Security framework
FOR most of its existence, Pakistan’s national security interests have been defined as protecting the country from India. During the last two decades however, factors such as internal discord epitomised…
Water challenges
WATER security has emerged as a sub-set of human security, raising serious concerns about peace, stability and moral and legal responsibility for coping with non-traditional security challenges that pose a…
Changing security paradigm?
A SERIES of recent events has led many to speculate that winds of change pertaining to the national security paradigm may be blowing in Islamabad’s policy corridors. From the Pakistan…
The challenges ahead
PRESIDENT Joe Biden has announced that all US troops will be unconditionally withdrawn from Afghanistan by Sept 11. He has also stated that the US will continue to support the…
Challenges in AJK
The PTI emerged as the victorious party in the eleventh elections of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. Around 58 percent voter turnout is an indication of society’s trust in…
Imperatives for security
THE Islamabad Security Dialogue that coincided with US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin’s India visit, where he praised New Delhi’s growing ties with ‘like-minded partners’, saw Pakistan’s leadership attempting to allay…
Startup challenges: the way out
Being an entrepreneur is more challenging and demanding than what most people think. It is hard to retain a business on the right track and prevent it from breaking down…
Challenges: role of NEC & NDC — II
What happened after the maiden meeting of NDC is not made public nor has the progress of projects discussed in the very first meeting been monitored. It has no website…
Five challenges for the PM in 2021
Prime Minister Imran Khan recently expressed surprise at how difficult governing has been. He knows better than to pretend that he was surprised. The single most important characteristic he has…
Demands of security
It is axiomatic that there cannot be anything more important than national security for an independent country. Security has two main aspects: external and internal. Without external security, a country…
