Fall of the Soviet Union
- 12-Oct-2023
Breakup of the Soviet that occurred more than three decades on 31 December 1991 and changed the geo-strategic makeup of the globe. Though the Soviet Union came into existence as successor of the Russian Empire considered a large agricultural country but owing to its large population, huge land mass and strategic location straddling Europe and […]
Saga of Pak-US alliances
- 07-Oct-2023
The current anti-American trend in Pakistan harboured and used by a part of political spectrum as well as displayed in public outbursts runs completely contrary to their long though erratic relationship. This antagonism is also quite ironical as the policy of associating Pakistan with the western world was greatly favoured by father of the nation […]
About the G20 summit in India
- 23-Sep-2023
The 18th two-day G20 summit in New Delhi concluded as India handed over the bloc presidency to Brazil. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin both skipped the summit. Even otherwise the domestic situation for Joe Biden and Narendra Modi, the leading personalities, of the summit looks quite troubling as Modi’s party had lost […]
Remembering the elegant M.A. Jinnah
- 11-Sep-2023
Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah towers above almost all political personalities of his time in all aspects ranging from political sagacity to his personal conduct and social outlook. Gradually the British also came around to the view that Jinnah represented the best of the middle class values. It must be borne in mind that the freedom […]
On protests against inflated electricity bills
- 04-Sep-2023
It does not augur well for Pakistan’s caretaker government when one of its leading members, Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, federal minister for finance, evinced her helplessness regarding the current economic situation especially when people are on street protesting against inlfated electricity bills. She repeated the tried-and-tested formula of expressing her desperation at the economic prospects and […]
Deteriorating climate conditions and Pakistan
- 30-Aug-2023
Pakistan is designated as a country that is seriously prone to climate disasters and has already been subjected to serious disruptions caused by climate fluctuation. Currently, climate change is a major existential threat to humanity accelerated by massive carbon emissions, fossil fuels, deforestation and greenhouse gases, leading to global warming, which, in turn, causes melting […]
Can court hearings be televised in Pakistan?
- 08-Aug-2023
Pakistan is in grip of a judicial wrangle that has come on top of multiple judiciary-related issues that have affected the country one way or the other. Many observers have pointed out to the excess of judicial activism to be partly responsible for the state of uncertainty in the country. Though judicial decisions have consistently […]
Reviewing US Withdrawal From Afghanistan
- 27-Jul-2023
It has been more than a year since the withdrawal of US-led coalition troops from Afghanistan that brought back the Afghan Taliban to power after fighting their way in from the wilderness. The botched departure of the coalition troops conveyed an extremely humiliating impression of political capability as well as military expertise and resilience of […]
Pakistan and the bureaucracy
- 26-Jun-2023
As the political instability deepens in Pakistan, the focus of attention has shifted from political performance to bureaucratic performance. The focus admittedly is not greatly off the mark as bureaucratic part of the state does constitute the permanent structure of governance and works in tandem with political apparatus. Every political government is ultimately dependent on […]
Methodologies adopted to preserve natural resources
- 07-Jun-2023
The matters related to natural resources play a crucial role in global interaction amongst states as well as the corporate world. It is widely defined that a natural resource is a resource that has some sort of economic, cultural, aesthetic and ecological value. The very nature of natural resources have made them an essential part […]