The Plight of Kashmiris and Western Apathy on January 23, 2019“Once they saw boys on the road, they fired indiscriminately on them. Owais bent his body under the plinth of his home, but one bullet hit his head and I saw his brain spilling out of the head.” recalled Shaheena Akhtar, an eyewitness to the abominable violence by the Indian Armed Forces in which 20 […]
Pakistan’s diplomacy in a post-broadcast era on November 2, 2018In one of his recent press conferences, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry laid out his vision of how he wanted to utilise government media for building a positive image of Pakistan abroad. Along with structural and capacity building reforms, he expressed his desire to bring Pakistan Television (PTV) upto international standards of news channels with the […]
Incredible !ndia and nation branding on December 17, 2017Post 9/11, as with everything else that was severely affected, tourism around the world also took a nosedive. Whilst the world was trying to make sense of the whats, whys and who’s of the terrorist attacks, travelling was the last thing on anyone’s minds. This was the precarious situation facing the Tourism Ministry of India […]
Embassy websites and first impressions on November 2, 2017Humans are designed to size each other up at first glance. Whether facts speak otherwise, we have an inherent characteristic to immediately respond to a stimulus. These responses create an immediate image which is formed rapidly and has a lasting effect. They can lead to feelings of friendliness, trust and attraction. Some experts argue that […]