CSS Strategy from PTI: Facilitating Exams or Raising Standards?

It is heartening to see the current Prime Minister, Imran Khan, voicing his concerns about marginalised communities at every available opportunity from cash transfer...

The heart of US-Cuba rivalry

Washington's failure to overthrow communism in Cuba has been a source of extreme irritation for successive American leaders. The inability of the world's strongest...

Should we start countdown for War In Asia?

A major military conflict is brewing at the heart of Asia. It could come to nothing, or it could affect four countries. It all...

China & the uncertain security situation in Gulf

China and the Gulf states are in the same boat as they grapple with uncertainty about regional security against the backdrop of doubts about...

Fiscal budget 2020-21: The best way forward

As Pakistan moves towards its Fiscal Budget 2020-21, perhaps the most difficult since its inception, ironically the national economic management per se seems to...

How an Indian sees Pakistan

Pakistan is a dirty word in India. There exists an entire country in the imagination of Indians—one that is different from actual Pakistan—and maintaining...

India, a colossal washout in US versus China showdown

In a trove of declassified CIA documents some years ago, there was a list of Soviet jokes from the 1980s offering the glimpse of...

How does Trump aim to contain China?

This past week has been a catastrophic seven days that shook America. Some of the debris may have inevitably fallen on President Donald Trump...

‘Jirga System’ leads towards honor killing in Pakistan

As she wakes up every morning, she, as a daily ritual, goes through a mental instruction manual handed down to her for as long...

Covid-19 intensified ‘Gender-Based Violence’ in Pakistan, but how?

The world has changed for sure. Life has turned three sixty degrees for most of us. It is a time of action based upon...

Afghanistan: The latest breeding ground for Daesh

Daesh, the brutal militant outfit that had been nearly dismantled in 2017 in Syria and Iraq has reared its ugly head again. The group, which...

NATO vs Russia: Who will win Libya?

The great game in Libya has begun surging with the United States shedding its strategic ambivalence and resorting to a proactive role. Earlier this...
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