Here’s how we need to arm against future pandemics

The covid-19 pandemic was very different from the previous outbreak of diseases like Ebola, SARS H1N1, and MERS in 2015,2003,2009, and 2013 respectively. It...

The Communist Party of China: A look into its successful 100 years

Founded on 1st July 1921, in Shanghai, the Communist Party of China (CPC) celebrates its 100th anniversary with pride and full of success stories....

Ghotki train accident: Is privatization the answer?

Organizations need to continuously reinvent themselves, otherwise, they become stale, complacent, and noncompetitive. This holds true, especially for state-owned organizations. Transformation is a painful...

Pakistan’s emergence as a new climate protection leader

The World Environment Day (WED) is an annual event started by the UN back in 1972 that has played an important role in recent...

Can Chinese President Xi bring $100 billion of investment on his upcoming visit to Pakistan?

President Xi Jinping was set to visit Pakistan in the fall of 2020. The news was confirmed by Prime Minister Imran Khan in an...

Is India’s uranium theft endangering the world?

Indian police arrested seven people on 3 June 2021 for illegally possessing 6.4 kg of ‘Uranium'. The main suspect (black market) from whom the...

Growing abuse of journalism in Pakistan: A need for State action

Pakistani media is increasingly coming into conflict with the state's supremacy and integrity over the past few years, more precisely in the last 3...

Bahria Town incident exposes Pakistan’s inability to deal with protests

Unequivocally, the right to peaceful protest and assemble is basic and its existence is the cornerstone in a democratic society and the said right...

Afghanistan’s tricky endgame: What should Pakistan do?

As the last round of US forces pitches for the withdrawal from Afghanistan, the post 9/11 Pak-US ties, which were originally touted as the...

Economic growth and battle of narratives

Public policy expert warns that as the government’s COVID-19 stimulus packages to the consumer and industry stoke inflationary pressures, it needs to take tough decisions to continue with structural reforms to avoid the ever-cyclical growth trap for Pakistan’s economy.

The reality of family planning in Pakistan

Pakistan was one of the first Asian countries to start the population planning program with the help of international agencies. The Family Planning Association...

China’s push for environmental leadership through soft power

Soft power has become China’s favored policy tool in recent years. Beijing took full advantage of the previous US regime’s negligence towards global climate...