Editorial
Our special feature, this month, is “December 16: wounds that never heal”. We are taken back in time to that bone-chilling day in December...
Benazir Bhutto: An Intangible Legacy
Eleven years is a long time. But it is still very difficult to accept that Benazir Bhutto is no more. She is missed, she...
Christmas: Faith and festivity Kaleidoscope of history
Jester Hairston’s rapturous 1956 Christmas lyrics, “Mary’s Boy Child Jesus Christ was born on Christmas Day”, was initially sung to calypso by Henry Belafonte....
Five Takeaways from Ideas 2018 Defense Exhibition
JF-17 Fighter Block-III One of the most exciting news from the IDEAS 2018 convention is that Pakistan’s JF-17 Thunder fighter, developed in cooperation with China...
Set on a Journey of Undefeated Dreams – Interview with APS Survivor Waleed...
GVS Magazine Desk | Waleed Khan was on the auditorium stage when the terrorists started the indiscriminate shooting. Waleed Khan was only 13 years old...
Remembering APS: A tribute to those ‘who never came back’
I was trying to open the knots of time, recollecting the shadows of life which had waved a long goodbye to my propensities. “Baba, Baba...
An interesting plan to ‘sell Pakistan to the world’ – Chairman Board of Investment
GVS Magazine Desk | Najma Minhas Managing Editor Global Village Space sat down with Haroon Sharif Minister of State and currently holding charge as Chairman...
Unlocking Dead Capital to unleash the Asian Tiger in Pakistan
I discovered the engine of growth—people organized in cities. Jane Jacobs “Our Greatest Invention (cities) Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier” Edward Glaeser Economics...
How to uplift Pakistan’s economy – President National Bank explains
GVS Magazine Desk | GVS: According to a World Bank study only 13 percent of Pakistanis have formal bank accounts – over 100m people are...
JS Bank eyeing to empower small investors – CEO JS Global Capital
GVS Magazine Desk | GVS: Throughout the world companies do the majority of their funding from stock markets – in Pakistan companies find it difficult...
Fall of Dhaka 1971: Questioning the Iconic 3 million
Is the Bangladesh government’s official figure of three million a fair estimate of the number of people killed by the Pakistan military and its...
Biharis: Their crime was their belief in Pakistan – Sultan M Hali
Bihari is a generic term, which implies the migrants from the Indian province of Bihar, who headed for East Pakistan, after the partition of...
From East Pakistan to Bangladesh: What went wrong?
GVS Magazine Desk | Ikram Sehgal was born to a Punjabi father and an Urdu -speaking Bengali mother. He joined the army in October 1965...
How Pakistan was ‘Created & Lost’: A journey of ‘Blood & Tears’
The Pakistan that was achieved with so much of blood and tears; was split in two on the fateful day of December 16, 1971....
The Final Showdown Nearing? U.S. Talks with Afghan Taliban
Editor's Note: Earlier this year, an article in the Daily Beast revealed that Col. Chris Kolenda, Pugwash Secretary-General, Professor Paolo Cotta-Ramusino, and retired Ambassador Robin...
Beyond the Glitzy Skyscrapers? Nationality, Citizenship, and Class in Dubai
Living for more than 3 years in the heart of Dubai, I experienced the city as it presents itself on TV and newspaper advertisements...
Travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape you… – Maliha...
GVS Magazine Desk | GVS: What’s the one thing Pakistan has in terms of tourism that other countries lack? Maliha: Every country has something great to...
Shiva’s Katas Raj: Lost to Disarray
Mahabharat happened around 5000 years ago and Lord Shiva and Sati’s love story dates back to almost 100,000 years scientifically and around 7 million...
Aamir Khan’s upcoming movie ‘Thugs of Hindostan’ likely to break Dangal’s record
News Desk | Thugs of Hindostan, a money magnet, is likely to make huge box office earning as it is the big Diwali release of...
‘Donkey King’: A movie worth watching
News Desk | Finally, the age of animation movie has dawned upon Pakistani cinema. Pakistan-based Talisman Studios has released a teaser trailer for its family-friendly...
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
GVS Magazine Desk | With Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, J.K Rowling answers the long-awaited question of whether or not it’s possible to have...