Editorial

Our July issue is slightly slimmer due to the extended Eid holidays and the amazing time we all had with our families. But welcome...

Manifold challenges lie ahead after FATA merger with KPK – Rustam Shah

At long last Pakistan’s tribal areas have finally been incorporated as an integral part of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The area will lose its...

Pakistan’s July Elections: Hope Amidst a Difficult History?

Politics often consists of paradoxes and Pakistani attitude towards general elections offers an interesting and perhaps painful example. Pakistani people, rival political parties, institutions...

Murree Brewery is a household name: Isphanyar Bhandara

Today I am who I am because of my country and not Canada or America. All that we have, our wealth, respect and our...

Pakistan’s Financial Crisis: A common affair

The determination of the exchange rate is based on the position of our balance of payments and the foreign reserves held with the central...

Three steps for strengthening Pakistan’s economy

A few years back, when Pakistan was under the umbrella of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) program from the year 2013 to September 2016,...

India & Pakistan have to stop playing snakes and ladders -Shankar Aiyar

The history of the last seven decades appears to conclusively demonstrate that there is little or no scope for a paradigm shift in India-Pakistan...

India’s muscular Kashmir policy will reap no harvest – Murtaza Shibli

Last month, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) launched a detailed report on the dire human rights situation in Jammu and Kashmir....

A Journey into interfaith dialogue with Professor Akbar S. Ahmed

  Akbar Salahuddin Ahmed is a Pakistani-American academic, author, poet, playwright, filmmaker and former diplomat. He is the former Ambassador of Pakistan to the...

Sino-Indus civilizations – cultural bonding through Movie Exchanges

The often-quoted ‘brotherly relations’ between Pakistan and China often has diplomats and other foreigners sniggering since there is little to show in reality. However,...

Race 3: Bland yet successful

One of this year's biggest releases has been the Salman Khan starrer Race 3. The Remo D'Souza directed adventure film is the third installment...

Ocean’s 8: A movie that must not be missed

The Steven Soderbergh Ocean’s Trilogy is known for three things: its star-studded cast, the classic cons and superb direction. And while the new Ocean’s...