Pakistan’s bureaucracy needs overhaul

On August 14,1973 Pakistan attained the status of a constitutional democracy. It should have been the end of the colonial era based on the...

Doctors for total lockdown ignoring repercussions

Should medical doctors be solely entrusted to determine the higher policy of the state on how to defeat the coronavirus pandemic? Medical doctors risk...

The day Hitler lost the Second World War

Three-quarters of a century ago the Third Reich lay in ruins, its ruler Adolf Hitler dead, having shot himself in the right temple with...

18th amendment debate is irrelevant at this time!

Constitutionally, Pakistan is a federal state, but its political culture is more akin to a unitary state. This paradox between the political system and...

Ensuring security of Gulf in post-pandemic world

The coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout may rewrite the Gulf security as well as the political and economic map of the Middle East....

Riots in India: History, causes & trends

Recent Delhi violence left 36 persons dead. In the past also, India witnessed riots. By studying them we could identify a pattern, if any....

PTM: Understanding India’s Hybrid Warfare against Pakistan

“War has changed its character. More recently the reasons for which war has fought have changed in order of importance”, these are the words...

How is FBR hurting Pakistan economy?

Let us browse two contrasting stories; Iran – currently under crippling US sanctions – is going out of way to woo Afghan government and...

Hoarding: Let’s be honest about this

In May 2019 four people in Muzaffargarh were arrested for hoarding sugar and thus contributing to an artificial crisis; in one go-down had stocked...

Politicians could not unite against COVID-19

The coronavirus epidemic, even in its nascent stages, has been recognised as the gravest public policy challenge of the post-modern era. Not since the...

Covid-19 Exposing and Exploiting Inequality

Contrary to popular belief that Covid-19 affects everyone without discriminating on the lines of religion, ethnicity, nationality and socioeconomic class, I believe that the...

Opinion: World remains divided because of our inherited belief systems!

Most people, without batting an eye, proudly follow their unique cultural rituals, norms and traditions, which, to say the least, are nothing more than...
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