Aftermath of nuclear war By: Raja Khalid Shabbir on March 17, 2019The possibility of a nuclear war between Pakistan and India was widely debated in the past few days. Let us take a look at the aftermath of such a misadventure. Nine sovereign nuclear states across the world share between them approximately 14,000 nuclear missiles. Three nuclear flash points exist in today's era: America and North Korea, Russia and NATO, and Pakistan and India. The Line of Control … [Read more...] about Aftermath of nuclear war
Strategic foreign policy By: Hamait Ashter Haider on March 4, 2019Tensions between India and Pakistan have soared post Pulwama suicide attack. Pakistan and India share a very volatile history. The difference between foreign policy makers of Pakistan and India has been the strategic approach towards demeaning each other at international forums. The world has greatly changed post 9/11. The Taliban who were fighting the soviet became terrorists; those supporting … [Read more...] about Strategic foreign policy
Khan’s victory over Modi By: Yasser Latif Hamdani on March 4, 2019What an extraordinary week we have had. Whatever our criticisms of Imran Khan and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government -- of which there are plenty -- let us give credit where it is due. Imran Khan proved to be the right person at the right time, a strong willed leader standing up to aggression by an unthinking and unsavoury Indian Prime Minister (PM). The Indian narrative on the … [Read more...] about Khan’s victory over Modi
The fiscal dimension of Indo-Pak war – II By: Dr Muhammad Babar Chohan on February 28, 2019It may be deduced that any war between India and Pakistan will inherently bring economic uncertainty with it. This uncertainty will inhibit the capabilities of the federal and provincial tax collection agencies such as the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and the provincial tax collection authorities. This suggests that uncertainty and insecurity needs to be avoided as a long term economic strategy … [Read more...] about The fiscal dimension of Indo-Pak war – II
Indian misadventures across the border: war hysteria or a calculated move? By: Nidaa Shahid on February 28, 2019The day started like any other. I woke up, turned my phone on to look at the time and lo and behold, I see what I had feared since the February 14. The Indian Air Force had carried out an incursion across the LOC into Pakistan in what their media was claiming to be an air force strike against terrorist installations in Pakistan, effectively levelling them. My twitter feed was full of tweets from … [Read more...] about Indian misadventures across the border: war hysteria or a calculated move?
The fiscal dimension of Indo-Pak war – I By: Dr Muhammad Babar Chohan on February 27, 2019The soaring tension over the Pulwama attack, according to media reports, may trigger a full scale war between Pakistan and India. The ongoing military stand-off between the two countries is reflective of new heightened levels of uncertainty and insecurity in the South Asian region. A sense of insecurity can adversely affect, and even occlude, the economic activities of a country because of rising … [Read more...] about The fiscal dimension of Indo-Pak war – I
Operationalisation of Chabahar Port By: Saud bin Ahsen on February 27, 2019Amid the hostile environment between Pakistan and India, a major development has occurred in the region. Afghanistan began exports to India through the Iranian Chabahar port on February 24, exploring new avenues for economic restructuring. As per reports, 23 trucks carrying 57 tonnes of dried fruits, textiles, carpets and mineral products were dispatched from the western Afghan city of Zaranj to … [Read more...] about Operationalisation of Chabahar Port
General Dhillon’s threat to Kashmiri mothers By: Dr Syed Nazir Gilani on February 21, 2019Pakistan is a nuclear state. It has cancelled out the threat of India's size, military might and nuclear reach once for all. Unless Indian leaders decide to consign their cities and people to history books, there will be no war. The Indian Government is engaged in a war with the people of Indian administered Valley for the last 27 years. During these years these forces have killed a generation of … [Read more...] about General Dhillon’s threat to Kashmiri mothers
Trending discrimination in Pakistan By: Busharat Elahi Jamil on February 21, 2019...Every community will be treated as citizens of Pakistan with equal rights and privileges and obligations and that the minorities will be safeguarded and protected. (Quaid-i-Azam, March 22, 1948). British colonial India was divided on the basis of Muslim and non-Muslim majority areas in August 1947 but not in the name of a particular religion. Muslim League took recognition for the making of … [Read more...] about Trending discrimination in Pakistan
Iran-Pakistan puzzle By: Kashif Hussain on February 21, 2019A few days ago, while the US and Israel were lobbying in Warsaw trying to convince the Europeans to join them in their harshanti-Iran drive, a bomb blast in Zahedan Left around 27 Revolutionary guards dead. The event was coincidental with another unfortunate event of the same nature in Kashmir. In the aftermaths of the negatively developing situation, the Indian Foreign Minister took a stopover in … [Read more...] about Iran-Pakistan puzzle
