On his first day in office, President Trump signed an Executive Order that put on hold for 90 days all USAID and State Department programmes. In these 90 days all programmes would be reviewed and a decision made to cancel them, ...
When events are filtered through time and space, they give us patterns that help us formulate future projections. In international relations, resembling current circumstances and arrangements with past patterns greatly aid in dr...
In Kashmore, Kandhkot, Tangwani, Badani and Ghouspur towns of Kashmore district, 'peace' is merely a brief interval of fear, insecurity and uncertainty between murders, kidnappings and extortion. Even these periods of peace are ...
What has ailed Pakistan since its very inception is not external enemies but internal challenges. Extremism, terrorism, insurgencies and radicalisation, intensified by the government's inadequate policies to address them, have w...
Pakistan's internet landscape is set for a revolution with Starlink's entry into the market. The satellite-based service, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, has received provisional approval to operate in the country, marking a sig...
Today the nation will celebrate the 85th Pakistan Day with a renewed zeal to overcome the crisis of governance and an existential threat that looms in the form of terrorism. The day is in commemoration of the spirit of egalitari...
Please click here to read Part-I of this article. The establishment of a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies in Pakistan necessitates a structured and phased approach. The first article of this series explored the in...
Members of the federal cabinet have followed the lead of the National Assembly and given themselves massive pay hikes, even though the vast majority of ministers are already billionaires. Cabinet members in Pakistan who also hol...
The recent warning from the World Bank, highlighting the looming threat of conflict over water, should serve as a wake-up call for Pakistan’s policymakers. That we have reached a point where international observers are forecas...
Pakistan’s economy remains mired in stagnation, weighed down by structural inefficiencies and policy inertia. The recent remarks by the Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal, identifying major impediments to economic progress, reso...