Diamer Bhasha Dam: Many a slip between the cup & the lip on August 16, 2020“The empire is in utter confusion, sagehood and excellence are not clarified, we do not have the one Way and Power…these are men each of whom has his own little corner.” (The Zhuangi Ch. 33). Pakistan finds itself in somewhat similar confusion when it comes to decide on national issues. The Diamer Bhasha Dam (DBD) […]
Beirut: A Gordian Knot on August 8, 2020“Is not Death the sole comfort of the Miserables?” Khalil Gibran Lebanon, the “cradle of civilization” and part of “Fertile Crescent” was hit by a massive explosion that rocked Beirut on 4th August 2020 leaving100 dead and thousands injured with bodies still buried in the rubbles. A giant mushroom cloud blast destroyed city’s port wheat […]
Budget 2020-2021: Reality Check (Part Ii) on June 26, 2020Moreover, the manufacturing sector will grow by 0.7% whereas the service sector will grow by 2.6%. The service sector can only grow if there is more growth in the manufacturing sector otherwise it will experience a trickle-down effect. For instance, if farmers do not have a higher yield and farm productivity, he will never plan […]
Budget 2020-2021: Reality Check (Part I) on June 25, 2020Some facts and realities are certainly unpleasant to observe however, they exist in a way, which cannot be ignored. Pakistan’s economic budget is one such example garnished with top quality ingredients as expensive as saffron but the main ingredients of the budget lack the true essence. The budget presentation started with the 18th amendment violation […]
Chinese digital currency: challenge vs opportunity on May 18, 2020The outbreak of Covid19 has certainly turned the global dynamics and has given birth to new inventions, innovations, and most importantly restructuring from the institutional level to everyday lifestyles. The origin station of global shift China which is the second-largest world economy on a nominal basis in terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and number […]
Monk, media, and monarchy! on May 4, 2020“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts” —(William Shakespeare) William Shakespeare rightly explained the human phenomena and their respective interchangeable, multidimensional roles. In the prevalent circumstances, Pakistan is experiencing the trichotomy between Monk […]
Governance Structure And Covid19 on April 27, 2020In the present world humans, still have many big choices to make. Among the biggest challenge, these days is how to deal with the crisis either through nationalistic isolation by having each country competing with all the others for the scarce resources or whether they will deal with it through international solidarity and cooperation. Is […]
Pakistan Economic Crisis Amid The Covid-19 on April 19, 2020Pakistan economy enfolds the prolonged history of rapid economic lapses, energy crisis, Kashmir issue, security concerns, health crisis and befall of crisis over crises with the major base line of political polarization and poor governance structure and system dynamics. Pakistan economic situation both in short and long term is parallel to Coronavirus patients put on […]
New world order in re-making! on April 10, 2020Managing the known was a general phenomenon and practicing field for the creatures of 21st century. Although, the past has always provided precedent of transitional and evolutionary transformational mechanism that sheds significance at two extremes either the success or failure. The futuristic approach and one’s smooth convergence to new normal and behavior is referred as […]
Covid-19: The Hidden Few on March 30, 2020Since the start of year 2020, the most buzzword that has run shivers down the spine is COVID-19. Coronavirus has unveiled so many important things, which refer to either the traditional civilization tool or emergence of new civilization. This is the tool to gauge a new nation with effected and non-effected crowd. In my previous […]