Pakistan had always supported and continued to lead international efforts for building bridges between cultures and civilizations. The international community must ensure to implement this landmark resolution to combat Islamophobia.

Pakistan's progress will not appreciate such dangerous levels of political instability. Economies are not built via a one-term government alone but it is a long-term process where political stability plays a key role to build a conducive environment for business growth. 

Diplomatic options were open to Moscow in February 2022. Who knows how it could have developed had talks been pursued, and they still can be. Yet it would seem unlikely that the Kremlin could have made headway diplomatically with the West.

Imran khan has successfully built this narrative that he is a victim of regime change orchestrated by the masters in the west. PML-N, JUI-F, and PPP are merely following orders. Whether this regime change is indigenous or backed by foreign powers like the United States is besides the point.

On March 19, 1940, a dark day in Indian subcontinent history occurred when a huge number of Khaksars were murdered in cold blood. These Khaksar martyrs set the groundwork for the end of British control in the subcontinent, and the long British Raj came to an end seven years later.

Although the Ukraine crisis has given a new lease of life to the west and has helped in uniting the divided EU and NATO, and both the US and EU are taking punitive steps to pressurize Russia to step back, they have yet to prove whether they can stand up to the challenge and turn the tide.

While comparing Turkey with Pakistan, the latter has the further advantage of being a nuclear power. Pakistan and Turkey possess almost the same geostrategic advantages. Why, then, Pakistan has failed to project its power and safeguard its national interests?

How many people minted money in the name of ‘national interest’ can be anyone’s wild guess but the episode as narrated in Supreme Court’s judgment in Asghar Khan’s case exposed the very fragility of the entire system where rule of law was flouted with impunity.

Putin instead of taking physical action to block the NATO encroachment adopted a conciliatory policy with the west. He even collaborated with the US in its war on terror and didn’t object to the growing influence in Central Asia.

The Irony is that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his election campaign, to gain votes from the extremist groups, promoted extremist remarks and made promises with them to convert India into a pure Hindu state, and convert all non-Hindus to Hinduism or kick them out of India.

The economic base of a country is a real determinant of national security expenditures, thus national security gets a larger amount with a rapidly growing size of the economic base, even at a constant or decreasing percentage share.

In order for the economy to emerge stronger out of its current industrialization phase, energy policies must reflect thorough planning for sustainability and effective resource management, along with a formula to reduce the trade deficit and limit borrowing.