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Talking About The Weather

Talking about the weather

Extreme weather events have become a new normal in Pakistan, and are leaving a harmful impact on human life and economy.  The unusual rainfall witnessed recently in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…

Dams fund: fundamental constitutional questions

Pakistan is faced with a tremendous scarcity of water. Successive Governments failed to pay attention to planning and management of this invaluable natural resource for future human, agriculture and industrial…

The Balochistan conundrum

The Balochistan Assembly through a unanimously adopted resolution has recently called upon the federal government to ensure that interests and rights of the people of the province are adequately protected…

A Royal Visit

A royal visit

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s royal visit showered immense benevolence on Pakistan as Iran and India flayed Islamabad over attacks in their countries. What made the visit…

The Seraiki Province

The Seraiki province

We now have an elaborate bureaucratic setup as ‘champions of change’ in Punjab, as provincial autonomy comes under increasing attack. The promise to create ‘South Punjab’ in three months is…

NAP – a mere talking point

It's been nearly three years when following the APS carnage the military launched operation Zarb-e-Azb in the terrorists-infested North Waziristan and leaders of all mainstream political parties put their heads…

PTI govt’s 100-day plan: Mid-term scorecard

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is in government for well over 50 days. PTI had announced its 100-day plan as its election pledge to set right all the economic, social and governance…

Pakistan’s regional policy choices

There’s no shortage of irony in the fact that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s diplomatic snub at the US-Arab-Islamic summit coincided with a decidedly rough patch in Pak-Iran relations. While President…

What’s In The Gift Box?

What’s in the gift box?

Before discussing the ‘gift theory’ and determining how an assessment of CPEC can be grounded in this theoretical discourse, it is important to mention that many Pakistanis consider the game-changing…