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Freeing The Archives

Freeing the archives

Just over a year ago I finished my term as director of the Punjab Archives Digitisation Project. We started the project in 2016 under the leadership of the then chairman…

Reconsidering our regional policy

Pakistan needs to recraft a regional policy rooted in strategic realities at the regional and global levels and is cognisant of its short- and long-term political, security, economic and cultural…

Trump’s tariff wars

US President Donald Trump's reliance on tariffs as a key policy tool took centre stage during his first presidential term. Initially framed as a way to safeguard American industries and…

One earth, one breath

When smog rolls across the Subcontinent, it makes no distinction between Lahore and Delhi, friend or foe. This toxic haze defies borders and geopolitical tensions, drifting freely from one city…

A city struggling to survive

Lahore has long been renowned for its rich cultural heritage and architectural wonders. Home to over 14 million people, Lahore has always been celebrated as Pakistan’s historical, culinary, and cultural…

Baku model

JUST over a year ago, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited the Azeri capital for two days. The prime minister was reportedly so impressed by the landscaping in Baku that, upon…

Sino-US competition

THE US is cautiously rebuilding its relationship with Pakistan, focusing on critical areas and communities considered vulnerable. The recent visit by US Ambassador Donald Blome to Gwadar is an indication…

In the middle

THE Indian Ocean has been a critical trade route but has arguably never been of the same strategic importance as, say, the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The latter two have…

Why do we go to the IMF?

THE resumption of the IMF package, that was badly needed to avert an external payments crisis, has reignited passions. As most countrymen wrestle with the question of whether or not…