Tag: opportunity
Pakistan’s Dania Hassan receives ‘Emerging Young Leader’ Award in US
News Desk | Pakistani girl Dania Hassan, 18 won the US State Department Emerging Young Leader Award in a ceremony held in Washington on Wednesday. Dania...
Kurds set to face losses in Iraq’s elections on May 12
News Analysis | Iraq’s divided Kurds are bracing for a blow on the political front in the country’s May 12 elections.According to estimates, the Kurds’...
Mohammed bin Salman dazzles international media by lifting restrictions on women
James M Dorsey | Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has dazzled international media and public opinion by lifting some restrictions on women’s rights, holding...
US urges Pakistan to ‘Do More’
News Analysis | US urged Pakistan to do more to combat terrorism, Pentagon Chief Spokesperson Dana W. White said on March 4, 2018 at news...
Kim Kardashian’s photo shoot for Vogue India sparks backlash
News Desk | Kim Kardashian's photo shoot for the cover page of Vogue India sparked fury on the Internet. Her first ever photo shoot with...
PML-N Senate candidates declared independent by ECP
News Analysis | Candidates nominated by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) were declared independent by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday. The ECP...
Pakistan’s Defense Minister hits back at India
News Analysis | On February 14, 2018, Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir while making a policy statement in the Senate on defense policy said, “India...
Trump’s military-centered strategies undermines every opportunity of peace-building in Afghanistan
Hidayatullah Sherzad | Following a wave of late barbaric and heinous attacks claimed by the Taliban in Afghanistan, US President Donald Trump made it clear...
Pakistan Breakfast at Davos 2018
Ikram Sehgal | Truly independent and impartial the World Economic Forum (WEF) is not tied to any special interests or groups. WEF’s Annual Meeting at...
How to tackle radical madrassas in Pakistan
James M Dorsey | This is an edited version of remarks by James M. Dorsey at the launch in Islamabad on 30 January 2018 of...
Davos presents golden opportunity for Pakistan
Ikram Sehgal | The World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland is a major creative force for engaging top leaders from across the...
Trump’s Pakistan crisis presents opportunity for Putin
Shahid Raza | Sitrep The first thing the Republican US President Donald Trump did to start his new year was to open a cannon of...
Is Nawaz Sharif threatening to become the next Mujibur Rahman?
News Analysis | Former premier Nawaz Sharif has continued his verbal assault against the judiciary and the military. Yesterday, while talking to a group of...
Union Minister calls Dalits to renounce Hinduism
News Analysis | Invoking Babasaheb Ambedkar, Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Wednesday said he embraced Buddhism only after he was convinced that Dalits would not...
Gulf rift can benefit South Asian countries
James M Dorsey | The rift between the Gulf countries and Qatar has created a space for Asian countries to step in to engage with...
Analyzing the future of ‘Trump’ Afghan Policy
News Analysis | I have never been a great admirer of Hussain Haqqani (Pakistan’s former Ambassador to the United States), but two observations that he...
Why introverts make the best public speakers
Matt Pocock | ‘The majority of my students had never heard a politician speak like Barack Obama; with clarity, dignity, focus, passion, humanity, and authenticity. A...
Hamza Shahbaz returns as battle of the Sharifs’ heats up
News Analysis | MNA Hamza Shahbaz, son of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif returned to Pakistan after a self-imposed exile of one and a half months...
Syria must independently defeat terrorism
Sophie Mangal | Almost ten days have passed since the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the allied forces managed to break the siege of Deir Ezzor city, which...
Time is ideal for Islamabad and Tehran to turn a page...
News Analysis | Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif reached Tehran on a one-day visit to Iran as part of his diplomatic engagement initiative which started with...
Is NAP a challenge or an opportunity?
Mohammad Ali Babakhel | Nov 02, 2016 Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long,you miss them.” — William Arthur Ward After 22 months of the...
