According to Dr. James M Dorsey, an award-winning journalist, Saudi Arabia, like Qatar, is learning the perils of seeking soft power through sports or religion without confronting skeletons in its closet after winning the right to host this year's FIFA World Cup.

We need to understand what happened in Ukraine to make sense of what is going on in the area. The Russian strategic goal behind its large deployment on Ukraine's borders was to overthrow Kyiv's government and seize the country.

One of the major flaws pinned in the “Murree crisis” is the mismanagement of the local authorities who, knowing the fact very well that the hill station does not have the capacity to handle such enormous traffic flow, still allowed vehicles to drive to the top.

Under the agreement, France’s Dassault Aviation agreed to invest 50 percent of the 7.8 billion euro Rafale contract in India to manufacture aircraft components with Indian billionaire Anil Ambani’s Reliance Defense; Ambani is known to be a close ally of BJP and in particular PM Modi.

Pakistan and Bangladesh can reap massive economic and political gains from their bilateral ties in the under-transition global political order. The path to this, however, is paved with thorns. Pakistan’s hopes for friendly relations if the core issue between the two countries remains unaddressed

At least 22 people have frozen to death after heavy snow trapped them in their vehicles as tens of thousands of visitors thronged Pakistan’s hill town of Murree, officials say. Videos circulated on social media in which people are seen dead in stranded cars covered with the snow.

Politics and the economy of South Asia is dominated by India; smaller states fear an Indian hegemonic design in the region. New Delhi’s aspirations for being a regional power stand in contrast with its conflicts with its SAARC neighbors.

According to Dr. Farid A Maik, an ex-chairman of Pakistan Science Foundation, confusion and lack of direction prevail combined with vested interests it is a lethal combination. After debt servicing and defense expenditure, almost 60% of resources are consumed.

Saudi and Emirati efforts to position their countries as the Muslim world’s beacons of an autocratic notion of moderate Islam have done little to encourage moderation beyond their borders despite a radical cutback in decades-long global Saudi funding.

Productivity and exports are profoundly and directly proportional as the latter not only brings foreign exchange into the economy but is also indispensable for financing the desired imports and additionally reducing macroeconomic risks.

Nadeem Mujtaba, in collaboration with Michael McKinlay, highlights the advantages of digital exports for Pakistan in an interesting piece. To brighten Pakistan’s economic future, the government needs to re-structure the higher education system and apply concepts used by the military for battles!

The pandemic became a severe challenge for Pakistan's fragile economy, which is cited as the main stumbling block on the country's road of development. Despite the lockdowns and the third wave of covid-19, the economy of Pakistan has recovered strongly in FY-2021 posting a growth of 3.94 percent, substantially higher than the previous two years.