Population Crisis | Editorial
THE perils of a runaway population are well known. Pakistan, with 208m people at last count, is often described as …
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Educating Pakistan By Sophiya Rafi
Real education is not tangible and results from investment and work done now can only be accurately measured twenty years …
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Asia-Pacific: The Precursors of a Coming War By Muhammad Ali Baig
What were the intervening variables which drove the United States to transfer a large chunk of its military forces from …
Read MoreHow to Save Globalization By Kenneth F. Scheve and Matthew J. Slaughter
We live in a time of protectionist backlash. U.S. President Donald Trump has started a trade war with China, upended …
Read MoreNuclear Weapons Don’t Matter By John Mueller
The unleashed power of the atom,” Albert Einstein wrote in 1946, “has changed everything save our modes of thinking, and …
Read MoreThe Crisis of Higher Education | Editorial
It has been four decades now since the ban on students unions, and we’re in the second decade of the …
Read MorePakistan’s Membership in the IAEA Board of Governors, A Major Diplomatic Achievement? By Sonia Naz
Pakistan was once again elected as a member of the IAEA Board of Governors (BoG) for the next two years …
Read MoreThe China Connection Between Pakistan and Afghanistan By Moneeb Ahmad Barlas
Last year China hosted the first China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers’ Dialogue. “As a good friend of Afghanistan and Pakistan, China is …
Read MoreIMF & Policy Options By Dr Kamal Monnoo
The uncertainty and the self-destruct mode of the present policymakers are basically the two main factors taking Pakistan’s economy down. …
Read MorePrivatisation | Editorial
The plea of the stakeholders of the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) to Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan to hold off …
Read MoreImportance of SCO for Pakistan By Malik Ashraf
FOREIGN Minister of Pakistan Shah Mahmood Qureshi who represented the Prime Minister at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in …
Read MoreReforming Our Civil Justice By Mohsin Raza Malik
Addressing a seminar organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association in Lahore last week, Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib …
Read MoreUS-Iran Confrontation & Regional Stability By Tariq Niaz Bhatti
FRESH US sanctions against Iran are due on Nov 04 as part of its withdrawal package from JCPOA or Iran …
Read MoreUS-China Relations: A Dilemma For Islamabad By Shahid Javed Burki
Navigating the rough waters created by the growing American hostility towards China is a challenge for the regime headed by …
Read MoreUN Role in Kashmir By Muhammad Khan
The principle of self-determination is prominently embodied in Article I of the UN Charter, explaining that, “All peoples have the …
Read MoreForeign Remittances | Editorial
The new government is heavily relying on foreign remittances to bridge the gap in the ailing economy. It is great …
Read MoreUS-Taliban Talks | Editorial
A PUBLICLY acknowledged meeting between a US envoy and the Afghan Taliban is perhaps another sign that the US is, …
Read MoreResisting Arms Race! | Editorial
PAKISTAN Foreign Office said on Thursday that the country was against arms race in the region, an apparent reference to …
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