The 21st century marks an era of intense power competition between the US, China, and Russia. According to Dr. Shoaib Malik, a strategic affairs analyst, China and Russia have risen again and are giving a tough time to the US. China continues to challenge the US economically, whereas Russia has great military outreach. However, despite great power confrontational rhetoric, there are several avenues of cooperation.

According to statistical data, about 70-80% of women in Pakistan have faced some form of abuse. Due to all the problems faced by women in Pakistan, the Global Gender Gap Index ranks Pakistan as the 3rd worst country in the world based on political empowerment, economic participation, educational attainment, health, and survival.

A recent meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee has decided to import 200,000 metric tonnes of sugar to build strategic reserves as countermeasures because the government expects speculative forces to drive the price up. Rs18 billion has been set aside for the import of the necessary sweetener.

The Saudi foreign minister, visiting Pakistan on the invitation of FM Qureshi, will be accompanied by a delegation comprising senior officials of the Saudi Government.

Many ups, downs since 1999 conflict, say experts

Pakistan opened the Chaman-Spin Boldak crossing which was closed by Pakistan for commercial traffic since fierce fighting for control of the crossing erupted between Taliban insurgents and Afghan security forces.

PM Imran Khan appears to be planning to take Sindh in the next elections. GVS learns this after talking with PTI insiders including Haleem...

Bodies found on K2 are reported to be of Pakistan’s hero mountaineer Ali Sadpara and Iceland’s John Snorri. Sadpara’s son Sajid had set on an expedition last month to recover the bodies and make a documentary on their lives.

Syed M Uzair reviews Jamil Nasir's work. According to Syed Uzair, Mr. Jamil's book presents an excellent comparison of the different socio-political realms of different countries in the world with it. The author argues that the essence of governance lies in how state-society relations are structured and managed, and how citizens perceive the rules of the game.

After Fakhr-e-Alam and Shoaib Malik, now 73 Pakistani entrepreneurs and businessmen have been granted the Golden Visa that erases travel restrictions for 10 years.

Record number of tourists rushed the Kaghan and Swat Valley during the vacations of Eid-ul-Azha. This led to the extreme rush with tourists getting...

Violence has surged since early May when the insurgents cranked up operations to coincide with a final withdrawal of US-led foreign forces.