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The world of Islam is not a homogenous place, not even in the way religion is practised in its many …
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Encyclopedia Britannica defines Geopolitics as, “analysis of the geographic influences on power relationships in international relations.” Traditionally, the geo-political importance …
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THE United Nations is etched into Pakistan’s memory and psyche because of the Jammu and Kashmir issue. In January 1948, …
Read MoreKashmir Conflict & Indo-Pak Ties | Ali Ashraf Khan
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Read MoreIAEA praises Pakistan’s nuclear security record
ISLAMABAD: Director General (DG) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano praised Pakistan’s impressive nuclear security record spanning over four …
Read MoreSCO Membership – A Potential Trump Card for Pakistan | Zafar Bhutta
ISLAMABAD: The process of granting Pakistan full membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) got under way in Ufa during …
Read MorePakistan Extending Training and Technical Support to Developing Countries: PM
NEW YORK: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif while addressing a high-level roundtable on South-South Cooperation at the United Nations (UN) on …
Read MoreEducation and Propaganda | Dr Raza Khan
Education is one of the most potent forces in any society that can change it for the better; it is …
Read MoreSouth-South Cooperation | Masood Khan
The United Nations defines South-South cooperation as a broad framework for collaboration among countries of the South in the political, …
Read MoreNPT Rules | Lawrence Wittner
When all is said and done, what the recently-approved Iran nuclear agreement is all about is ensuring that Iran honours …
Read MoreSovereignty Matters Most | Iftikhar Ahmad
Militant’s attack on Pakistan Air Force camp near Peshawar that killed 29 people is a reminder to the world community …
Read MoreBroken Countries and Breaking Systems | Shahid Javed Burki
Change is always hard to manage. That is the case when it happens quickly and unexpectedly. That is also the …
Read MoreView From Abroad: Mowing the Grass With Drones | Irfan Husain
WITH so much going on in the world, two recent events went largely unnoticed: Pakistan’s use of an indigenously manufactured …
Read MoreNew vistas in Foreign Policy | Afzal Hussain
On September 15, 2015, the breaking news was “Pakistan military band enthralls Moscow”. A 78-member Pakistan Tri-Services Military band enthralled …
Read MoreBarriers to way Forward | Iftikhar Ahmad
Prime minister Nawaz Sharif will raise the issue of India’s fanning terrorism in Pakistan at the up-coming session of the …
Read MoreWater Wars: The Next Great Driver of Global Conflict?
As much as oil shaped the global geopolitics of the 20th century, water has the power to reorder international relations …
Read MoreSecurity Challenges Facing Pakistan | Dr Muhammad Khan
Today, Pakistan is among the few countries, which simultaneously faces external and internal challenges to its very survival. Right from …
Read MorePoverty in Nuclear South Asia
Roughly 45 years after the India-Pakistan competition spread to the nuclear domain, the National Command Authority of Pakistan, the apex …
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