Family Laws in Pakistan: Dissecting the Procedure

An Indian judge of the Supreme Court A. K. Sikri observed that the law of a society is a living organism. It is based...

Kashmir: India’s Bleeding Wound

Kashmir is the real theatre of unspeakable violence and moral corrosion that can spin us into violence and nuclear war at any moment. To prevent...

Another Cold War at the Gates: A Strategic Calculus for National Security of Pakistan

Doklaam and Ladakh incidents are nothing less than a chapter break in the strategic landscape between India and China. They are a fundamental redefinition...

5 August 2019: A Defining Moment In Indo-Sino Relations

Most observers at the time regarded India's de-facto annexation of Jammu & Kashmir on 5 August 2019 as being a defining moment for either...

Hagia Sophia: Reclaiming One’s Islamic Identity

Beautifully situated on the shores of the Bosphorus straits connecting the Marmara Sea to the Black Sea and regarded as the border between Europe...

Simmering Cauldron of South China Sea: Trump’s bullying antics

Washington especially with Trump, has a long record of bullying nations to meet its demands, changing regimes and of engaging in illegal wars of...

Ease of Doing Business: Real Reforms are still to come

The Ease of doing business index ranks countries against each other based on how much the regulatory environment is conducive to business operations in...

CPEC & the Greater Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)

Southern Asia’s politics is being intensely driven by the varying dynamics and developments of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Even a single project’s take-off in Pakistan...

Will China collapse for lack of inclusive institutions?

In his book 'The Age of the Economist', Daniel R. Fusfeld tells how economics governs our life today. In today’s market or quasi-market economies,...

My Fulbright Journey: The Story of an Old Burglar

It was my second attempt for a Fulbright Scholarship when I was called for the selection interview. I was not sure whether I would...

Designing police reforms: The latest police reforms in the US

Designing police reforms is a challenge. Most often than not, the tendency is to appoint a group of people claiming to have know how...

Self-sufficiency in defence production: Pakistan Army introduces indigenous Al-Khalid-1 tank

Pakistan handed over an improved version Tuesday of its indigenously developed main battle tank to the army. Islamabad's joint venture with China and Ukraine was...