CPEC: A Chinese Vision Since 2005
Saeed Afridi | China’s rise has been attributed to the successful implementation of its ‘Dual Track’ transition policy based on gradual, incremental and near-constant reform of its economic sector in conjunction with Five Year Plans. The is Dual Track policy emphasised on social and economic reform; without any corresponding political reform.
Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani, caught in a feud with Balkh governor?
M K Bhadrakumar | The simmering political feud between Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and governor of Balk province in the north of the country Atta...
Why Student Unions need to be brought back in Pakistan
Muhammad Hassan | Youth Needs to Step Up I think it would not be news to your ears now if I say the youth of our...
Indian woman burned to death by rejected lover
AFP with additional input from News Desk | A woman in southern India died from burns on Friday after a man she turned down set...
India defies US by showing solidarity with Russia
M K Bhadrakumar | In a highly significant diplomatic gesture, India showed solidarity with Russia in the UN General Assembly vote on Tuesday, which condemned...
Neutron star collision discovery judged as scientific ‘breakthrough’ of 2017
AFP | The world's first-ever detection of two faraway neutron stars colliding, causing a massive blast that rippled through the fabric of space and time,...
US continuous drift towards India raises new risks for Pakistan
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | TRUMP Administration announced its National Security Strategy (NSS) on December 18, 2017. It is aimed at promoting a balance of...
Taliban kill six in deadly suicide attack on Afghan police compound
AFP | A suicide bomber drove an explosives-packed Humvee into a police compound in Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least six officers and destroying a...
World Bank approves $825 million loan to Pakistan
News Analysis | The World Bank has granted Pakistan an $825 million loan to upgrade the energy and public finance sectors in a country that...
China’s Didi raises $4 billion to compete with Uber
AFP with additional input from News Desk Chinese ride-sharing firm Didi Chuxing said Thursday it had raised $4 billion from investors, months after a funding...
Can the depreciating rupee rescue the government in the next polls?
Waqas Shabbir | The depreciation of the rupee has led to a debate throughout the country. Though, the bulk of the commentators believe it to...
US woman delivers baby from embryo frozen for 24 years
AFP | An American woman has given birth to a healthy baby girl from an embryo that was frozen a quarter century ago, in what...