Monstrously growing external debt
Pakistan represents a classical example of debt enslavement in modern history - a nuclear state totally muzzled by foreign powers through the mechanism of economic subjugation. Our total external debt…
The strategic agenda
The present flows from the past, and the future will emerge from the present. Syria’s sectarian war: The headline issue today and in the near future is likely to be…
The HEC impact
The period between 2003 and 2008 saw amazing developments in the higher education sector of Pakistan, dramatically changing the landscape of our universities. In 2003, only 2.6 percent of youth…
The sweet and sour war
s so called because it stopped short of a shooting conflict. The superpowers — each with over 20,000 nuclear weapons — were deterred from direct confrontation by the declared doctrine…
PML-N’s financial wizardry
I am surprised to read the PML-N’s defence of the failed economic policies of George W Bush, advocating their implementation in Pakistan. Zubair Mohmmad in his article titled ‘Bushonomics and…
Pak-US ties in 2012
A series of crises in 2011 set the tone for US-Pakistan interaction in 2012; these included Raymond Davis’ shooting of two Pakistanis and Bin Laden’s killing. However, it was the…
Prepare for a fallout
Iran wants the bomb and not because of some fixation with Israel; it goes beyond that. Possessing nuclear weapons will elevate Iran’s global status; consolidate her claim to be a…
Colonisation of a new kind
Pakistan’s geo-strategic location as a gateway to Central Asia and its emergence as a nuclear-armed Islamic state have made it extremely vulnerable to the power games of many countries, with…
No white heat revolutions
Former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson – twice elected – famously observed in 1964 that a week was a long time in politics. True to those words, the twist came…
Researchers in Stockholm to make ‘business case’ for peace
Laying out a "business case" to show that world peace saves money may become a new focus of the prestigious Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), its new head says.…
