Of helicopters, misplaced priorities & exploitation by media
Uzair Javaid | Prelude August 18th, Imran Khan was sworn in as Pakistan's new Prime Minister, officially taking over the charge of power in the corruption...
No to IMF bail out – Farid A Malik
Dr. Farid A Malik | Since the late 1980s, Pakistan has availed 12 IMF bail-out packages with disastrous results. Now a 13th package is being...
The civil-military argument – Saad Rasool
Saad Rasool | Throughout our history, Pakistan has been consumed by (an ongoing) debate about civil-military imbalance. This argument stands on two assertions, one factual...
Approaching Pakistan’s current economic challenge
Omer Javed | Pakistan’s economy is currently facing challenges on both macroeconomic and growth fronts. On the macroeconomic front, challenges remain primarily on rising fiscal...
PTI’s economic vision – I – Omer Javed
Omer Javed | Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI; translated Pakistan Movement for Justice) outlined its economic vision mainly through its Manifesto 2018, with details further highlighted in...
PM visits the GHQ. A short note! – Haider Mehdi
Syed Haider Raza Mehdi | What should have been a norm is seen as a great moment. And yes it is. For once we have...
Why PML-N retained all its seats in Sialkot?
S M Fahad Ali | Sialkot, despite being a small city in terms of population, 655,852, and land area, 19km2, is a powerhouse when it...
Imran Khan’s Naya Pakistan! – Haider Mehdi
Syed Raza Haider Mehdi | This is not a comprehensive review of Imran and PTI's barely 7 days in office. While the dung beetles will head...
Digitalization; a need of the hour with massive challenges
Rizwan M Mir | With the current market push towards a digital economy, every enterprise is exploring ways to move with the change. Like private...
Plutocracy and poverty in Pakistan
Omer Javed | Mental constructs matter. Path dependencies solidify such thinking patterns. Some kind of belief system exists in every society. People have drawn from...
STA-1: Impact on India’s military build-up – Dr. Zafar Jaspal
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The Trump administration has been improving its strategic ties with India to check the economically rising China in Asia. The...
Why Allama Mashriqi opposed the partition of India?
Nasim Yousaf | August is an extremely important month in South Asian history. In August of 1947, British rule in the Indian subcontinent (now Bangladesh,...