What’s wrong with CSS; understanding power dynamics
The Cabinet Committee on Institutional Reforms has approved a proposal for renaming the existing Central Superior Services (CSS) as the Central Services of Pakistan...
Pak-China; an ironclad friendship growing stronger
On May 21, 1951, the People’s Republic of China and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan entered into formal diplomatic relations. In the seven decades...
Pakistan’ role in saving Europe from fast-spreading communism
It’s a famous proverb that every rise has a fall. Across the Atlantic, through the Mediterranean countries, from the rise of Aztec civilization and...
Women’s empowerment- choose to challenge
Pakistan is in a dismal state as far as women's empowerment goals are concerned. Lockdowns and a global economic downfall have created further disruption....
Chitral losing hope on billion tree drive
Burhan, an electrician and a father of 4 children, roams in Chitral Bazar for the past few days in search of wood, the only...
Water Wars – A battle for Pakistan
According to Population Action International, and based on the UN projections of the global population, more than 2.8 billion people in 48 countries will...
Unintended Consequences of COVID-19: Dying children and Digital Health
By: Shelina Bhamani, Ibrahim Sajid, and Zen Tharani | The third sustainable development goal (SDG) sought for healthy lives and well-being of all individuals, irrespective...
Farmers’ protest: Is crony capitalism crux of the problem?
The stalemate between the government and the farmers’ unions is unchanged despite 11 rounds of talks. The farmers view the new farm laws as...
Saudi Arabia’s geopolitical ambitions threatened?
The Biden administration’s publication of a US intelligence report that holds Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman responsible for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi creates...
India’s farmer protest: Victory or death?
No matter how justified the reasons are, a protest is always considered an act of defiance, especially by those against whom it is being...
Iran’s nuclear accord and the obstacles it faces
A little acknowledged provision of the 2015 international agreement that curbed Iran’s nuclear program explains jockeying by the United States and the Islamic republic over the...
The USSR’s failed attempts to ally with the West
Despite Franco-British declarations of war on Germany on 3 September 1939, the British and French governments hoped that their armies would not actually have...