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Why democracy must take root in Pakistan
Recent display of banners and posters calling for a military coup in more than a dozen urban centers has initiated a new debate in Pakistan why democratic system is so prone to adventurism despite 2013 democratic...Jul 14, 2016 1427 0 -
Pakistan’s democracy has opportunity to deliver
General Raheel Sharif – who is credited with prosecuting Pakistan’s most effective fight yet against terror – in North Waziristan and elsewhere along the Afghan border -– has announced that he would retire from the powerful army...Jan 27, 2016 1112 1 -
US-China ties: Pakistan could still be a bridge but it can’t choose sides
Even in a changed scenario, Pakistan’s facilitating the 1971 US-China ties is relevant ...Read MoreJan 20, 2022 980 0 -
Chomsky emphasizes importance of science to Pakistan’s future
Noam Chomsky, a leading intellectual of the contemporary world, has reminded Pakistan that its future lies in scientific development, and not religious superstition. “Pakistan used to have an advanced scientific establishment, Nobel Prize laureates and so...Dec 8, 2020 747 0 -
India and Pakistan: Searching for Humanity in South Asia
Relations between India and Pakistan have entered a period of darkness, as the Indian and Pakistani governments refuse to engage in any sort of dialogue. The South Asian giants continue to spar over a range of...Aug 15, 2020 1002 0 -
In unprecedented verdict, Pakistan court hands death sentence to Musharraf
In an unprecedented verdict, a Pakistani special court comprising high court judges, awarded death sentence to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf over his imposition of emergency in the country on November 3, 2007. Peshawar High Court...Dec 17, 2019 654 0 -
Nuclear conflagration risks make Kashmir much more than a Pakistan-India issue
When President Donald Trump meets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during G-7 Summit in France on Monday, it would be exactly three weeks since New Delhi deprived Kashmiris of fundamental rights as it changed the constitutional...Aug 25, 2019 845 0 -
Pakistan, India trade fire as UNSC convenes on Kashmir imbroglio
Pakistan reported that three of its soldiers died Thursday in Indian firing from across the Line of Control in Kashmir while its forces killed five Indian personnel. New Delhi has denied any loss of its soldiers...Aug 16, 2019 575 0 -
Pakistan’s parallels between 1992 Cricket World Cup win and 2019 campaign mystify fans
Twenty-seven years after celebrating their first ever World Cup victory, Pakistani cricketers and fans are amazed alike at the similarities that their campaigns in the two competitions have thrown up. For many of us, who have...Jun 28, 2019 1103 0 -
What is the way forward for Pakistan when 56% of budget goes to debt servicing?
So, what has forced Pakistan to come up with a bleak budget for the new year? Is it the dismal growth at just over three percent of GDP, the fulfilment of IMF bailout conditions or sloganeering...Jun 12, 2019 787 0