September 2016

Since coming into power, the incumbent government has paid special attention to improving country’s economy and making it an investment-friendly place. As a result of the relentless efforts of government’s financial team, the country has made great strides in the realm of economic development, a fact recognized by numerous international rating agencies and financial institutions. However, country’s performance on foreign …

The meticulous planning and successful execution of the Quetta carnage and the death and mayhem thereupon reminds us once again that we are still far from an ultimate triumph against terrorism and claiming that the country has been fully purged of the menace. Intermittent killing sprees in various parts of the country once again highlight the fact that we direly …

On 1st August 2016, the Governor of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (hereinafter KP) promulgated a new law, styled as the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Ordinance, 2016, for the KP Police. As the new law is enacted through a temporary legislative device i.e. Ordinance, its ultimate place on the statute books is contingent upon its passage from the provincial assembly of the KP. …

Today at mid night, I don’t know why my pen was willing to write a passage of emotions. It may be because of facing a lot of hindrances to touch the rose of destination or due to receiving ‘gifts’ of sorrows and grief from the beloveds. So, I started thinking what to write. I was much confused as to which …

Few would believe that Russian strongman Vladimir Putin has been persistently pursuing peace and is eager to go the whole hog in pursuit of his purpose of establishing peace, though his peacemaking policy has always been received with scepticism. Though the cyberspace keeps resonating with tirades against Putin, views from a cross section of analysts reveal that Putin is inherently …

The emergence of one of the wealthiest and  the deadliest militant organisations, the self-styled Islamic State or Daesh, poses an existential threat to the security and territorial integrity of some South Asian countries. Media reports and some recent incidents suggest that the militant organisation has ominously spilled over into Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan and India; but the governments in all these …

Since the beginning of human societies, there has been a continual debate as to which form of government is better for the welfare of the state and prosperity of its citizens. And after centuries of evolution, it is now believed that only that state can prosper and develop where democracy reigns supreme. Over the centuries, monarchies, aristocracies, oligarchies have faded …

It seems that Afghanistan’s problems aren’t going to end anytime soon. At a time, when the country is slowly yet steadily slipping into the hands of Taliban and the influence of already fragile Unity Government is waning, the top political leadership of the country has resorted to political wrangling. The cleavages in the unity government became more than evident when …

Quietly, amid the carnage and chaos in the daily news, 2016 is shaping up as a good year for peace in the world. You read that right. A significant escalation of war over the past few years is, at the moment, abating. For nearly two-thirds of a century, from 1945 to 2011, war had been in overall decline. The global …

On August 9, an extraordinary event took place at the Constantine Palace in the Russian city of St. Petersburg. The event was the meeting of the presidents of Russia and Turkey which took place in the wake of months-long angry rhetoric and the bad blood between the two countries over the downing of a Russian fighter jet in November last …