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…
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…
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…
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…
With his square-jawed good looks, easy smile and way with words, Edouard Martin could have been a Hollywood movie star. But the steel worker and trade union activist who confronted…
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…
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…
Punjab government's pronouncement for bringing necessary amendments in laws related to women and making these laws up-to-date in accordance with the present day requirements, is a manifestation of strong commitment…
Egyptian Army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi may not look like a model democrat, but foreign and local businessmen believe he can deliver stability to open up investment opportunities…
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…
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…