Pakistan’s Budget 2017-18: A dive into debt or a pathway to prosperity?
Fatima Zaidi | It has been five days since the government of Pakistan released the budget for the fiscal year 2017-18. The media has been...
Pakistan and ‘Saaf Pani’ projects: Failed projects or merely a hoax?
Dr. Farid A. Malik | The future of ‘Saaf Pani’ (clean drinking water) in Pakistan is anything but clean. One of the vandalized filtration plants...
Pakistan must outline and work to achieve its own future for the region
Afrah Jamal | The media picked up on two things at the Arab-American Islamic summit held in May 2017. One that Pakistan was not mentioned...
Pakistan in the last decade: Democracy, Corruption, or Development?
Rida Hussain | According to the interpretation of the general notion, the accelerated development of Pakistan is directly proportional to the incoming dollars in terms...
Islamic Military Alliance: Seeking Non-Muslim help against a Muslim sect
Saad Rasool | This past week, leaders of almost 50 ‘Islamic’ nations met, under the leadership of Donald Trump and the frail King Salman, as...
Education in KPK: Government’s steps towards betterment
Miangul Majid Khan | As soon as the PTI-led KP government came into power in 2013, it declared an education emergency in the province. As part...
Pakistan finally learns what it must do to help Kashmiris
Saleem Akhtar Malik | 8th July 2016: Kokernag, a sleepy town in the Anantnag district in Indian occupied Kashmir, shot into prominence when Burhan Muzaffar...
“War on terror”: Eradicating terror or spreading even more?
Dr. Ron Paul | When we think about terrorism we most often think about the horrors of a Manchester-like attack, where a radicalized suicide bomber...
Islamic Military Alliance: Has Raheel Sharif become a vassal for the House of Saud?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | There is something obscene about anyone who held high positions in the government – for example, an Ambassador or an Army...
Why is Pakistan reconsidering its role in the Islamic Military Alliance
Saad Yousaf | Reports are coming in that Pakistan is drawing red lines for its participation in Saudi-led IMAFT alliance after the US-Islamic summit. The...
Corruption in the guise of development funds: Any accountability?
Dr. Farid A. Malik | “Hisab do” indeed... For once I tend to agree with the Prime Minister that development cannot be stopped to pursue accountability....
Pak-Afghan border closures: It’s business that suffers the most!
Imtiaz Gul | After 22 days, Pakistan reopened the Friendship Gate at Chaman border crossing on May 27 on “humanitarian grounds” coinciding with the Ramazan...