Untapping the potential of EVs in Pakistan

Innovations are constantly occurring in every industry, but every once in a while, we see a disruptive innovation entirely transform a complicated product. It...

How to curb Pakistan’s inflation genie

The idiom ‘Nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes’ is credited to Benjamin Franklin and is widely accepted as true...

Pakistani Foreign Minister’s trip to Iraq: The Latest Seam in Pakistan’s Outreach to the Gulf

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi recently concluded a three-day visit to Iraq where he held talks with both the Iraqi President and Prime...

Terrorism: A Lingering Threat to South Asian Peace

On April 7 this year, the US government’s National Intelligence Council released an assessment about risks of large-scale war between two archrivals “India and...

Pakistan First: Where its coming from and what does it mean?

Moied Javeed | “Pakistan First” was perhaps popularized by the erstwhile military dictator and CEO of Pakistan, Gen. Pervaiz Musharraf after his coup in October...

How Pakistan’s curriculum is biased against women

In 2020, Pakistan’s government proposed a Single National Curriculum (SNC) which was criticized by many parties including the Women’s Action Forum for being an...

Chinese Entrepreneurship: Lessons for Pakistan?

In China, entrepreneurship occurs in the shadow of an efficient state. The incentives of party members are broadly aligned with the promotion of economic...

Asad Toor Affair: Exposed Unprofessionalism of Pakistani Media

As the Asad Toor case takes the country by storm, Dr. Moeed Pirzada highlights an unfortunate reality of Pakistan. He further explores how the antics employed in the Asad Toor case destroy the credibility of journalism and media.

What stops Indian Army from taking over Afghanistan?

For quite some time, we have been hearing about how the Indian leaders, generals, bureaucrats, and media persons long for an Indian military presence...

Like Palestine, Kashmir issue needs to be internationalized

When the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Turkey, Oman, and Sudan landed in New York to demand a ceasefire in Gaza, the Israeli guns were...

Operation Barbarossa: Did Stalin foresee Hitler’s invasion? (Part one)

In attacking eastwards from June 1941 the Nazis intended to annex the Ukraine, all of European Russia, the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and...

Why the world needs to address vaccine inequality

"But while hundreds of millions of vaccine doses have been administered globally, there are deep disparities. In high-income countries, vaccine supplies are sufficient to...