Remedying bad governance on November 20, 2019As long as I remember, Pakistan has been a developing country. Regardless of our immense desire to see our name amongst the developed and already progressed nations, we have not been able to get rid of the third world label. Around 2010 to 2012, Pakistan was on the brink of economic default since the buoyancy […]
Politics of instability on November 5, 2019With a thousands of anti-government protestors loitering on the roads of federal capital, the vicious cycle has started, unfortunately, once again for Pakistan. Actually this cycle, that remains the main cause for country’s under-development, has continuously been running since Pakistan’s independence. While an uncertain political environment prevails in a country, nobody should expect the nation […]
Losing the dividend on October 30, 2019Huge percentage of young population is a great advantage to any country. As the young people grow into adulthood, they are expected to become part of a productive work force thus contribute towards extraordinary economic development for their nation. Their energy, creativity and imagination becomes instrumental in fueling the engine of country’s economy. Pakistan is […]
Catch 22 on October 22, 2019It is viral and it is everywhere. FATF’s demand from Pakistan “to do more” is echoing once again. Video of a very strong worded warning spelled out by Xiangmin Liu, Chairman of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is bouncing here and there on social media groups. The decision from international task force has revealed that […]
Dragon awaken on October 15, 2019Napoleon once said to an English official in St. Helena that “When China wakes up, the World will shake”. Sleeping Dragon as it is rightly known, China has incorrectly been understood as the one sleeping. If at all it was sleeping, it is now surely pandiculating stretching its arms from Africa to Europe. Incredible changes […]
Don’t blame the police on October 8, 2019With everysingle day passing, the criminal justice system in Pakistan appears to be failing in playing its role in internal security matrix. Courts and corrections, as the components of this system normally remain immune to public outcry and public out lash, while Police, the third important component of this justice system,literally becomes a punching bag […]
The bogey of Islamic extremism on October 1, 2019The speech of Prime Minister Imran Khan at United Nations General Assembly was very straight, convincing and persuasive. Straight as he spoke his heart out, convincing as he presented his point with examples drawing parallels and persuasive as he appealed the rational and logical thinking. One of the issue he discussed was the label of […]
Long live CPEC on September 24, 2019We started with the cliché “game changer” for CPEC. Within few years we came to conclude that CPEC was in fact a Trojan horse. Then our analysts gradually started to tell nation that CPEC was a failure and has already drowned between the gulf of mistrust between China and Pakistan. Then they added that this […]
Policing The Police on September 9, 2019Police in Pakistan is not only responsible for maintaining routine law and order but also shoulders additional responsibility of acting as the first line of fighting against terrorism and complex security situations. Sacrifices of this force in improving the overall security situation in the country are worthy to be mentioned and appreciated. However like many […]
Kashmir annexation: the grand plan on September 3, 2019On 5 August 2019, United States finally executed its well-conceived plan through India in Kashmir. A plan that risked triggering a nuclear war before time, was actually designed to “handle Pakistan’s nuclear blackmail” once for all. Washington was sure that the abrupt settlement of Kashmir by any means would extinguish the nuclear flash point for […]