SALAUDDIN AHMED •    It takes between 20 to 30 years to eventually resolve any moderately complex civil suit through the litigation system. •    In the past 20 years, the monthly remuneration of superior court judges has increased from around Rs35,000 to more than Rs1,000,000. Some months ago, Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali declared that there is no deficiency with the …

By STEVEN LEVITSKY and DANIEL ZIBLATTDEC. 16, 2016 Donald J. Trump’s election has raised a question that few Americans ever imagined asking: Is our democracy in danger? With the possible exception of the Civil War, American democracy has never collapsed; indeed, no democracy as rich or as established as America’s ever has. Yet past stability is no guarantee of democracy’s …

By Abdul Qadir Memon HONG KONG: “Arguing against globalisation is like arguing against the laws of gravity,” said Kofi Annan, former United Nations’ Secretary General. The recent political developments in the US and the EU give an impression that this argument against globalisation seems to be gaining popular support. From the UK referendum on Brexit to the victory of Donald …

ISLAMABAD: During Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Pakistan last year, a protocol was signed for establishing sister city relationship between Lahore and Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province. The purpose of the agreement is to foster cultural and commercial relationship between the sister cities. Now a question arises why is Chengdu selected for this purpose? Keeping aside the government …

By Zafar Bhutta ISLAMABAD: Will Pakistan be able to sign free trade agreement (FTA) with Iran? It is a big question that is doing rounds among relevant circles as some key hurdles stand in the way of exploiting the huge potential of trade with Tehran. In an encouraging development, Iran has accepted Pakistan’s offer to join the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor …

By Dr Hasan Askari Rizvi Pakistan and India are facing serious difficulties in their bilateral relations. Though they are not in a state of war, a virtual warlike situation exists on the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir. They are engaged in an intense propaganda against each other.  Their mutual antagonism has increased since Narendra Modi became India’s Prime Minister …

By Hussain Ahmad Siddiqui There are 92 most wanted high-profile Pakistani human traffickers, according to the latest edition of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)’s “Red Book-2016”, who are declared as proclaimed offenders and absconders. The Red Book provides their pictures and detailed particulars; whereas it also mentions the names of another 58 most wanted human traffickers arrested by the FIA …

Author: David Brewster, ANU China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative is carving out new pathways across the Eurasian continent, signifying Beijing’s ambitions to remake the world around it.  This project, if implemented, will fundamentally change China’s role and relationships in South Asia, perhaps in some ways that are not intended. In the Indian Ocean region, OBOR has two aspects. …

The sole super power under George W. Bush Junior duly assisted by his team of neocons declared the 21st century as the American century and for the realization of this ambition had designed a new world order (NWO). The NWO envisaged neo-colonizing the Middle East, capturing the world resources under the garb of global war on terror, and turning the …