Wheat: A strategic commodity for Pakistan! on November 20, 2020Wheat is the main staple and a strategic commodity of the people of Pakistan, so the supply of flour, wheat or grain to a population of 220 million people should be a challenging job, notably when there is restricted use of land for food production and under multiple restrictions. This review will explore a few […]
Elected Joe Biden: Implications for Pakistan on November 11, 2020A change in the White House is always supplemented by a shift in international policy of every respective country. As in the words of Noam Chomsky, every President of the United States (US) has a new doctrine that has a profound influence on overall geopolitics. Joe Biden, after a tough electoral match with Donald Trump […]
2+2 Dialogue: torpedo at regional peace on November 4, 2020The Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) was signed in Delhi on the occasion of the third edition of the India-US 2 + 2 talks. The agreement will allow India to acquire accurate topographical, nautical, aeronautical data, and topographical images on a real-time basis through US military satellites. The information retrieved could be used for […]
Pandemic and the global economy (Part II) on October 9, 2020Some companies are ahead of the game the Spanish clothing retailer Zara is one of the most successful in the clothing industry, and its shorter supply chains have helped the company weather the Covid19 storm.While most western high street fashion brands have offshored manufacturing to Asia where labour is cheaper distance equals time.So, retailers have […]
Pandemic and the global economy (Part I) on October 8, 2020Covid19 has brought disruption to the globalized and interconnected world. The challenges of Covid19 have led to a dark period both in terms of human suffering but also the damage is done to our political and social fabric. But before the pandemic globalization was already in retreat. Now that trend looks set to accelerate. It […]
Shift of power and politics in 5th generation war on October 5, 2020“Beliefs do not need to be coherent in order to be Believed.” (In Search of Politics) Ironically the most coined term, Pakistan is passing through most difficult times has lost its force infact noone takes it serious these days. The present generation of Pakistan has managed to survive through all odds including a pandemic. Not […]
Democracy: God’s script or devil’s design on September 18, 2020“You can not oppress, enslave, kill, torture, maime people for 200 years and than celebrate the fact that they are democratic at the end of it.” (Shashi Tharoor) A new report from the University of Cambridge’s Centre for the Future of Democracy claims that people around the world are collectively losing faith in democratic systems. […]
Mansplaining: No panacea for her grief on September 15, 2020Once a Communist activist while addressing a group of workers promised, “when the revolution comes, you will eat strawberries and cream!” A worker responded, I dont like strawberries and cream. The Communist immediately replied, “when the revolution comes, you will like strawberries and cream”. The dark truth behind this joke, torments all those who build […]
Can the Subaltern Speak? on August 28, 2020“As long as you are upright, donot care if your shadow is crooked.” (Chinese Proverb) Charles Dickens in his novel “A Tale of Two Cities” describes the optimistic period of French Revolution that culminated at Jacobin Reign of Terror as, “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times…it was season of […]
Single national curriculum: All hat and no cattle on August 26, 2020The Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mehmood’s statement, “we have attempted to define a curriculum which is outcome based, to create a more fair system” appears vapid when juxtaposed against A.H Nayyar’s assertion that Single National Curriculum (SNC) confirms that educational policy makers continue to have a skewed belief in what constitutes […]