Hagia Sophia: Reclaiming One’s Islamic Identity
Beautifully situated on the shores of the Bosphorus straits connecting the Marmara Sea to the Black Sea and regarded as the border between Europe...
Simmering Cauldron of South China Sea: Trump’s bullying antics
Washington especially with Trump, has a long record of bullying nations to meet its demands, changing regimes and of engaging in illegal wars of...
Ease of Doing Business: Real Reforms are still to come
The Ease of doing business index ranks countries against each other based on how much the regulatory environment is conducive to business operations in...
CPEC & the Greater Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
Southern Asia’s politics is being intensely driven by the varying dynamics and developments of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Even a single project’s take-off in Pakistan...
Will China collapse for lack of inclusive institutions?
In his book 'The Age of the Economist', Daniel R. Fusfeld tells how economics governs our life today. In today’s market or quasi-market economies,...
My Fulbright Journey: The Story of an Old Burglar
It was my second attempt for a Fulbright Scholarship when I was called for the selection interview. I was not sure whether I would...
Is bureaucracy stalling change?
The civil service must be reformed Bureaucracy is defined as “the art of making the possible impossible“. Indeed bureaucrats are the biggest impediment to change....
Hagia Sophia Mosque: Resonating the Revival of Islamic Identity
Beautifully situated on the shores of the Bosphorus straits connecting the Marmara Sea to the Black Sea and regarded as the border between Europe...
Designing police reforms: The latest police reforms in the US
Designing police reforms is a challenge. Most often than not, the tendency is to appoint a group of people claiming to have know how...
Self-sufficiency in defence production: Pakistan Army introduces indigenous Al-Khalid-1 tank
Pakistan handed over an improved version Tuesday of its indigenously developed main battle tank to the army. Islamabad's joint venture with China and Ukraine was...
Breaking with the past: China hints at greater political engagement in the Middle East
China is contemplating greater political engagement in the Middle East in what would constitute a break with its longstanding effort to avoid being sucked...
COVID-19 and Ehsaas Emergency
From the very beginning, COVID-19 has been affecting people in the worst way around the world. It has engulfed lives more than that of...