Pensions: a never ending flow of money from the exchequer?

The pensions burden on the national exchequer has crossed the trillion-rupee mark. At Rs 1.1 trillion it is about 15 percent of the budget,...

In Modi’s India, nuclear bombs have become more dangerous!

On August 6, 1945, the first nuclear bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima, Japan by the United States of America. The cloud...

Protecting land records from mafias

The institutional collapse of civilian institutions is grossly underestimated. The chain of command no longer exists in most government departments. Even able officers have...

The Grand Assembly and release of Taliban prisoners

On August 9, the Council of Afghan Elders (Loya Jirga) approved the release of the 400 remaining Taliban prisoners in custody. The Afghan President...

UAE-Israel deal: A betrayal of the Palestinian people?

In a move that has jolted Middle East’s geopolitics, on August 13, 2020, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) decided to ‘recognise’ the State of...

Status Quo & Absence of durable closure

Immediately after the 2002 elections, General Pervez Musharraf called up the maverick MQM leader Altaf Hussein to request him for support in government formation....

Pakistan’s Youth for change

The outgoing country director of World Bank (WB), Ilango Pachamuthu who hails from Sri Lanka made interesting remarks about Pakistan and its bulging youth...

Khalid Bin Waleed Leader Extraordinary

The son of Waleed, one of the most respected of Quraish clan elders in the time of our Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), Khalid showed early...

Operation Clean-Up for Pakistani Politics

In Quality Management, a Pareto Analysis is carried out to prioritize corrective action. The purpose is to separate the vital few from the trivial...

India’s Latest Infowar On Russia Concerns Fake Chinese Territorial Claims

Indian media is aggressively propagating the fake news narrative that China allegedly laid official claim to both Vladivostok and half of Russia's CSTO mutual...

Modi’s Kashmir gamble and Pakistan’s policy options

The abrogation of Article 370 of India’s constitution, which stripped the state of Jammu and Kashmir of its limited political autonomy, was undoubtedly a...

Opposition waging hybrid war

Since its inception Pakistan is supposed to be a parliamentary democracy and a federation. But the rules of functioning for such a set-up have...
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