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Vying For Energy Resources

Vying for energy resources

The US and China, which are currently in a state not unlike the Cold War, may end up in a confrontation over the energy resources of the Caspian Sea area…

Patterns of response

Counting a few major attacks claimed by the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) during the last three months in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Fata delineate three clear tactical patterns. (It must be noted…

The Dynamics Of A Crisis

The dynamics of a crisis

Balochistan has clearly turned into a security and governance black hole where multiple political, financial and criminal interests either converge or play out against one another.As for governance, it is…

The Economy

The economy

If one were to evaluate the performance of the PPP-led government on the economic front, one would be amazed at the achievements of the present dispensation which, one believes, no…

Endangered heritage

The Indus Valley Civilisation, stretching over the area that today constitutes Pakistan, is probably the oldest known to mankind. From the remote northern reaches of the Hindu Kush mountains to…

Sustainable Development

Sustainable development

The impact of privatization on Sustainable Development is difficult to measure as it involves several complex and little understood transmission channels. To start with, successful privatization, if implemented properly, leads…

US Double Standards

US double standards

Pakistan currently faces a series of constant and excruciating problems, like, socio-economic, energy, security, political, uncertainty in Balochistan and NWFP, suicide bombing, US Drones attacks and the most awful circumstances…

The Crucial Province

The crucial province

In recent conversations about Pakistan, one province has come up more frequently than the others — Balochistan. Unfortunately, quantity rarely translates to quality, and increasing concern from various quarters about…

State of the nation

The mobs venting their anger on Benazir Bhutto’s assassination on Dec 27, 2007, let loose an orgy of riot and mayhem. Many took to the business of violence not only…

MDGs In An Age Of Fear

MDGs in an age of fear

The world’s continuing dedication to a set of global goals to fight poverty, hunger and disease is no small triumph in an era marked by cynicism, the fraying of social…