Second Golden Week in limelight on October 7, 2018China’s 40 years opening up is becoming a catalyst for introduction of Chinese’s culture, civilization, political dispensation, lifestyle and traditional festivities particularly 2nd Golden Week to the world. After New year, 2nd Golden Week, also called the Mid-Autumn Festival and held on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, is […]
The dawn of the CPEC era on September 20, 2018Pakistan is never going to rollback and abandon China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Asia’s first transport corridor and the lifeline of Xi’s global Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Considering the avalanche of benefits some which have already been reaped and the rest will take effect soon. Reason to keep the ball rolling on the CPEC […]
CPEC’s train to benefit public on May 14, 2018CPEC’s transport project ‘Orange Line Metro Train’ (OLMT) is all set to liberate the common public from daily commute miseries once and for all next week. This might be the first people-centric project of CPEC that will have spontaneous and direct effects on the lives of the common man suffering from travelling woes in Lahore, […]
The tobacco mafia on April 24, 2018As tax manipulation on cigarette business goes unchecked in connivance with cartelisation of cigarette-manufacturing companies and government authorities, smoking culture is on the rise, unleashing a spate of diseases that account for millions of lives each year. It seems to be a planned scheme to manoeuvre taxation and implementation to keep tobacco market unhurt. Taxes […]
Mainstreaming renewable energy on April 1, 2018In order to wriggle Pakistan out of energy crisis, the stakeholders should start focusing on mainstreaming renewable energy. To meet rising energy demand and need, that are safer, secure, sustainable and affordable, Pakistan desperately needs to shift from conventional energy system to integrated and intelligent renewable energy system. Pakistan is already lagging behind in the […]
China’s rise as a consultative democracy on March 20, 2018Being a core doctrine in political outlook of China since revolution till Xi Jinping’s modern era, the system of political consultation and supervision has become a barometer of all-round achievements. It has exploitable potential to go a long way towards reforming political order with Chinese characteristic because it functions taking on board its members from […]
China’s anti-graft legal reforms on March 12, 2018Fresh anti-graft law and National Supervision Commission are all set to go a long way towards improving law-based economic, political and social systems to shape up clean governance and corruption-free China. After many overhauls and feats, legal breakthrough has exploitable potential to materialize Chinese President Xi Jinping’s thought of democratic socialism with Chinese characteristics in […]
War on child sex abuse on February 23, 2018While the war on terror is being fought with full might, the war on child sex abuse is nowhere on the national agenda despite recent incidents. Thousands of minors have been raped and killed over the last many years, but no national policy has been mapped out to curb the menace so far. Only a […]
Chinese festivities on February 13, 2018On the eve of China’s Spring Festival, also known as the Chinese New Year, an avalanche of festivities is unleashed all over the country. In fact, the merriment is not limited to China alone. This event is celebrated across the world. In fact, projects like the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and the One Belt, […]
Thar water crisis on February 2, 2018The shadows of misery and death are set to loom in Thar once again, as the gushing stream of clean water, provided to people through water filtration plants, known as solar-operated Reverse Osmosis (RO) plants, is going to end soon. The reason is that the government has stopped funding and renewing contracts with water engineering […]