Austerity Against Education | Editorial
The government’s decision to cut the development budget of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) for the 2018-19 fiscal year by …
Read MoreThe Population Threat | Editorial
That women in Pakistan are given less importance is of no surprise. Prime Minister Imran Khan in his maiden speech …
Read More8th NFC and Myth of Fiscal Devolution By Zamir Ghumro
Fiscal policies of the federation have been at the root of economic crisis in Pakistan and there has been simmering …
Read MoreSignificance of Pak-Saudi Ties By Muhammad Asif
AFTER the 9/11, Saudi Arabia was blamed for promoting religious fundamentalism. No doubt, the Kingdom provided generous financial and material …
Read MoreA Looming Crisis | Editorial
The crisis in the power sector has impacted the output of the system by a great extent. The impact is …
Read MoreWater Priorities | Editorial
THE attention that Prime Minister Imran Khan is giving to water issues in the country is a refreshing break from …
Read MoreIndo-US Communications Compatibility And Security Agreement: Implications For Pakistan By Sonia Naz
The Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement (COMCASA) was signed after the US Defence Secretary James Mattis and Secretary of State …
Read MorePakistan UK Relations: Future Prospects By Sajjad Haider
As significant internationalist powers, but not superpowers, Pakistan and the United Kingdom have an interest in the preservation of an …
Read MoreThe Economic Challenge — Pakistan By Mirza Shahnawaz Agha
WITH the new government about to assume office and address a huge economic challenge, reflecting on the enormity from a …
Read MorePakistan at the UN | Editorial
As an institution the United Nations is widely perceived as being long past its sell-by date, but the world has …
Read MoreImran’s Successful Visits By Shahid M Amin
ALL reports suggest that Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visits to Saudi Arabia and UAE on September 18-19, 2018 were a …
Read MoreUniform Education? By Faisal Bari
THE prime minister has said that having a uniform education system, across the country, is a priority. And this has …
Read MoreReconstructing The Civil Service By Riaz Khan
Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah in his address to civil officers in Peshawar in April 1948, said “that Prime Ministers come …
Read MoreLocal Government Reform | Editorial
It is an uncontested fact that the third tier of democracy – the local government system – has been treated …
Read MorePakistan Again Elected as IAEA Member | Editorial
NUCLEAR safety and security, during last few decades, no doubt gained added impetus at the international level. Being a nuclear-armed …
Read MoreOvercoming Our Water Woes! By Khalid Saleem
Nature works in its own ways that man can hardly fathom. All of a sudden, citizens of this land of …
Read MoreCivil-Military Power Matrix By Zahid Hussain
SECURITY briefings for a newly elected prime minister may not be unprecedented, but the excitement over Imran Khan’s intensive parleys …
Read MoreWater For All | Editorial
The scarcity and impurity of the water resources in Pakistan are two of the most pressing issues for this country …
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