SCO: 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 …
Read MoreMore Relief in Budget | Editorial
MINISTER for Finance and Economic Affairs Miftah Ismail has not only successfully preserved the basic characteristics of the Federal Budget …
Read MoreConsolidating Higher Education By Muhammad Murtaza Noor
The recent annual report released by Human Rights Commission of Pakistan described the state of higher education in Pakistan in …
Read MoreThe Worsening Water Crisis | Editorial
THE almost drought-like situation in many parts of the country at the start of the Kharif sowing season is cause …
Read MoreA Charter For Education | Editorial
It has been a painfully slow process for representatives of key political parties to agree on a minimum reform agenda …
Read MorePakistan’s Credentials For NSG Membership By Hasan Ehtisham
The 48-member Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) was formed to prevent further nuclear proliferation when India diverted its Canadian-supplied nuclear technology …
Read MoreHow Sustainable are our Higher Education Institutes? By Ahad Nazir
The importance of public sector Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) for any country cannot be denied. In all the developed countries …
Read MorePakistan has Gone From Water Surplus to Water-Stressed By Junaid Zahid
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is a country facing depleting water resources mainly due to climate change and poor water resource management. Failure …
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