Is Iran on the verge of full SCO membership?
Eager to enhance its negotiating leverage with the United States and Europe, Iran is projecting imminent membership of the China-led Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)...
Does Pakistan need the Chicago Boys to save its economy?
In 1956 the University of Chicago and Santiago's Universidad Cato'lica--with the help of Ford Foundation--signed an exchange agreement to send young economics students to...
Pakistan’s blame game and ways to end it
“When you blame others, you give up your power to change.” Robert N. Anthony The quote by Robert N. Anthony epitomizes our understanding of how...
Operation Barbarossa: Did Stalin foresee Hitler’s attack? (Part two)
After the failed November 1940 discussions in Berlin, of the Soviet Union's foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov, both he and his leader Joseph Stalin occasionally...
How to cure Pakistan from ‘Toadism’
My late father Nazir Ahmed Malik proudly displayed his Tehreek-e-Pakistan Gold Medal which he received for his struggle in the freedom movement. For defending...
Irony: G-7 wants to protect poor countries from China’s debt trap
The G7 leaders, during their recent meeting, agreed to float a new infrastructure investment initiative that would serve to counter China's influence in developing...
Dealing with Pakistan’s illegal tobacco consumption
Pakistan is among one of the largest consumers of tobacco in the world. The Demographic and Health Survey 2017-18 revealed that more than 19...
Saudi Arabia stepping up efforts to replace UAE and Qatar?
Saudi Arabia has stepped up efforts to outflank the United Arab Emirates and Qatar as the Gulf’s commercial, cultural, and/or geostrategic hub. The kingdom has...
No peace in sight for Afghanistan?
Terming it a terrorist attack on America, Al-Qaeda’s head Osama Bin Laden was identified as the man responsible for 9/11 in which nearly 3000...
The primacy of federal criminal law in Pakistan’s national security
Modern states use their coercive authority through criminal law, which derives its legality and legitimacy through constitutional law. This linkage between a state’s penal...
Hemp production in Pakistan: Legal Challenges vs Policy Initiative
In September 2020, Federal Government approved and granted permission for the cultivation of Industrial Hemp for medicinal, scientific, and industrial purposes to the Ministry...
Has Pakistan given an “NRO” to Kulbhushan Jadhav?
Pakistan’s opposition parties have labeled the National Assembly bill allowing Kulbhushan Jadhav – the convicted Indian spy – the right to challenge his conviction...