The Crisis of Islamic Civilization | Javid Husain
Human history is replete with descriptions of the rise, decline and fall of civilizations and empires. Islamic civilization is not …
Read MoreA Foreign Policy Wish-List | Khalid Saleem
SOME years ago, one had taken the liberty to draw up a ‘foreign policy wish list’ in the fond hope …
Read MorePakistan’s Foreign Policy Challenge | Dr Qaisar Rashid
In 2015, the major foreign policy challenge Pakistan is beset with is how to halt the downward spiral of its …
Read MorePakistan: No Democracy, Only Autocracy | Ejaz Hussain
The debate on democracy and democratisation in Pakistan is as old as the country. The majority of the existing literature …
Read MoreInvesting in People
FOR too long now, economic orthodoxy has focused on macroeconomic fundamentals to assess the health of an economy. So when …
Read MoreLiving Under the Shadow of Terrorism
Both civilian and military agencies agree that despite a significant decline in terrorist attacks the threat of terrorism still looms …
Read MoreRising Terrorism in the World | Shaheera Syed
Over the last several years, it appeared that Pakistan was moving back to the Stone Age where people lived in …
Read MoreRising Terrorism in the World | Shaheera Syed
Carlotta Gall in her recent article in The New York Times, ‘Pakistan’s Hand in the Rise of International Jihad’ wrote …
Read MoreHoly Quran & Expansion of Universe | Harun Yahya
IN 1929, in the California Mount Wilson observatory, an American astronomer by the name of Edwin Hubble made one of …
Read MoreOur Full Spectrum Nuclear Deterrence Regime | Gen Mirza Aslam Beg
PAKISTAN decided to correct the ‘balance of terror’, disturbed by India, by exploding the atomic device in 1994. It required …
Read MoreTaliban and the Quartet | Talat Masood
The success of the quartet’s — Afghanistan, Pakistan, the US and China — efforts in the reconciliation process will largely …
Read MoreInvest in Education | Dr Atta-ur-Rahman
The four pillars of progress are: high quality education; science & Technology; innovation and entrepreneurship; and a governance system that …
Read MoreThen, How can you Handle Pakistan? | Mosharraf Zaidi
When the history books are written on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, it seems certain that one of the things his …
Read MoreWorld Bank Chief Pushes Pakistan to Keep up Momentum
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank Group’s president has pressed Pakistan to maintain the momentum of reforms aimed at achieving higher pace …
Read MoreReforming the Admissions System | Muhammad Hamid Zaman
Every year, thousands of students across the nation enroll in medical schools and engineering universities. Many more thousands apply and …
Read MoreClash Within Civilisation |Lt Col Khalid Masood Khan (Retd)
After the Cold War Era which ended with the fall of USSR in the late eighties of the previous century, …
Read MoreOvercoming Cultural Divides | Amin Jan Naim
Empathy is a very valuable trait in a human being. It enables the understanding of another person and an insight …
Read MoreWho is Responsible for Safety of our Educational Institutions? | Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani
THE good thing is that terrorists have shaken us out of our reverie. The bad thing is that, temporarily awakened, …
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