The HEC must stop discrimination against international journals of social sciences on February 14, 2020The Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan was established to promote higher education, research & development (R&D) and, above all, projection of Pakistan in (extra) regional academia in a manner that serves our national interest. However, it seems these objectives are not fully achieved after about two decades due to organizational incompetence, disciplinary biases, ad […]
Are the Chinese safe in Pakistan? on May 21, 2019In the wake of the terror attack on the PC Hotel in Gwadar, the Chinese media and commercial circles seem concerned regarding the state of security in Balochistan which is witnessing the firth wave of Baloch insurgency. Though the Chinese government and the state media showed restraint in terms of adherence to bilateral cordiality and […]
PTM versus the Military: the way forward on May 3, 2019Pakistan faced immense challenges related to state formation and, in this respect, the country’s northwestern region, i.e. FATA, proved a herculean task. Indeed, the pro-Bacha Khan Pashtuns and their supporters in Afghanistan disapproved of the idea of a state being governed by the non-Pashtuns, i.e. Mohajirs and Punjabis. Moreover, the Pashtuns, by and large, have […]
Imran Khan’s China visit: Prospects and Challenges on April 27, 2019Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Imran Khan, is touring regional countries these days. He was in Iran a few days ago and now is heading to neighbouring China for the second time since he assumed premiership. PM Khan made to Beijing in November last year where he met with China’s President Xi Jinping; he along with the […]
India-Pakistan at the brink of fifth war on March 3, 2019There is no dearth of social media trolls on both of the boarder that are, officially or informally, fighting what they have arbitrarily dubbed the “fifth generation war[fare]”. Perhaps these social (media) soldiers will now have to upgrade the level of warfare because India and Pakistan are literally, not virtually, at the brink of fighting […]
Sensitizing university youth about CPEC on February 11, 201964 percent of Pakistan’s population is below the age of 30. Of this, hardly one percent makes it to universities. The youth, anywhere in the world, is either a catalyst for the socioeconomic, political and intellectual growth of a society or a recipe for self-degeneration. Many a youngster like this author returned to Pakistan with […]
Will the US quit Afghanistan? on January 17, 2019The Trump administration recently announced the withdrawal of a few thousand American soldiers from Syria; same is being said about Afghanistan. Will the US quit Afghanistan ever? The following addresses it empirically and conceptually. Before I move to Afghanistan, let it be clear, from the very outset, the announcement of withdrawal of American troops from […]
Kartarpur: corridor of cooperation on December 2, 2018Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of Sikhism, laid the foundation of Kartarpur —currently located in District Narowal, Punjab, Pakistan — in 1522 and, over centuries, the place has assumed immense significance for the Sikh nation living in India and Pakistan and, as a diasporic community, all over the world. Since Partition of British India […]
China International Import Expo & Pakistan on November 3, 2018While implementing what is called “home turf diplomacy”, China is hosting a mega event, namely China International Import Expo (CIIE) in its commercial metropolitan, Shanghai, from November 5-10, 2018. A total of 82 countries and three international organizations will be showcasing their achievements in economic and trade development. As per local media reports, around 3,000 […]
CPEC under undue fire on October 5, 2018China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was successfully negotiated and formalized between the Chinese and Pakistani government in April 2015. CPEC marked, on the one hand, the durability in bilateral relations and, on the other, new thinking, at least in Chinese policy circles, to highlight the economic variable in China-Pakistan relations, which have been structured along military-strategic […]