The Fata Merger | Editorial
With the passage of a constitutional amendment merging Fata with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the National Assembly, the PML-N government has …
Read MoreHosting SCO | Editorial
Pakistan has come a long way in just one year. For 12 months after being formally admitted into the Shanghai …
Read MoreThe Academia and Policy Making By Waqas Iqbal
Policy making processes have undergone numerous evolutionary changes since the concept of international relations (IR) came into being after World …
Read MoreIs the UNSC a Peace-Promoting Entity By Malik Muhammad Ashraf
The discourse of Dr Maleeha Lodhi –the permanent representative of Pakistan to United Nations (UN)– in the United Nations Security …
Read MoreA Flawed Fiscal Policy By Shahzad Tahir
The financial year 2018-19 began with an unprecedented move when an unelected finance minister presented the incumbent government’s sixth full-year …
Read MoreStrengthening The Economy By Mirza Shahnawaz Agha
Natural Resources and Human Resources are the two factors of strength for any economy. Whilst natural resources are a provision …
Read MoreCommodity Composition of Foreign Trade By Yusuf H. Shirazi
With important structural changes in Pakistan’s economy, the commodity composition of the country’s imports, as well as exports, has transformed. …
Read MoreSCO: Ensuring Regional Peace and Connectivity By Saadat Hassan Bilal
The forthcoming Qingdao summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is likely to endorse a five-year framework for the implementation of …
Read MoreFocus on Quality Education | Editorial
PRIME Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi inaugurated on Monday another milestone programme of PML (N) government in education sector — new …
Read MoreA History of Pakistan’s Interim Governments By Dr Ejaz Hussain
Pakistan did not experience an interim government — particularly an interim prime minster — in much of its early to …
Read MoreSustainable Economic Growth By Salman Ahmed Shaikh
ECONOMIC growth is all set to touch 6 percent mark for the current fiscal year, but sustaining high economic growth …
Read MoreElections Around The World in 2018 By Mohsin Saleemullah
This year many countries in Asia, Middle East, Europe and Latin America will be testing the popularity of their political …
Read MoreEducation on the backbench By Shabana Mahfooz
The issue of increase in tuition fees by private schools is not new and has been debated upon much in …
Read MoreLeadership and population planning By Iftikhar Ahmad
“Stunning elections win. Congratulations Prime Minister again, Dr Mahathir Mohammad. A great Struggle and Resolve to win. You were a …
Read MoreEconomic Vulnerabilities | Editorial
Debt time bomb Whatever the outgoing government has achieved on the economic front, or otherwise, it has done so on …
Read MorePower Breakdown Yet Again | Editorial
THE latest near-countrywide power breakdown happened at exactly the same place where multiple such events have already occurred over the …
Read MoreShaping change By Jim Yong Kim
BEFORE 1800, nearly everyone on the planet was poor. Royalty and large landowners were a small minority, and wealth was …
Read MoreClimate Change: A Serious Threat to Pakistan By Baba Faiz
Climate change is one of the biggest problems the whole world is collectively facing. Not only small and developing countries …
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