Our agencies and RAW
Being a strategic partner of the US and an economic giant of the region, India was right to expect that after 2014, the command in Afghanistan would be handed over…
Subtle policy shift
During President Ashraf Ghani’s maiden state visit to New Delhi, the traditional bonhomie — tempered by realism though — was in evidence. India offered the visiting leader military and economic…
Opportunity beckons
A historic opportunity is presenting itself for Pakistan to reclaim its place as a leader in the Islamic bloc. Given the timber of the country’s leadership, however, it isn’t certain…
Not much action
Three months ago today, the most horrifying terrorist attack unfolded at the Army Public School in Peshawar. The scale of the devastation and the brutality of the attackers shocked and…
National Economic Corridor Development: Potential role of agriculture and agro-industry
There is so much talk of possible large-scale Chinese investment being planned to support developing national economic corridor that would open door of economic fortunes for the country. Yes it…
The WMD threat
When former US President George W Bush was asked, “What is the single most serious threat to American national security?”, his answer was the possibility of nuclear weapons falling into…
The paradox of economics
Pakistan has always been at the crossroads of something or the other. The society of peoples is just not coming through. Why are we not moulding ourselves in to a…
Bhopal’s toxic legacy lives on, 30 years after industrial disaster
Beyond the iron gates of the derelict pesticide plant where one of the world's worst industrial disasters occurred, administrative buildings lie in ruins, vegetation overgrown and warehouses bolted. Massive vessels,…
GSP Plus status: will we retain it?
Less than a year from today, the GSP Plus status granted to Pakistan would be reviewed by the EU. Pakistan had ratified the EU-specified 27 UN-ILO conventions but did little…
But what if they don’t want to see
Recently, urged on by a particular reference while indulging in a favourite pastime, reading, searched and downloaded from the internet, a paper by Fredric Bastiat, apparently written in 1850 and…
