al
Pakistan’s problems can be addressed only by bringing together all progressive, anti-imperialist, anti-establishment, secular political forces so as to embark …
Read MoreReclaiming Human Rights | Adan Abid
The comprehensive scheme of civil, political, economic and social rights that underlie the aspirations of the modern human rights movement …
Read MoreCPEC: The Case for the Western Route | Hurmat Ali Shah
Pakistan is supposed to be a federation, where the federating units should have judicious share of national resources. Developmental projects …
Read MoreThe Way Forward | Syed Saadat
AROUND the world, technology has taken governance to new levels, but the bureaucracy in Pakistan is constricted to writing on …
Read MoreFederation in Controlled Democracy | Afrasiab Khattak
In 2013, despite facing many challenges, Pakistani democrats celebrated the first ever completion of full constitutional term by the elected …
Read MoreReforming Pakistan’s Bureaucracy | Kulsume Hai
Red tapism, proffering bribes to speed up work, dealing with babus, sending officials countless reminders, inhospitable environments, the inability to …
Read MoreA Nation Grows When it Reads | Muhammad Omar Iftikhar
For the masses here reading is boring. This shows the collective mindset of a nation because reading requires patience; it …
Read MoreDemocratising Pakistan? | Dr Ejaz Hussain
This last part of the article will explain the post-1985 (democratisation that engulfed electoral politics in the 1990s and 2000s. …
Read MoreCan South Asia Make Nice in 2016? | Muhammad Akbar Notezai
Early this month, the fifth Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process Summit was opened by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Afghan President …
Read MoreFrom Bhutto to Zia to Musharraf, ‘No Apologies’ Should be Our National Motto | Akhtar
The All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) denies that former military ruler Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf offered an apology over the …
Read MoreISIS, Terrorism and Global Security | Changezi Sandhu
TERRORISM is a despicable activity that has tormented the world for many decades with the purpose of spreading panic and …
Read MoreIt’s Quite Possible to Contain Corruption | M Ziauddin
Market economy in its crassest form and democracy in its formative stages is a deadly combination. Among other side-effects, this …
Read MoreWho is Looking After Pak-Saudi Relations? | Pakistan Today Editorial
If anyone When asked about Prince Mohammad bin Salman’s announcement regarding Pakistan being a part of the Pakistan-led 34-nation military …
Read MoreRevamping civil service | Shaheera Syed
A critical element for a strong administrative structure is an effective and responsive civil service. Pakistan’s administrative structure has many …
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