India 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 …
Read MoreBhutto & US Nuclear Politics | Rabia Akhtar
ZULFIQAR Ali Bhutto’s ‘eating grass’ comment after the 1965 Indo-Pak war is famously related to his determination to nuclearise Pakistan. …
Read MoreTwo Years of Zarb-e-Azb — What Next?
Pakistan is relatively a safer place today than it was before the launch of Operation Zarb-e-Azb on June 15, 2014. …
Read MoreClimate Threat | Amy Davidson
Last week, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation issued a report called ‘World Heritage and Tourism in a …
Read MoreSouth Asia Undergoing a Strategic Facelift | Muhammad Ali Ehsan
“Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is likely to meet the Russian President Vladimir Putin in Tashkent”, announced the Russian ambassador, Alexey …
Read MoreCivil-Military Leadership vow to Eliminate Terrorism From Country
The top civil-military leadership committed to eliminating terrorism from the country and reviewed the internal security situation on Tuesday. A …
Read MoreDevelopment of land-based Economic Systems| Shahid Javed Burki
According to several newspaper accounts, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar’s statement to the Senate on March 2, was received with considerable …
Read MorePopulation Planning: The Only way Forward | M Ziauddin
An acute shortage of capital, energy, water, skilled and educated manpower, healthcare facilities, housing and transport facilities have come together …
Read MoreHave Our Universities Failed? | Dr Farid A Malik
In the United States of America, there are several university towns. University of Arizona is located in Tucson and University …
Read MorePeacebuilding in South Asia: Challenges and Solutions | Zainab Ahmed
Peacebuilding is the practice of developing policies that consolidate peace and restore order through political, economic,and social reforms via newly …
Read MoreNuclear Programme: Bill Seeking Changes in NCA Act Dropped
ISLAMABAD: A bill seeking amendments in the laws dealing with Pakistan’s nuclear programme was withdrawn in the upper house of …
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