How a UNDP report exposed Pakistan’s economic malaise
The United Nations’ Pakistan’s National Human Development Report 2020 (Power, People, and Policy) makes startling revelations about Pakistan’s polity and society. It defines “power”...
From strategic to transactional partners, US-India relations in turmoil?
India has been overwhelmed by the third wave of the deadly Covid-19 virus. The devastation and trauma afflicting the Indian people have never been...
6 documentaries CSS aspirants can not survive without watching
Visual learning, according to various studies, is the best method of learning. It helps understand and retain knowledge. Central Superior Service (CSS) exams require...
Pakistan needs robust riot police to thrash protests
Public order management is a specialized subject in police studies. It requires that police be trained to deal with situations that threaten the very...
Is the Supreme Court of Pakistan on trial?
In this article, previously published at The Nation under the title, "Trial of the Supreme Court", renowned lawyer Saad Rasool talks about the ongoing crisis in the Supreme Court of Pakistan pertaining to Justice Qazi Faez Isa’s review petition. He weighs the merits and demerits of the ongoing conflict on the current case and its impact on future cases in the highest court of Pakistan.
How did Modi’s Kashmir policy backfire?
More than one year ago, PM Narendra Modi’s BJP government revoked Article 370 of the Indian constitution, a 70-year-old provision that had given autonomy...
How can pandemic challenges be coped with ‘Blue Ocean Strategy’?
Desperate times require high value low cost innovations, not incremental improvements. When Bob Zukis published his article in Forbes in April 2020 entitled “There...
Exploring the unholy nexus between RSS and Modi’s BJP
The relationship between the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the BJP is that of the soul and the body. The BJP disposes of what the...
Amid judge shootings and violence, Pakistan needs anonymous courts
A few days ago, a judge of an anti-terrorism court was shot dead. The senseless violence not only saw the death of the judge...
Covid-19 vaccine – a commodity for the rich of the world
After a year of misery and distress inflicted by the devastating Covid-19 pandemic, countries around the globe are striving hard to get Covid-19 vaccines...
How Pakistan’s human rights campaign is flawed beyond deceit
The dictionary would define Human Rights as "moral principles or norms for certain standards of human behavior". These could be those pertaining to the...
NATO expansion: A historical error that led to the Ukrainian crisis
Due to its location on the map between Russia and the EU-NATO states, the Ukraine or Ukraine has significant strategic importance as tensions there...