The anti-American sentiments in Pakistan notwithstanding,Pakistan has to be a part of the solution in Afghanistan. “It is the economy, stupid” is a slight variation of the phrase which James Carville had coined as a campaign strategist of Bill Clinton’s successful 1992 presidential campaign against sitting president George Bush. The same strategy has been followed by Finance Minister Hafeez Sheikh …

Globally Connected, Locally Engaged The world is often discussed as a ‘Global Village’ in many contemporary talks and theories, but still the territories are considered divine and non-shareable asset and international borders are taken as the dead end for people, cultures are seen ethnocentrically and the geographical divide imprints its marks on the hearts of people.  British Council is a …

Presently, most of the developing economies, including Pakistan, are facing this mighty challenge of brain drain. Being a developing country, population growth rate of Pakistan is relatively higher, i.e. 1.6% as per the estimates of 2011, as compared to the developed countries’ or world average. Resultantly, large number of growing population exists, i.e. around 35% of the total population. Growing …

I look forward to you as the real makers of Pakistan. Don’t be exploited and don’t be misled. Create amongst yourselves complete unity and solidarity. Set an example of what youth can do. Your main occupation should be in fairness to yourself, to your parents, in fairness to the State, to devote your attention to your studies. If you fritter …

The rulers of Pakistan ignored the teachings of Quaid-e-Azam, a great leader and brave lawyer to protect their vested interests. The cold war between the Supreme Court and executive of Pakistan is continuing. The government claims that parliament is supreme while the chief justice of Pakistan says that the constitution is supreme and all the organs of the state are …

The issue of dual nationality to the members of the Parliament should be examined considering national interest rather than the personal interest of few members of the parliament. The 22nd Constitution Amendment Bill is being rightly criticised and opposed both by the treasury and opposition benches in the Senate, as well as outside the parliament. The Bill seeks to undo …

Corruption is not just financial like bribery, embezzlement, graft or extortion. In our case cronyism, patronage and nepotism actually do more damage than financial corruption. Transparency International’s definition of corruption is the ‘abuse of public office for private gain’. National security, on the other hand, has two dimensions: internal and external. Internal security, in turn, has at least three dimensions: …

A Case of Pakistan’s Flawed Use of Leverage Finally, it came out to be what was expected, Pakistan has allowed the Nato supplies through its territory. Resuming the Nato supplies may be something unpalatable for the far right elements in Pakistan, but it is not entirely bad. The thing to be understood is that the suspension of Nato supplies was …

Russia and China are supportive of Assad’s regime. It can be said that they are not as intolerant against the regime as the Western powers are. The United Nations Security Council failed to support the resolution that was under chapter VII of the charter, against Syria. The resolution was tabled jointly by the United Kingdom and the United States ‘the …

Cruelty toward the Rohingyas is not new. They have faced torture, neglect and repression in the Buddhist-majority land since it achieved independence in 1948. Its constitution closes all options for Rohingyas to be citizens, on grounds that their ancestors didn’t live there when the land, once called Burma, came under British rule in the 19th century (a contention the Rohingyas …