Farewell To Arms? | Editorial
Pakistan has made it into the top ten of another list we can’t really say we are proud of. Pakistan …
Read MoreThe Literature Divide | Ayesha Siddiqa
Natural selection is history’s critical method to choose survivors. And yet, the outcome of the rigorous pruning process seems more …
Read MoreThe Literature Divide | Ayesha Siddiqa
Pakistan appears to be vying to be recognised as a normal country. Consequently, several literary festivals are held throughout the …
Read MoreCombating Extremism With Anthropology | Hamza Siddiq
Pakistan is no exception to the cancer of fractious and fanatical extremism. From unabated sectarian violence and the persecution of …
Read MoreA cliched narrative on education | Asad Palijo
Our society is not at peace with itself due to growing intolerance. From Khyber to Karachi, there is an unequivocal …
Read MoreGender Insight in Pakistan | Murtaza Talpur
In almost all institutions in Pakistan where women work they face different behaviours of discrimination. They are given less importance …
Read MoreContracting Global Trade | Dr Kamal Monnoo
And Pakistan’s fortunes A recent statement by the Commerce Minister that our exports are falling mainly due to the falling …
Read MoreReforming The Bureaucracy | Ayaz Ahmed
Bureaucracy is the primary administrative agency which impartially implements the government’s policies in a country. After the introduction of social …
Read MorePakistan: A Normal Nuclear Country |Reema Shaukat
In the late 1990s, when Pakistan was convincingly struggling to streamline its democratic identity through a political process, India detonated …
Read MoreThe Troubled Census
The last national census was in 1998 and we are now eight years overdue for another. A host of political …
Read MoreNational Security and Arms Build-up | Editorial
A country’s security and integrity depends more on its overall national policy than on the weapons at its disposal. There …
Read MorePakistan’s Syrian Dilemma | Mohammad Jamil
Apart from global and regional divisions, Pakistan has its own domestic concerns vis-Ã -vis the sectarian nature of the conflict in …
Read MoreIneptitude in CSS | Syed Saadat
THESE days the Civil Superior Services (CSS) exam is under way to select our future civil servants. Wouldn’t it be …
Read MoreA Test of Diplomacy | Mohammad Jamil
Our foreign policy has been susceptible to manipulation because of political and economic instability brought about by inept leadership and …
Read MoreEnergy Crisis — Auspicious Developments | Malik M Ashraf
In regards to surmounting energy crisis, two very significant developments have taken place recently. One is the much awaited and …
Read MoreThe Dynamics of Good Governance | Mian Fazal Ahmad
Governance is a pivotal tool to effectively deliver peace, harmony and welfare to the public at large. Governance is the …
Read MoreThe Politics of Education | Dr Shahid Siddiqui
The conservative paradigm of education believes in the fixity of knowledge and focuses on its transmission from one generation to …
Read MorePoverty in Pakistan: Numerous Efforts, Many Numbers, Not Enough Results
There are more beggars on the streets of Pakistan today, the streetÂmuggers are no more forgiving and extremism is on …
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