2011

The pursuit of good neighbourly relations seems a new phenomenon in the foreign policy of Pakistan. The ‘Region First Approach’ is a novel idea as except China, it was never sought by Pakistan in the past. Month of September witnessed a quite hectic activity by Pakistan on diplomatic front. Top leadership of Pakistan paid visits to and also received leaders …

HE Alfredo Leoni Ambassador of Brazil to Pakistan HE Alfredo Leoni is a career diplomat. Since October 2009, he has been Ambassador of Brazil to Pakistan, concurrently to Afghanistan and Tajikistan. He has served in the Embassies of Brazil in Mexico (1984-86), Berlin (1987-89), Beijing (1996-98), Rome (2001-03) and Tokyo (2004-06). He was also posted to the Permanent Mission of …

The rapid industrialization in China and people’s reaction to the weakening of the US dollar against other currencies are contributing to the rise in global gold prices. Gold price has touched unprecedented heights world-wide and especially in Pakistan. It has broken all the previous records. Gold is known for its value not only in making jewelry but it also has …

Micro credit is based on the interest rate. High transaction cost is the major economic problem of Pakistan. This cost leads to the higher interest rate which reduces its sustainability and thus narrow downs its original scope. The revolutionary idea and vision of Muhammad Yunus was a ray of hope in the lives of downtrodden people. The main idea of …

Today almost all the state owned institutions are in a worst shape, in the following lines we are mentioning some of them and their performance. After 64 years of indepe-ndence, Pakistan today, ranks amongst the poorest nations in the world with a vastly illiterate population and extremely poor health conditions, tops in corruption rankings, is ‘known’ for human rights violation, …

Muslims are voluntarily handing over their homes, families, cities and countries to their attackers. On the Day of Judgment, all the rich and influential Muslims of our time will be asked as to why they did not use their wealth and influence to counter the ferocious attacks of the media. Has someone ever considered the fact that media is vividly …

The leaders of the Islamic world must establish high quality think-tank to frustrate the evil designs of US and its allies and for the welfare, development and prosperity of Islamic world. The Islamic world came under siege of United States in view of its considered long-term strategy. Political science professor of Haward University Samuel Huntington wrote his renowned book ‘Clash …

The contemporary age is particularly conspicuous because Pakistan is regularly visited by crises of great magnitude. By the start of September, I had to come to Cairo for some official assignment. It was a good opportunity to visit Egypt and to savor the Historic Egyptian Civilisation that has always been the tourists’ attraction. Moreover, it is always refreshing to take …

Nearly two-thirds of Americans think the war in Afghanistan is not worth fighting, according to the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll. If history is any hunch we can be definite that the decade ahead will bring with it many new challenges in peace and security, not just in Afghanistan, but also in new crisis around the world. Much conjecture has …

At a time when the relations between Pakistan and US go from bad to worse, it is important that Pakistan formulates a comprehensive national policy to deal with the security challenge. As the anti-Pakistan cacophony by the top American administration officials reached frenzied pitch accusing Pakistan of supporting the Haqqani network, Pakistan bounced back with a vengeance. Both political and …