The Future is Digital A peek into the history reveals that digital technologies had advanced more rapidly than any innovation in our history – reaching around 50 percent of the developing world’s population in only two decades, and transforming societies. Technology can be a great equalizer as it is promoting …
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World in Focus (AUG-SEP 2022) National & International With MCQs
World in Focus (AUG-SEP 2022) National & International With MCQs Aug. 16: The Punjab Assembly unanimously passed the Punjab Prohibition of Interest on Private Loan Bill, 2022, a bill to impose a ban on private business of usury. Aug. 16: UAE President Mohammad bin Zayed bestowed his country’s highest civil …
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The Russian World On September 05, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed off on a new foreign policy plan that aims to “protect, safeguard, and advance the traditions and ideals of the Russian World.” Through this 31-page document, dubbed as “humanitarian policy,” Russia has made protecting, safeguarding and advancing the traditions …
Read More »The Middle East Conundrum
The Middle East Conundrum The Middle East has been at the center stage of world politics due to its strategic location and abounding natural resources. First, great powers like Great Britain, France and Russia had involvement in this region. Post-World War II era paved the way for a bipolar world …
Read More »Tenth NPT Review Conference
Tenth NPT Review Conference On Aug. 26, after four weeks of contentious negotiations, the 10th Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) ended without reaching agreement on substantive conclusions and recommendations due to Russia’s opposition to a summary document presented by the …
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Iran-Russia Energy Deal Why the deal matters The issue of increasing Russian-Iranian cooperation in the economic sphere is especially relevant in the light of the tightening of Western sanctions against Russia. It is to be remembered here that Iran has the world’s second-largest gas reserves after Russia, but US sanctions …
Read More »GLOBAL PEACE AND HUMAN SECURITY
GLOBAL PEACE AND HUMAN SECURITY Are We, the People and Global Leaders at a Crossroads? To manifest global peace and human security, We the People of conscience ask for a reasoned dialogue for peace between the warring parties. There is no place for complicity to be indifferent to atrocities and …
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European Hydrogen Bank On Sept. 14, President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in her annual State of the Union speech, announced the intention of creating a new ‘European Hydrogen Bank’ that is potentially a game-changing development for the bloc’s hydrogen sector. Ms der Leyen hinted that the …
Read More »A Case for State-Owned Enterprises in Pakistan
A Case for State-Owned Enterprises in Pakistan Pakistan is facing a formidable economic challenge. The country’s trade deficit has soared to $48.66 billion. The mighty dollar went from PKR166.8 to PKR238.5 in just six months. Inflation is over 40 percent – making an all-time-high record. Long queues of people to …
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Police Doctrine of the United Nations and POLICE REFORMS IN PAKISTAN The UN literature on policing covers many important areas. Three areas are being discussed here that may be of interest to justice sector leadership in Pakistan. These areas are: Police Doctrine Unlike the police doctrine of the colonial Police …
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