Is Pakistan a safe country for minorities? on October 18, 2019To call someone a minority is in itself an insult to a human. The concept of a majority and a minority are relatively new in the arena of international law. However, in reality, distinction and discrimination among communities and societies have existed throughout the history of the world. In the era of the Ottoman Empire, […]
Police must restore public trust on September 19, 2019The police have forgotten the reality that they are public servants. The role of a public servant as a police official is to protect and promote human rights. In the wake of recent events, there is a dire need to rebuild the relationship between the police and the public. No one can deny the fact […]
Viable solutions for independent Kashmir on August 19, 2019“The people of Kashmir have lived in conflict since I was a child, since my mother and father were children, since my grandparents were young.” (Malala Yousafzai) Kashmir has become a crossroad and flashpoint between Pakistan, China and India. Presently, a boundary or frontier, the Line of Control (LOC), gulfs the region into two sections, […]
Why public policies fail in Pakistan on June 8, 2019Why does Pakistan’s public policy-making face so many difficulties in first designing the right policies and then sticking to them? Public policy has been a problem since the establishment of Pakistan. Good policy making is the way governments address the problems faced by the people they are elected to serve. Pakistan has failed to evolve […]
Can a government of technocrats help Pakistan? on May 26, 2019The idea of leaving major governance decisions to experts, including scientists and engineers, rather than politicians was first tried during the Great Depression that hit the Western world in 1929 and continued well into 1930s. Having given up all hope of a quick recovery, the American people were delighted to see the economy respond to […]
Can Pakistan benefit from Peru’s experience? on May 20, 2019Pakistanis are currently facing the worst inflation in living memory. Failure of successive governments to solve the underlying structural problems has landed them in an economic crisis. The way government policies have failed to improve their circumstances has led many in the country to question the integrity as well as competence of the politicians and […]
IMF is a tool of American imperialism on May 10, 2019The noble rhetoric of American leaders about development, prosperity, freedom, liberty, safety and security is informed by their lust for land, markets and security. The US diplomacy is meant only to control the economic resources of other nations. To this end, it offers loans through international financial institutions. The World Bank and the International Monetary […]
Money laundering is a major threat to economy on May 8, 2019Money laundering, white-collar crime, corruption and tax aversion are global issues and not a challenge for Pakistan alone. That said, they have had a major role in the destruction of Pakistan’s economy. The recent inflation and the hike in prices of fuels is all because of corruption and money laundering. Money laundering is a serious […]
Singapore’s strategic model and poverty alleviation in Pakistan on April 4, 2019Poverty is multidimensional economic phenomenon that has political and social ramifications. The nature of poverty varies from time to time, community to community and culture to culture. Poverty exists in developing as well as developed economies. In Pakistan, poverty has become a serious issue. The people of Pakistan are stressed and depressed due to their […]
God lives where woman is respected on March 10, 2019A nation’s condition is reflected by the status of its women. A perfect hole is actually a combination of two holes ‘men and women’. Strength lies in their union and weakness lies in their separation. Women and men complete each other. No nation can get progress if it leaves half of its population behind the […]