The impending energy crisisThe above quote embodies a raw truth that drives economies and societies in this post-industrial era. An era where nothing functions without electricity. Fossil fuels like oil, coal and gas plus renew...
Unfair and incomparable delimitationsThe preliminary delimitations constituencies of National Assembly (NA) seats and those of the four provincial assemblies announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), have drawn wide critici...
Why isn’t foreign policy an election issue?With general elections in Pakistan scheduled to take place this summer, all major political parties have already begun campaigning and articulating their agendas. While domestic problems, such as bad...
New amnesty schemeSir: The newly introduced tax amnesty scheme proves nothing but only a premise of PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. However, Pakistan collects immense revenue by imposing high taxes burden on citizens, but rec...
Sino-Pak tradeSir: China is an enigma of economic development. It should not be analysed in terms of Rostov’s Stages of Economic Growth or economic models like Harrod-Domar’s or Solows’. The key to China's rapid g...
Superior courts jurisdictionSir: It is quite good and appreciable to note that upper house of the parliament, the Senate, has okayed the bill seeking extension of jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the Peshawar Hi...
NS disqualified for lifeSir: Ever since Quaid’s death, this country has witnessed a deliberate attempt by vested interests to distance Pakistan from Father of Nation’s vision of a modern democratic welfare state to a theocra...
Irrelevant UN?Sir: The recent missile strikes by USA, UK and France without the approval of UN, on a sovereign country, over disputed claims of a chemical attack, right before the chemical monitors were due, actual...