The Reko Diq Mine project and its importance for Pakistan
Located in the Chaghi District of Balochistan in Pakistan, Reko Diq is a large copper and gold deposit containing 12.3 million tons of copper and 20.9 million ounces of gold in inferred and indicated resources. The overall objective of this project was to establish the basis for mine development at Reko Diq
Pakistan’s leadership role in the Ummah
A perception about Muslims needs to be rectified and a recognition of their true potential for peace globally. Marking the 15th of March every year in respect of Muslims by the UN is a mega achievement and Pakistan gets its credit.
Can India defeat Pakistan in a conventional war?
Pakistan Army, if it holds its defensive lines along the international border and the LoC while maintaining strategic reserves comprising the nuclear deterrent, the armored, and the mechanized divisions, need not launch an offensive against the Indians.
The delusive matrix of policymaking in Pakistan
According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), about 1.24 million salaried people filed their tax returns in 2021. That makes up just about 6% of the entire population of Pakistan. That is the arching achievement of the FBR - a practically non-existent tax net.
Nazi-Soviet War: Did the weather contribute to Hitler’s defeat?
Shane Quinn, a British geostrategist, writes about the extent to which the weather events, in late 1941 and early 1942, influenced the Nazi-Soviet War. The Third Reich's hierarchy blamed the rain and snow for the failure to take Moscow, but this was covering up their own shortcomings.
Russia-Ukraine war and the conundrum of hate speech
Although the Meta thinks its decision is of utmost importance as it ensures freedom of speech, aligning it with self-defense in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it seems now igniting the wrath in the already raging war between two nations.
How Pakistan has strengthened its non proliferation regime?
Over the decades, Pakistan has proved itself as a responsible nuclear weapon state in its policies, in fact, more than any other signatory member of NPT. Pakistan respects and supports the global non-proliferation regime at different organizational platforms.
Indian diaspora in the Gulf: Can it generate a Tamil Eelam type situation?
The expatriates in the Gulf States, the majority of them being of Indian origin, may then spearhead a movement for grant of permanent citizenship in the Gulf States, similar to what India sponsored Tamils did in Srilanka.
48th session of OIC: A collective voice of the Muslim world
While having an abundance of natural resources and massive potential to become the most powerful bloc of the global world order, the Muslim world is faced with multi-dimensional challenges emanating out of mistrust, injustice and development.
Constitutional crisis of no confidence motion: In conflict with democratic norms?
The opposition has done this because of two possible reasons, either they were convinced that the government is going to perform in the last year or they had some assurances from the international, especially west, establishment.
TTP Conundrum and Taliban and its implications for Pakistan
The TTP seems onto the recourse of recovery once again as it largely gains support and direction from Afghanistan. Recent terrorist attacks in Pakistan point to the TTP pathway to consolidation and reinvigoration of violent campaigns.
The survival of food systems in Pakistan
Lower production capacities in Pakistan and around the world will make the domestic market more vulnerable to shocks in the food systems. Markets reciprocate by rising food prices and the low-income classes suffer in order to make ends meet.