World is again going through transformation. The diplomatic, security and economic landscape is in a race to adjust to the process of transformation. It is happening at a time when world is celebrating 75 years of United Nations and victory in World War-II. The victory and establishment of UN completed the phenomenon of shift of […]
China’s human capital base and 14 th five-year plan
The fifth plenum of the Communist Party of China concluded on October 29 with the approval of 14 th five-year plan, which will be officially adopted at the National People’s Congress in March 2021. The plan has been devised after holding threadbare discussions for more than two years. It is a common practice that China […]
2+2: 2 (USA &India) Against 2 (China & Pakistan)
Old habits die hard. United States of America (USA) is back to business to develop alliances on the basis of self-assumed threats to world peace and freedom. World is being used as proxy to pursues objectives of USA. The war on terror is not over yet as USA has started to build new narratives for […]
Losing Economy and Values Simultaneously
Western economies and hegemonic ideology are on losing track. In recent years we have observed that economic crises in many Western countries has compelled people to agitate at one name or other. The longest streak of agitation originated in France, which government was unable to counter with decency. State used brutal force and tools to […]
Eco-civilization, biodiversity summit and future of CPEC
President Xi Jinping in his address at UN summit on biodiversity highlighted the importance of slogan “Ecological Civilization: Building a Shared Future for All Life on Earth” for COP-15. He advocated for the urgent actions, which must be devised by keeping nature at heart and looking harmony between human and nature. He emphasized that beautiful […]
The contour of new world order: Where Pakistan stands?
There 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?
FinCEN 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
In 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
Urban 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
Since 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 […]