Discussing South Asian peace: Part — III
The Fourth Joint Convention of the Pak-India Peace Forum selected Peshawar as its host to continue its journey for peace and democracy. It took place in November 1998 in Peshawar…
Why does the world trust Riyadh?
Following a recent meeting in Riyadh between the US secretary of state and his Russian counterpart — a meeting that captured global attention and fuelled optimism for reconciliation between the…
Russia & S. Asia
A LEADER’S greatness lies in altering fundamentally the course of history. The West, barring a few, has not been fair, still less kind, to Mikhail S. Gorbachev who breathed his…
Absent mediation
IT has been six months since Russia launched its unprovoked and brutal aggression against Ukraine. On its part, Ukraine has fought back with grit and will which has won admiration…
Justice beyond the courtroom
A father plays with his two children in one of the two freshly mowed lawns between the grey structures of the main building and the Chief Justice Complex of the…
‘Bad for business’: Gulf states scramble to avert wider war
Gulf states are grappling with the widening Middle East conflict as hostilities between Iran and Israel threaten their security and ambitious plans to reshape their economies. Leaders of the resource-rich…
Application of slag in steel, other industries
he steel industry of Pakistan has been facing a number of challenges including but not limited to import of raw materials at a competitive price owing to currency fluctuations as…
Transforming the justice system
Delays in clearing court cases are a serious challenge in Pakistan. There were 1.5 million pending cases and 2.6 million new cases were filed in our courts in the year…
Russia-US face-off
These days it feels like we are back in the days of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. Scanning through Russia’s national TV channels, Russia 1 and First Channel, one could not…
Expeditious justice and ADR
My fathers’ aunt migrated from India in 1947, and got a small house in Rawalpindi against the claim for the property left in Uttar Pradesh. In sheer affection, she also…
