Economic diplomacy is the way forward
This is the first of a two-part series detailing National Security Policy’s (NSP) foreign policy’s focus on economic diplomacy – a focus that is a challenge as the world moves…
Japan’s plan is safe
As minister/deputy chief of mission of the Embassy of Japan in Pakistan, let me confirm Japan’s unwavering priority on safety. Japan will never discharge water that can harm humans or…
East-west disparity: an irrational view
December in Pakistan is a time for introspection. The people suffered two bloody partitions within two and half decades. There was little appreciation in West Pakistan that the simmering discontent…
Scorecard
It has been 139 days since Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif won the support of a majority in parliament and took oath as the 23rd prime minister of Pakistan. On April…
S Korea steel giant POSCO weighs how to exit Myanmar military-backed venture
Giant South Korea steelmaker POSCO has begun reviewing how it might end a joint venture with a firm controlled by the military in Myanmar in the wake of the coup…
The syntax of sin tax
The PTI government’s decision in December 2018 to impose a sin tax to enhance budgetary allocations for health has come as a pleasant surprise. If this plan is brought into…
PMDC warns to close down college over deficient facilities
The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council has warned to close down the University College of Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore, over deficient facilities. The warning was issued in a show cause…
Effective use of mobile in social media
Why is social media so important? More people are using social media through their mobile phones, computers, and tablets than talking, calling, emailing and texting. Do you find this surprising?…
