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South Asia Must Not Wait

South Asia must not wait

How can we bring down poverty to zero and then sustain it? This is briefly the question the UNDP’s flagship report of 2014 ‘Sustaining human progress: reducing vulnerability and building…

All Is Not Well

All is not well

Grace, tolerance, mercy: these words seem to have disappeared from the lexicon of Pakistani polity. Instead, vengeance, violence, slander, and murder seem to have gained currency in a state-sponsored narrative…

Maritime In Limbo

Maritime in limbo

The maritime administration can be defined as that branch, department or organ of the Government which deals with Maritime matters. The role and function can be categorised under the distinct…

Missing Continuity

Missing continuity

Two of the Middle East’s non-Arab countries enjoy a priceless advantage which Pakistan lacks. Republics have replaced monarchies in Turkey and Iran, but that doesn’t mean the two states lack…

What Electoral Reforms Are Needed?

What electoral reforms are needed?

More than two-thirds of almost 814 million voters turned out to vote in the latest Indian election. The political parties accepted the result, congratulated the winner and moved on. No…

Target The Corrupt

Target the corrupt

What good is a constitution that does not prevent the unscrupulous from looting the till? For a man whose children remain hungry, sick and uneducated, it is a meaningless piece…

The New Pakistani Woman

The new Pakistani woman

As the world celebrates International Women’s Day on March 8, a year’s journey of Pakistani women can be summed up in four images, each worth many thousand words. On May…