Whither National Action Plan?
The National Action Plan was a hasty reaction to a national emergency that forced a sleeping state to finally shake off its ambivalence to talk or fight. There was a…
The National Action Plan was a hasty reaction to a national emergency that forced a sleeping state to finally shake off its ambivalence to talk or fight. There was a…
Pakistan’s response to the war on terror hinged around the National Action Plan. After having instituted two points of the plan relating to the military courts and the associated legislation,…
On the conclusion of an 11-hour marathon meeting with parliamentary leaders and military officials Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced a 20-point action plan to lead the nation out of the…
The limits of the will and the capacity of the Pakistani state are fast being exposed, and it isn’t even a full year since the horror of December 16 was…
It is gratifying to see that the National Security Dialogue, which has emerged as an important national security forum, will address the existential threat of climate change at its third…
In the recently released report ‘Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East and Central Asia’ by International Monetary Fund (IMF), one of its comments on Pakistan’s economy was ‘For… Pakistan, policy interest…
The Biden administration plans to outright ban investments in some Chinese technology companies and increase scrutiny of others, three sources said, part of its plan to crack down on the…
Energy planning in Pakistan is mostly carried out on an ad-hoc basis as a reaction to an urgent crisis. This hasty and short-sighted approach has not only caused irreversible damage…
Why did the prime minister feel the need for another “national action plan” when he vowed to deal with terrorism with an “iron hand”? Doesn’t one already exist? Or was…
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced his controversial plan to reduce international student intake in universities across the country. His government sees this plan as a step towards controlling…