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 MoreChina’s ‘Informationised Warfare’: Impact on the Region – Analysis | Richard A. Bitzinger
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has undertaken many significant reforms in recent months to better fight and win “informationised wars”. …
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 MoreNuclear Restraint Potential | Editorial
THE National Command Authority, the apex nuclear body in the country, met on Wednesday and, among now-standard reiterations, “re-emphasised Pakistan’s …
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 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 MoreIran: Elections And The Evolution Of Islamist Deliberative Democracy – Analysis | Kaveh L.
In Iran, the twin elections for the parliament and the Expert Assembly (formally in charge of choosing the next supreme …
Read MoreEvolving Dynamics of Afghan Conflict | Iqbal Khan
LAST week Afghan forces pulled out of bases in Musa Qala, a strategic district of the southern province of Helmand.The …
Read MorePakistan’s Syrian Dilemma | Mohammad Jamil
Apart from global and regional divisions, Pakistan has its own domestic concerns vis-à-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 MoreUS Failing to Explain Deadly Drone Policy: Report
WASHINGTON: The United States has made little or no progress in explaining how and why it orders lethal drone strikes, …
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 …
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