Pre-CSS exam screening test on cards
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) has decided to introduce a screening test for candidates appearing in the Central …
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How should we measure poverty? It is a question that has created enormous controversy in the developing world including Pakistan. …
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ISLAMABAD: There has never been a dull moment in Pakistan. Who would have thought that after harbouring hostilities for much …
Read MoreIs Pakistan Ready for a Take-Off? | Prof Ahsan Iqbal
The latter half of the 20th century has seen many countries successfully emerge as regional powerhouses. Unfortunately, Pakistan has been …
Read MorePakistan’s Economy Reaches Pivotal Point, Medium Term Outlook Positive: IMF
ISLAMABAD: After two years of painstaking efforts, Pakistan’s economy has reached a pivotal point where national consensus is needed to …
Read MoreRegional Issues: Pakistan in Perspective | Tariq Khalil
ATTACK in Paris was a horrible incident indeed, a tragedy not only for the French but also for the civilized …
Read MoreCharsadda Attack: Pakistan Still at War | Mahwash Ajaz
On a seemingly quiet winter morning, on a fairly slow news day, armed gunmen, fully equipped with suicide vests, slipped …
Read MoreThe Economics of Peace | Dr Akmal Hussain
A new configuration of international relations is emerging in this region: old adversaries are becoming aware of new opportunities of …
Read MorePakistan, The Peacemaker | Nasim Zehra
As images of scattered dead bodies, of destroyed cars and damaged buildings flash on Pakistani television screens with the rising …
Read MoreNuclear Security Summits | Beenish Altaf
THE fourth and final meeting of the initiative — Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) 2016 will be held on March 31-April …
Read MorePML-N’s Privatisation Agenda
One hears contrasting views whenever one pontificates over the policies and performance of the PML-N government. There is one view …
Read MoreHas Democracy Failed in Pakistan? Not Quite | Aamir Butt
‘Oh democracy has failed in Pakistan and military rule has been better”, is a common thought prevalent among Pakistanis. The …
Read MoreDefusing Saudi-Iran Tension | Dr Muhammad Khan
It is a very welcoming decision of Pakistan that, Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and Army Chief; General Raheel …
Read MoreWhat has the IMF Programme Achieved? | Khurram Husain
IN a recent conference call with journalists, the Fund’s mission chief for Pakistan was asked what the ongoing programme has …
Read MorePakistan and the Saudi Coalition | Nasim Zehra
Pakistan’s foreign policy managers, including the prime minister, the advisor on foreign policy, the foreign secretary and indeed the spokesperson, …
Read MoreIdeology is Dead? | Aasim Sajjad Akhtar
THE 20th century gets a lot of bad press, and rightly so. In its first half inter-imperialist rivalries culminated in …
Read MoreForeign Policy Trials | I.A. Rehman
AS if the task of saving the Nawaz-Modi initiative from being derailed was not challenging enough, Saudi Arabia’s aggressive drive …
Read MorePak-Russia Relations: Certain Realities | Dr Qaisar Rashid
Immediately after 1991, Russia started extending the hand of friendship to Pakistan to which Pakistan remained sceptical. In the meantime, …
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