Pakistan needs to focus on its “Pilgrimage Economy”
Shaikh Moazam Khan | Religion has a very deep relation with the economy of almost every country. After the collapse of the colonial era, religion...
Pakistani Women: Game changers for the economy!
M Zafar Khan Safdar |Â Pakistan is a developing country and most of its population lives in undesirable circumstances. A large number of people in...
Rifts between “Middle East Allies” rising – James M. Dorsey
James M. Dorsey | A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Stitcher, TuneIn, and Tumblr. Three recent developments lay bare the fragility...
Elephants in the room: Bureaucracy & the Privileged Classes?
M Zafar Khan Safdar | The gradual erosion of social infrastructure, endemic poverty and the growing inequality between the regions undermined the civil society and...
Islamists & Liberal Fascists: Two extremes of Pakistan
Farah Adeed | In Pakistan, unfortunately, both religion and history have been used for the vested and narrow interests and purposes of our political elite and...
India’s Saffron Justice: The Rise of the Hindutva State under BJP Patronage – Sarmad Ishfaq
Sarmad Ishfaq | Although it appears that Pakistan is perpetually portrayed as a hotbed for violence against minorities, it is ironically India that fits this...
Pashtuns – Caught between Mullah, Militants and the Military – M Zafar Khan Safdar
M Zafar Khan Safdar | With over 50 million people out of 207 million, Pashtuns are the second largest ethnic group covering 25 percent of...
Why Americans choose state over liberty – Jacob G. Hornberger
Jacob G. Hornberger | There is no question but that the 20th and, so far, the 21st centuries have been the centuries of socialism for...
India’s irrational behavior – Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The Indian ruling elite seems puzzled and agitated. The revealing of Prime Minister Narendra Modi involvement in the mega corruption...
Will the bureaucracy behave? – Farid A Malik
Dr. Farid A Malik | On Sept 14, 2018, Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan addressed the bureaucracy in Islamabad. For their support in implementing his...
India shies away again
Muhammad Latif | After gaining simple majority in the National Assembly in General Elections 2018, Chairman Tehreek-e-Insaaf and the to be Prime Minister of Pakistan...
The art of Diplomacy – M Zafar Khan Safdar
M Zafar Khan Safdar | I still remember my professor Iqbal Tajik who during a lecture on diplomacy in the postgraduate class back in the...