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Former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower described the Middle East as “the most strategically important area in the world” as oil from this part of the world was, in the eyes of the US policymakers, “the richest economic prize in the world in the field of foreign investment” and “a stupendous source of strategic power”. The US State Department also …

In the ending part of the year 2016, it was forecast that the looming European banking crisis, with the anxiety centering on two banks in particular—Germany’s Deutsche Bank AG (DB) and Italy’s Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena—will give rise to a confrontation between Italy and Germany and the European Union in 2017. And, it seems that the groundwork for …

When the economic history of our times is eventually written, 2016 will be remembered as the year in which the two countries that had laid the foundation for globalisation, free markets and prosperity in the early 1980s, switched course and chose to hit the stop button. It was the leadership of Ronald Reagan in the United States (US) and Margaret …

In the post-Cold War world, especially after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the collapse of the Soviet Union, it was expected that the situation regarding the universal human rights would improve. However, very sadly, this has not happened. At present, the world is weeping, not celebrating. More and more people are suddenly realising we can no longer afford …

At the end of the Cold War, Samuel P. Huntington presented a hypothesis that people’s cultural and religious identities will be the primary source of conflict in the post-Cold War world. This hypothesis, commonly known as the ‘Clash of Civilizations’ (CoC), remains one of the most controversial theoretical models in international relations. Nearly twenty-four years have lapsed since its publication …

Shedding the fear that had gripped the country amidst a fresh wave of terrorist attacks, thousands of cricket lovers thronged Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium to watch the final of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2017 edition. Lahore was just like the centre of the universe for the cricket enthusiasts as people from all parts of the country were there to witness …

Best Picture: Moonlight Actor in a Leading Role: Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea Actress in a Leading Role: Emma Stone, La La Land Actor in a Supporting Role: Mahershala Ali, Moonlight Actress in a Supporting Role: Viola Davis, Fences Animated Feature Film: Zootopia

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Since the promulgation of the Constitution of Pakistan 1973, there has been a lot of debate, albeit intermittently, on the issue of national and official language of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Article 251 of the 1973 Constitution grants Urdu the status of Pakistan’s national language, yet clause 2 of the same says that “… English language may be used …

Every now and then something happens that highlights the precarious situation in which the non-Muslim religious minorities are living in Pakistan. However, the gloss on the issues of religious minorities proves to be fleeting in nature. The pattern that has emerged from a number of recent incidents is that the government’s interest stays alive in such cases as long as …