Obsessed With The Protests By: Faisal Ahmad on April 16, 2024First gathering in Pashin immediately after Eid indicates the future plans of the opposition. Five parties’ alliance led by PTI seems in a mood to launch a massive protest campaign across the country. Apparently, the protest movement, led predominantly by the PTI, is likely to revolve around the traditional rigging mantra. Efficacy of country wide […]
Microfinance’s Impact By: Shaha Tariq on April 16, 2024Women have always been the significant half, but with 50 percent of the world’s population being female, their inclusion in the workforce is no longer an aspirational goal but a vital necessity. The developed world has experienced unprecedented achievements through empowering women, and recognizing this, developing economies have acknowledged that objectives such as poverty alleviation, […]
US and Iran By: Yasir Ahmed on April 16, 2024Democracy is a tool of Western leaders…western leaders knew better that when power is under the masses we can rule them easily. Once the Haiti state wanted dictatorship, many Western blocs imposed Sanctions oil embargoes trade restrictions, in the end, Haiti turned back towards democracy and for many months Haiti couldn’t hold elections. Many Haiti […]
‘Security Chapter’ in the China-Pakistan Community By: Jiang Zaidong on April 15, 2024As the transformations unseen in a century are unfolding at an accelerating pace, international relations are undergoing profound adjustments, and the world has entered a period of turbulence and transformation, people of all countries have greater expectations for peace and security. Meanwhile, the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, the […]
Pot Calling the Kettle Black By: Rakhshanda Mehtab on April 15, 2024There are instances when all you need to do is boast to win over the supporters’ sympathies, especially during the election campaigns. Elections in India are scheduled for April 19. The BJP exploits sentiment against Pakistan in every election to mobilise voters in favour of its candidates. Recent boasts and threats of invasion on Pakistani […]
Bahawalnagar Incident By: Qamar Bashir on April 15, 2024With extensive experience supporting ministers and leaders in various capacities – from press attaché in Kuala Lumpur to Press Minister in Paris, and culminating as Press Secretary and media advisor to the President – I had developed a habit of instinctively evaluating public relations campaigns. The Bahawalnagar incident serves as a prime example. Despite an […]
Introducing Neo-Politics By: Dr Zia Ul Haque Shamsi on April 15, 2024At the outset, let me explain the term ‘Neo-politics’ because, in an era of ever-green geopolitics and evolving geoeconomics, it will be difficult to digest yet another new terminology. Neo-politics is a hybrid employment of geopolitics, geostrategy, and geoeconomics. States successfully employed their geography in international politics over the centuries even when the term geopolitics […]
By the Jugular By: Zafar Malik on April 14, 2024Ask any Pakistani on the street and they would tell you that Pakistan had defeated India in Kargil. It is also an almost unanimous opinion that Pakistan had India by the jugular and that the war won on the battlefield was lost at the negotiation table. Even today, many believe that PM Sharif’s 4th July […]
Indian Terrorism and Pakistan By: Ali Anwar on April 14, 2024Once again, India’s ugly face has been exposed to the world. The British newspaper Guardian has revealed in its investigative report that the Indian government is directly involved in the killing of 20 people on Pakistani soil. According to the report, India’s secret agency RAW has been actively carrying out extrajudicial killings under the guise […]
Our Nation Has Forgotten How To Smile By: Hafeez Khan on April 14, 2024I had the good fortune to spend Eid with my son Faisal Hafeez Khan in Maryland. I guess it is a dividend for not travelling to Pakistan this winter. I am at a stage in life where homing instincts grow stronger. In my many decades of travelling, I used to joke that if I stayed […]