The contour of new world order: Where Pakistan stands? on October 2, 2020There must be a cure, not just a therapy, President Xi Jinping at UN 75. The statement depicts the understanding of global affairs by China. President Xi also unambiguously declared UN as central point for multilateralism without any discrimination on the basis of economic status pr religion or ethnicity. He also stressed on the importance […]
FinCEN Leaks and money laundering: Is FATF for Pakistan only? on September 24, 2020FinCEN leaks have jolted the whole world. The most reputed banks of the world were being used to launder money by organized crime groups, drug dealers and fraudulent companies.JP Morgan, HSBC, Standard Charted Bank, Deutsche Bank, UAE Central Bank and Barclays Bank are few examples. It has been reported that banks were involved in laundering […]
Ecological collapse and post capitalism on September 14, 2020In 2017, it was calculated that the total emission of carbon dioxide was 54 gigaton against the carrying capacity of 21 gigaton of the planet. It means that the planet was burden with 33 gigaton of additional carbon dioxide. It was further estimated that to remain within limit of carrying capacity of earth the allowance […]
Karachi crises: Time for new cities on September 7, 2020Urban Management is a new buzz word. It has been in market for some time, but during the last few years it started to capture the policy and intellectual debate. Although, it is late entrant in Pakistani market, but it is making good progress. The event of Karachi flood has made it a word of […]
CPEC and political consensus on August 23, 2020Since the inception, CPEC is victim of credit game among political parties. It has become fashioned among parties to claim the status of champion of the CPEC designing and implementation. It is evident from the campaigns and rhetoric of all political parties. They try to assign paramount importance to their party for conceiving and successful […]
USA tech war, running against the time on August 15, 2020Fourth industrial revolution is knocking on the door. It is bringing new opportunities but also triggering the change in rules of game. The guardians of existing system are the front runners to twist the rules in their favor. Howbeit, the advancement and technological development by other countries are not allowing them to play their games. […]
Prosperity: What we need, reform or different System on August 5, 2020The world is knocking at the door of Fourth Industrial Revolution with slogan of “nothing is impossible”. Artificial intelligence, quantum computing, robotics, and 5-G etc. are talk of the town. Machines are coming to rule the economies. The wealth generation has reached at highest level of human history. These are indicators, which were sold as […]
Re-thinking Economic Model and Local Wisdom on June 25, 2020The change is very common word in Pakistan. Every party and government beat the drum of change. Problems keep on changing but the solution remains the same “the change”. Despite the continuous failure of successive parties and governments, people still believe in the slogan of change. There can be two reasons of this belief, either […]
China-Pakistan-India Tri-lateral Forum for Prosperity on June 19, 2020August 5, 2019 is proving to be watershed moment for the region. India unilaterally abrogated article 370 and changed the status quo. Although it was direct attack on UN resolution and Pakistan’s stance, but Pakistan showed restrain. Pakistan is working with global system and wants to win it by applying rules of law. Pakistan is […]
Budget 2020 and CPEC on June 15, 2020The economic survey and budget documents are presenting a dismal picture of economy. The economy has contracted. Major production sectors, except agriculture is showing negative growth. Government could not achieve any major target of major indicators of economy. It was expected in the backdrop of COVID-19. As we know, the world economy is contracting, and […]