Weapons of War | Hasan Ehtisham | Ahsan Ali Zahid
RECENTLY, the Federation of American Scientists reported that the Indian Intercontinental Ballistic Missile project is intensifying nuclear competition between India …
Read MoreSpace for Civil Society | I.A. Rehman
“IF leaders do not listen to their people, they will hear from them — in the streets, the squares, or, …
Read MorePakistan After SCO Membership | Ayaz Ahmed
PAKISTAN finally acquired its one of the significant foreign policy objectives when it was granted full-timemembership into powerful the Shanghai …
Read MorePakistan Military Ranked 11th Strongest in World
Pakistan military has been ranked as the 11th strongest military in the world, as per a Credit Suisse report on …
Read MoreNo Climate Policy | F.H. Mughal
IN September 2012, the federal climate change ministry developed the National Climate Change Policy. The goal of the policy was …
Read MoreMisperceptions of IMF | Dr Hafiz A Pasha
The Executive Board of the IMF must be thanked once again for its very sympathetic eighth quarterly review of Pakistan, …
Read MoreIllusions of Economic Development | Rabbia Nasir
Numbers speak louder than words The economy of Pakistan is such a puzzle – where the ruling elite keeps …
Read MoreInstitutions of Restraint | Ishrat Husain
The apex committees consisting of civil and military leadership represent an innovative model of governance to suit the country’s peculiar …
Read MoreA New Emerging Market | Munir Akram
IN the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis in the US and, later, in Europe, global economic growth was generated …
Read MoreRevisiting Electoral Reforms | Hassan Javid
Earlier this year, in the wake of the Judicial Commission’s damning indictment of the ECP’s management of the 2013 general …
Read MoreAdrift without a plan |Sakib Sherani
AROUND a month ago, the UK newspaper Financial Times (FT) did a story on Pakistan’s economic performance and how the …
Read MoreThe State of the World | Ashraf Jehangir Qazi
IN the space available one can only use broad and selective brushstrokes. The world is challenged by climate change; nuclear …
Read MoreA Surging Pakistan? | Dr Niaz Murtaza
GLOBAL reviews about Pakistan, eg by credit rating companies and Washington Post, have suddenly become rosier after years of gloomy …
Read MoreGovernance and Democracy | Ahmad Nazir Warraich
Every now and then we hear noises being made in favour of authoritarian form of government. Perhaps this is a …
Read MoreThe Interest Rate Conundrum! | Dr Kamal Monnoo
To spur investment and economic growth, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) dropped interest rate on September 12, 2015, by …
Read MorePolitical Ferment in the Muslim World | Shahid Javed Burki
The world of Islam is not a homogenous place, not even in the way religion is practised in its many …
Read MoreGeopolitical Importance: A Different Perspective | Lt Col Khalid Masood Khan (Retd)
Encyclopedia Britannica defines Geopolitics as, “analysis of the geographic influences on power relationships in international relations.” Traditionally, the geo-political importance …
Read MorePakistan and the United Nations | Masood Khan
THE United Nations is etched into Pakistan’s memory and psyche because of the Jammu and Kashmir issue. In January 1948, …
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