Sustainability is Luxury? on July 12, 2024Punjab is carelessly divided into South Punjab and North Punjab (Upper Punjab). South Punjab comprises three divisions: Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan, and Bahawalpur. According to the 2023 Census, the total population of Punjab is 127,688,922, with 40,377,576 individuals residing in these three divisions. This accounts for more than 30% of Punjab’s total population. Most of […]
Riyasat-e-Madina? on July 1, 2024Imran Khan had launched the political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in 1992. It emerged as an anti-status quo force in the country, with a unique manifesto: aiming to ensure justice and establish the rule of law. After struggling for about 22 years, the PTI finally came into power, with Imran Khan as the 22nd Prime […]
Sneering Politics on June 10, 2024The criterion set forth by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) to appoint a professor at a university requires a Ph.D. degree from an HEC-recognized Institution, 15 years of teaching/research experience in an HEC-recognized university, and 15 research publications. The scholars give their sweat, blood and tears to secure the prestigious title of Professor. However, Pakistan’s […]
IMF and Pakistan on April 30, 2024Pakistan has availed of 23 IMF programs since 1958, but due to internal and external reasons, the adoption of IMF policies has not benefited substantially. Pakistan has earned the unfortunate title of “one-tranche nation” which alludes to the nation’s history of taking out loans at crucial junctures and then prematurely abandoning them due to a […]
Education Conundrum in Pakistan on March 24, 2024Pakistan inherited a well-established primary and secondary educational system, especially in the urban centres and much of Punjab, although it had been predominately manned by Hindus, many of whom left for India after the partition. The major educational assets Pakistan inherited were situated in Lahore, where several elite states and missionary schools had taught several […]
What is Security? on March 6, 2024Security is an idiosyncratic and contested notion, subject to individual interpretation. A generic explanation of security is the absence of peril or trepidation. Optimism and hope may be termed as security. And hope and optimism may or may not be a “Law”. It may be rules, precedents, norms, values, customs and traditions. If one is […]
Polls Manifesto and China on February 5, 2024In a democratic system, political parties play a central role, serving as platforms for individuals who support specific ideologies and allowing them to participate in elections – a democratic process to choose a leader. These parties develop their election strategies around a set of principles, goals, and commitments outlined in their manifesto, which reflects the […]
US Withdrawal and Taliban on November 27, 2023Afghanistan is situated at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It shares 2640 kilometres of its eastern border with Pakistan. Afghanistan gained peculiar importance for Pakistan after the Soviet invasion in 1979. Constantly, for the last 40 years, it has been involved in three wars including the Soviet Invasion, the Afghan Civil War, […]
Stability Instability Paradox on October 17, 2023A phenomenon that was devised to understand the role of nuclear weapons and the concept of mutually assured destruction in the overall stability of a region. The concept of MAD prevails during the confrontation between two states having nuclear weapons. Consequently, the presence of nuclear weapons maintains stability at the strategic level due to MAD […]
Respect the Nature on September 5, 2023The world is dealing with serious issues. The world’s problems in the past could be divided into two categories: those caused by nature and those caused by humans. But in modern times, the domains of both natural and man-made challenges are overlapping. The sophistication of the world is one of the causes of this overlap. […]