Is Pakistan’s economic take-off around the corner? By: Saddam Hussein on December 13, 2018How countries develop overtime? How do nations move from the third world to first world? What stages are involved? One of the models to explain such transition of societies is "Rostow's Five Stages of Growth". Walt Rostow - an American economist and political theorist was the man behind this model. He explains the complete transition in five phases/stages. First is 'traditional society'. This is … [Read more...] about Is Pakistan’s economic take-off around the corner?
Fossil fuel free economy: a mirage in the desert By: Shazia Tasneem Farooqi on December 13, 2018When Pakistan made a safe bet on cheap coal in the Thar Desert to resolve its energy crisis, Thari people welcomed the move. They saw a spark in the darkness. But the former Chief Executive Officer of the Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC), Shamsuddin Ahmed Shaikh's allegation that the Sindh government was not sincere to the people of Thar has come as a shocking surprise to the Tharis. Their … [Read more...] about Fossil fuel free economy: a mirage in the desert
Bigotry and intransigence hand in hand By: Zafar Aziz Chaudhry on December 13, 2018Last week Justice Markandey Katju of India stated that the 'much flaunted Indian secularism is a hoax', and taking a cue from Pakistani poet Fehmida Riaz, reminded us by saying, " Pakistaniyon, hum bhi bilkul tum jaise nikle." This is the truth very few Indians dare to speak in public. Though bigotry is common on both sides of the border, but a Pakistani will shun being branded as secular, … [Read more...] about Bigotry and intransigence hand in hand
The Sino-American trade war has no winners By: S Mubashir Noor on December 13, 2018The recent arrest of Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou in Canada points to a widening of the trade war between the US and China. She faces possible extradition to the US for helping Huawei evade equipment sanctions on Iran through a shell company. Some are calling her arrest the latest set piece in a new "cold war," one that threatens to pull in allies of both major powers into its … [Read more...] about The Sino-American trade war has no winners
Mother Merkel: the iron lady of Europe By: Prof Kamran James on December 12, 2018Finally the “Iron lady” the German Chancellor Angela Merkel has decided to quit from politics. She announced earlier that she will not be the presidential candidate in the upcoming December party elections of Christian democratic union and even will not be the candidate for the next chancellor. Merkel fulfilled her promise and Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer was elected as the new president of the … [Read more...] about Mother Merkel: the iron lady of Europe
Journey of the lost ideology By: Dr Mark Khosa on December 12, 2018Historically, it has always been controversial and debatable why the struggle for a new country was made seventy years ago while people of different religions had been living for centuries together with mutual fraternity in one big country? United India was divided into two parts in 1947, and factually three after the inception of Bangladesh in 1971, barely after 24 years of … [Read more...] about Journey of the lost ideology
Deconstructing liberalism By: Shahzada Rahim on December 12, 2018The history of liberalism has been complicated because of the broader political discourse since its birth in the late seventeenth century. Since then the very first idea of liberal doctrine stressed the values of individualism, that opened the new perspective obliging the State to ensure the rights of individual. Likewise, the philosophy of liberalism came to be known as the politics of … [Read more...] about Deconstructing liberalism
An open letter to the Prime Minister of Pakistan By: KS Venkatachalam on December 12, 2018Dear Mr Imran Khan, The India-Pakistan relations are now at an all time low. Both countries lack the gravitas to engage with one another and to find solutions to end the disputes left by historical legacy. It is true that the relations are so complex that they do not offer any immediate solution. It may take years of sustained talks to remove the cobwebs of hostility that have been allowed … [Read more...] about An open letter to the Prime Minister of Pakistan
Indo-Pak relations: time to be a dreamer? By: Dr Saulat Nagi on December 11, 2018Some forty seven years ago, John Lennon had his revelation, a personal apocalypse. It culminated in a delectable expression of musical art: a famous song having a title of ‘Imagine’ emerged whose message, cadences and nuances still vibrate in human memory and recall the long cherished dream, a desire of making the world free of all ugliness while exchanging it with love. Nine years later he was … [Read more...] about Indo-Pak relations: time to be a dreamer?
Social media and 5th generation warfare By: Awais Zahid Abbasi on December 11, 2018The media is the face of any state. Whatever and whenever things happens within a state or if any important development or event takes place in the global world the media timely informs its audience. To create a vibrant and united society media plays the role of an educator. When evil gets stronger, the media plays the role of warner and exposer. To keep the balance in a just society, the media … [Read more...] about Social media and 5th generation warfare
