Communication and negotiation are indispensable pillars of politics, serving as a bridge between conflicting ideologies and facilitating solutions that ensure governance, stability, and progress. History is replete with examples where…
PAKISTAN’S history is replete with the heroism of political workers who have repeatedly demonstrated that their commitment to democratic ideals is total and that they will risk life, limb, and…
The Covid-19 pandemic might not alter the existing power status-quo in a fundamental way. It, nonetheless, did end up highlighting global neglect of non-traditional security threats. The pandemic revealed –…
Pakistan’s economy has always remained in a state of confusion. Except for the first decade or so when we went for import substitution our attempts to set our economy on…
What happens when a politician writing a law on garbage disposal happens to own shares in a company that specializes in disposing of garbage? Or, if that company has donated…
DESPITE the economy, geopolitics, the climate — despite it all — Pakistan’s major cities are abuzz. There are theatre, food, literary, and film festivals. Art biennales and gallery openings. New…
Why do budgets fail to give hope to the common citizen? Any analysis of Balochistan’s provincial budget leaves us with the same discontent. The current coalition government in the province…
The UN has finally shown some movement. Let us call it turning sides while in deep slumber. Last week, a press release issued by the Office of the UN High…
The UN has finally shown some movement. Let us call it turning sides while in deep slumber. Last week, a press release issued by the Office of the UN High…
Littoral states in South China Sea have historically been vying for maritime's claims on multiple islands located in the ocean in order to gain fresh resources in terms of energy,…
