2015

What’s the future of oil geopolitics? On January 23rd, Saudi Arabia’s gerontocrat King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz passed away ta the age of 90 years. He was just shy of reaching the 10th anniversary of his accession to the Saudi throne — he took over in August 2005. Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz was appointed as the new king of the Saudi …

The year 2014 culminated in Afghanistan leaving the country in two important transitions. First is the political transition where a new government has been installed, though after a laborious and lengthy election process. Second is the end of the Isaf’s 13-year-long ‘Operation Enduring Freedom’ ergo transferring of primary responsibility for security to the Afghan National Army and Afghan police force. …

Russia is a country with which India has had a strategic relationship since decades. America is a place where Indians migrate to for a better life. That is how Indians view the world’s two leading powers. It’s as simple as that. US President Barrack Obama’s recent visit to India will not change that reality, and those speculating about dramatic changes …

The long journey of “Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity” was embarked on by 189 countries of the world in 1995 with the signing of the Beijing Declaration. And, now when the year 2015 is fast moving towards its culmination, a review of implementation of this historic agendum of women’s rights in form of United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is also …

“The chaos in Middle East has spread its tentacles and if the state of affairs does not improve soon, then we may see disintegration of Syria, Iraq, Jordan and Libya”

Fiza Farhan, Co-founder and CEO of Buksh Foundation and Director Buksh Energy, recently made it to the prestigious Forbes’ list of “30 Under 30  Social Entrepreneurs” for 2015. Ms Farhan is one of Pakistan’s youngest CEOs within the field of social entrepreneurship. From the platform of Buksh Foundation, she works to bring clean energy projects to poor, rural areas of …

1. A Big Deal Jan 25: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama on Sunday ended the six-year-old deadlock over operationalising the landmark civil nuclear deal signed in 2008. 2. Hard Times Ahead Jan 26: Radical left leader Alexis Tsipras was sworn in as Greece’s new prime minister. The 40-year-old Alexis broke with tradition and took a …

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National, International News & MCQs National Dec 16: More than 130 schoolchildren and 10 other people were killed when heavily armed militants stormed Army Public School in Peshawar. Dec 16: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) shelved its plans for countrywide demonstrations against the government. Dec 16: The Supreme Court restrained the Sindh government from executing a land deal of 350 acres of …