Planning power…..Shaheera Tahir
Energy planning in Pakistan is mostly carried out on an ad-hoc basis as a reaction to an urgent crisis. This hasty and short-sighted approach has not only caused irreversible damage … Read More
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Realignment of security policy….. Muhammad Amir Rana
THE state institutions made a mistake by deciding to initiate peace talks with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan. The talks were doomed from the start. They allowed the TTP to regain … Read More
Currency controls…. Dr Farrukh Saleem
A two-day Corps Commanders Conference was held at the GHQ from December 27 to December 28. On December 29, the PM met the COAS. On December 30, a meeting of … Read More
Democracy in 2022 …. Aasiya Riaz
As the world gears up to celebrate another trip around the sun, there is this innate human urge to review what we experienced in the year concluded. In Pakistan, this … Read More
Biden’s budget …. Abdul Sattar
From the UK to Germany and the US to India, inflation has affected billions of people. Not only are working-class people in several countries reeling under the weight of the … Read More
Celebrating the deluge….Ghazi Salahuddin
More than likely, you have attended one or more weddings in this proverbially festive season. Or you may be set to attend one during the next few days. And if … Read More
Look, another year….Farrukh Khan Pitafi
Do venons-nous? Que sommes-nous? O allons-nous? (Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?). Important, existential questions. Apt to ask them at the start of the … Read More
Can the higher education ban on Afghan women survive?… Dr Khurshid S Khan
A couple of days ago, the talented and ambitious young women from all over Afghanistan woke up to their worst nightmare: the ruling Taliban had closed the doors of higher … Read More
Pakistan’s TNW and the state’s security paradigm….Dr Zafar Khan
Leading scholars argue that security is the predominant factor for a states acquisition of nuclear weapons particularly for a state that confronts an acute security threat emanating from an acute … Read More
Time to correct mistakes….Usama Khilji
IN the soap opera that is Pakistani politics, the year 2022 should be the climax. Limits were pushed, the Constitution was under threat, rights were violated to the core, propaganda … Read More