Pakistan’s failed media- a conspiracy?

At the time of independence, the areas that now comprise Pakistan had a total population of about 35 million. The largest city was Lahore...

The electoral system of Pakistan needs a complete overhaul

The Oxford English dictionary defines reform as “the amendment, or altering for the better, of some faulty state of things, esp. of a corrupt...

Pandemic has unleashed terror on India’s rich and poor

The Author Manish Tewari finds the second wave of Covid -19, synonymous with the 26/11 moment for the Indian middle class. The virus-like-terror has acquired a totally new meaning in the past three weeks.

Pakistan will run out of water in 4 years

The recent United Nation Development Program (UNDP) and Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (CRWR) reports have rung a bell of severe water...

Anti-vaccine propaganda more dangerous than Covid?

With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, floodgates of bad news opened, and suddenly we found ourselves surrounded by fear. We became fearful of...

Why do countries want peace in Afghanistan?

A saying by Howard. E. Koch goes: you can be a good neighbor if you have a good neighbor. Afghanistan’s neighbors and near-neighbors have...

The US’ predictions for 2040 are alarming

How the US is seeing the future world is revealed in a recent report, Global Trends 2040: A More Contested World, published by the...

Launching Health Silk Road under CPEC

As China has expressed intention of influencing global health systems, it should launch a pilot project of ‘Health Silk Road’ in Pakistan and directly impact people’s lives by achieving enhanced productivity and regional prosperity

Revamping education in Pakistan through digitalization

The unruly Covid-19 pandemic, like every other pandemic, unleashed a myriad of challenges and opportunities for countries across the globe. Albeit the advanced and...

Is a Track 2 dialogue with India the way to go?

As Track-2 between Pakistan and Indian is underway, the engagement in itself is an unprecedented move given the high-level tension that existed since the...

Why religion is a widely misunderstood doctrine

Religion, in general, is perhaps the most widely misunderstood doctrine in the world. This is clear from the fact that it has been involved...

Why nations radicalize

The far-right Islamist party Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), now a banned outfit, recently staged violent protests across the country as the government failed to expel...