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In 2013, despite facing many challenges, Pakistani democrats celebrated the first ever completion of full constitutional term by the elected …
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Red tapism, proffering bribes to speed up work, dealing with babus, sending officials countless reminders, inhospitable environments, the inability to …
Read MoreA Nation Grows When it Reads | Muhammad Omar Iftikhar
For the masses here reading is boring. This shows the collective mindset of a nation because reading requires patience; it …
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Russia accuses NATO of violations of the norms of international law Russian President Vladimir Putin considers the aggressive expansion of …
Read MoreThe Construction of Politics | Rizwan Asghar
What is a threat? When does a threat become really threatening? And why do some threats take precedence over others …
Read MoreHow Modi’s Hard Line on Pakistan Unravelled | Hasan Suroor
Acrucial test of the success or failure of India’s foreign policies under any government, regardless of its political complexion, has …
Read MoreDemocratising Pakistan? | Dr Ejaz Hussain
This last part of the article will explain the post-1985 (democratisation that engulfed electoral politics in the 1990s and 2000s. …
Read MoreThe Anti-Terror Treatment | Salman Tarik Kureshi
According to a news item, a Daesh (Islamic State or IS) cell has been discoveredin, of all places, the well-heeled, …
Read MoreAmerican Muslims ‘Trumped’ | Syed Mansoor Hussain
Whatever might happen in the US’ politics this year, the year that just went by will be remembered as the …
Read MoreFailure of Governance in Pakistan | Ali Malik Tariq
Power, acquired through ballot or bullet, when misused to thwart rule of law leads to institutional and economic collapse, rise …
Read MoreWoman Empowerment – The Solution | Amna Malik
Father of the nation Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah once said: “No Nation can rise to the height of glory unless …
Read MoreLiteracy in Today’s World | Maira Saleem, Maham Malik
The importance of literacy in the world today cannot be emphasized enough where new technologies are emerging from nowhere to …
Read MoreA New World Order | Farrukh Khan Pitafi
The racist subtext of many political speeches and the growing obduracy of terrorist attacks lead you to think that civilisation …
Read MorePakistan’s Middle East Problem | Fahd Humayun | Foreign Policy
For decades, Pakistan’s approach to the Middle East has been shaped by two competing heritages: religious and post-colonial. But the …
Read MoreIran, Hezbollah and Russia: the real coalition | Ayaz Amir
Daesh or the Islamic State is the most extreme form of Salafist Islam, so toxic that it makes the Taliban …
Read MoreWho runs Pakistan? | Aasim Sajjad Akhtar
IT is hard not to sit up and take notice of the chief of army staff’s current preoccupations in America. …
Read MoreNuclear Discrimination | Malik Muhammad Ashraf
Why Pakistan does not want to sign NPT Proliferation of nuclear weapons is rightly a cause of concern and there …
Read MoreTime to say Goodbye to IMF? | Rashid Amjad
Economics is often described as a dismal science. So, when you read that the Pakistan economy — after eight years …
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