Youth Bulge Challenges | Editorial
This year’s national human development report turns the spotlight on at least one feature that the country can be truly …
Read MoreRepositioning Pakistan in US Policies By Syed Mohammad Ali
Pakistan is hardly on the list of countries favoured by the United States at present. The Trump administration has not …
Read MoreEconomic Survey and the Budget By Dr Pervez Tahir
These columns observed on April 13th 2018: “After a long time, the GDP growth has increased every year since 2012-13. …
Read MorePak Efforts in Afghans Rehabilitation By Sultan M Hali
DESPITE the fact that Afghanistan continues to blame Pakistan for all its woes, Pakistan has taken concrete efforts to help …
Read MoreBudgeting Education By Mushtaq Rajpar
A month is left in the current parliament’s tenure, whose members will not have enough time to debate the results …
Read MorePakistan, Iran, Central Asia and CPEC By Naveed Aman Khan
FOR their future generations Pakistan, Iran and China stand poised to transform trade and investment in the region through China-Pakistan …
Read MoreReviving Bilateral Dialogue | Editorial
The famed Neemrana Dialogue, the oldest Track-II initiatives between India and Pakistan comes at an opportune time to broker amity …
Read MoreWill The Economy Continue to Grow Despite Challenges? By Nasir Jamal
Pakistan’s economy will grow by 5.8 per cent this year, highest in 13 years when it grew by 7.2on in …
Read MoreTrajectory of Russo Pak Relations By Adeela Naureen
General Bajwa’s recent visit to Moscow came in the midst of important and landmark changes in international relations. The nuclear …
Read MoreThe Education Conundrum By Shahid Siddiqui
While visiting different parts of Pakistan, Chief Justice Saqib Nisar expressed legitimate concern about existing educational practices and opportunities. He …
Read MoreIndia Poised to Turn SCO into SAARC? By Iqbal Khan
TONE of Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s (SCO) recent foreign minister level meeting was set by the Indian decision of not endorsing …
Read MoreTaking a Cue From The Koreans By Talat Masood
Lately, there have been some significant international developments that raise hope in a world that otherwise seems so torn in …
Read MoreWatch Out For Water Wars! By Khalid Saleem
COMING upon one of those billboards that blight the skyline of the major cities of this blessed land, one learnt …
Read MoreChina-India Progress | Editorial
Setting an example China and India deserve credit for handling the fallout of last year’s eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation in the disputed …
Read MoreThe Budget: Tools For Economic Analysis By Iftikhar Ahmad
In almost every country in the world, budgetary policy is a well-recognised major tool for the development and stabilisation of …
Read MorePakistan, China pledge to work for regional stability through SCO | Editorial
BEJING: Foreign Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif has said that Pakistan and China have resolved to enhance bilateral cooperation with the …
Read MorePakistan’s Nuclear Diplomacy | Munir Akram
GIVEN the growing conventional arms imbalance with India, Pakistan’s security is now critically dependent on nuclear deterrence. In the long, …
Read MoreRelations: Iran and Pakistan | Yasmeen Aftab Ali
Iran was the first country to recognize Pakistan as a sovereign state with the Shah of Iran being the first …
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