All about interests
The election process in the US is always of great interest for the people of Pakistan. Different reports are being presented about the incumbent US President Donald Trump and Joe…
Iqbal and Muslim nationalism
All said and done, Iqbal's core contribution to Muslim regeneration lay in giving his people an idea, something to live and die for. In tandem, it also lay in fostering…
Imperative for national narrative
The vulnerability of Pakistan to terrorism continues to remain high at least in the medium term in view of the multiplicity of factors including the potential radicalization of wide range…
International arbitration: Pakistan’s recent woes
In the landmark case of Eckhardt, the (late) Justice Ajmal Mian cautioned that "...while dealing with an application ... in relation to a foreign arbitration clause like the one in…
National water policy
Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) delivered a grim warning that "water" availability in the country had touched the "water-stress line" in 1990 before crossing the "water scarcity…
Is terrorism the new international norm?
Indian Prime Minister Modi during his recent visit to Bangladesh admitted that his country helped the insurgency against Pakistan that led to the disintegration in the 1971 war. He also…
Interests and the ruling elite
The recent statement of Indian Prime Minister Nanendra Modi regarding the importance to have French-made Rafale fighter jets has fuelled speculations that in modern democracies executives merely serve as members…
Rethinking national interest
Due to many local and international factors, the popular conception of national interest in Pakistan has been reduced to a narrow vision and – to state the obvious – has…
Need for National Tax Authority
All efforts in the name of tax reforms (so-called) undertaken in Pakistan till today have miserably failed. These were nothing but mere patchworks here and there. Restructuring and redesigning of…
Draft law of National Tax Tribunal – II
7. Member to act as President or to discharge his functions in certain circumstances. (1) In the event of the occurrence of any vacancy in the office of the President…
