Modern-day India reaffirms Quaid-e-Azam’s Two-Nation theory
Sarmad Ishfaq |
As loudly as it echoed in the period leading up to 1947, the two-nation theory still resonates in modern-day “secular” India. The...
Creating the State: Pakistan and the Accession of Kalat, 1947-48
Dr. Yaqoob Bangash |
Baluchistan, Pakistan’s largest yet sparsely populated province, has always been on the margins of the nation and state. Its numerous tribes...
Shazia Syed – CEO of Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited: Celebrating Pakistani Women
GVS News Desk |
Shazia Syed serves as Chief Executive Officer of Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited since March 7, 2016 and its Executive Director since...
Naseem Hameed – the fastest woman of South Asia: Celebrating Pakistani Women
GVS News Desk |
Naseem began running as a sprinter at the age of 14 at the Government Girls School in Korangi, Karachi. She later...
Sima Kamil – CEO United Bank Limited: Celebrating Pakistani Women
GVS News Desk |
Sima Kamil is one of Pakistan’s topmost bankers. She was appointed as the President and Chief Executive Officer of United Bank...
Fill your wandering souls with Pakistan’s natural wonders
GVS Magazine Desk |
Makran
Being a princely state of British India, the state of Makran became a part of Pakistan in 1948 under the then...
Mehak Gul – Record Holder Pakistani chess player: Celebrating Pakistani Women
GVS News Desk |
Gul started to learn and master the game of chess from the age of 6. She first participated in an international...
Ayesha Farooq – Fighter Pilot: Celebrating Pakistani Women
GVS News Desk |
Flight Lieutenant Ayesha Farooq was the first female to become a fighter pilot in Pakistan Air Force and in fact, in...
Namira Salim – First Pakistani Astronaut: Celebrating Pakistani Women
GVS News Desk |
She completed her intermediate studies from the Government Commerce College, Karachi, Bachelors in International Business at Hofstra University, New York and...
Raheela Zarmeen Ahmadzai – Pakistani Footballer: Celebrating Pakistani Women
GVS News Desk |
25-year-old Raheela Zarmeen is a Pakistani footballer and the football manager of the Pakistan women's national football team and Balochistan United...
Roshaneh Zafar – Founder of Kashf Foundation: Celebrating Pakistani Women
GVS News Desk |
Founder of Kashf Foundation, Roshaneh is a development activist in Pakistan, working in the field of women's economic empowerment. She set...
Awareness campaigns required to develop insurance sector: Abdul Waheed
GVS News Desk |
Mr Abdul Waheed became CEO Askari General Insurance Company in 2010. A Chartered Professional Accountant by training, he has decades of exposure...
Can the Guardians Guard Themselves?
Barrister Ali Zafar |
Over the years the extrajudicial utterance of Charles Evans Hughes, Chief Justice of America that “The Constitution is what the Judges...
Democratizing the Judicial Process – Indian Courts Exercise of Suo Motu Powers
Amit A. Pai |
The reading of fundamental rights by the constitutional courts in India changed after its experiences with Internal Emergency between 1975 and...
The Afghan Peace Puzzle: Where Do We Go from Here?
Ambassador Mohammad Sadiq |
Abrupt changes in U.S. policy in Afghanistan no longer surprise the world. Just a few months ago, President Trump decided to...
Oscar 2019: Breakdown
Usama Masood Ahmad |
This year’s Academy Awards proved to be quite interesting. Unlike last year’s awards, there was certainly more going on this time...
Lawyer Movement: What it was, what it wasn’t ? reflections twelve years on
Moeed Pirzada |
Lawyers Movement or “Adlia Bahali Tehreek” (Restoration of Judiciary) occupies an important chapter in Pakistan’s colourful political history. Kickstarted on 9th March...
“Rising Hindutva” and its Impact on the Region
Ambassador Ashraf Jehangir Qazi |
Mr S. M. Hali has become quite a prolific writer. His latest book “Rising Hindutva – and its impact on...
March 1969: Reflecting fifty years later – Kanwar Muhammad Dilshad
Kanwar Muhammad Dilshad |
On 25th March 1969, fifty years ago, President Ayub Khan, beset with street agitations in both wings of the country mostly...
CM Jam Kamal: A different politician from Baluchistan
GVS News Desk |
Jam Kamal Khan belongs to Baluchistan’s new breed of politicians who realized that the people of Baluchistan also expect accountability and...
The dharna Judgment – Our new judicial discourse?
Hassan Aslam Shad |
Last week, the Supreme Court of Pakistan penned a new (and possibly unfinished) chapter in the judicial history of Pakistan. It...
