Pak Affairs

A two-day moot in Lahore, organized by Embassy of France in collaboration with various stakeholders, brought together a distinguished galaxy of diplomats, development practitioners, people associated with the NGOs and INGOs, civil society activists, intellectuals, ministers and government representatives. Around 600 people attended the event. Officially titled as ‘Pakistan to Paris: On the road to 2015 Paris Climate Conference (COP21)’. …

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif visited Pakistan recently, as part of a multi-country tour to explore opportunities for greater economic and security cooperation in the region following the landmark nuclear deal with the P5+1. Addressing a joint press conference during his day-long visit to Pakistan, he said that Iran intends to expand economic cooperation with Pakistan, along with increasing regional …

Concerned political newsmakers across Pakistan are crying wolf. Nobody can predict the future — what is next after Sharif’s demise. The emerging political culture of ‘blame game’ is no surprise to any rational observers of Pakistan’s modern history. It typifies what can go terribly wrong when the so-called politicians-turned-egoistic authoritarians are the assumed masters of the nation’s affairs for over …

Introduction Sensu stricto (strictly speaking), there are no models of the criminal justice. Even so, the criminal justice system of a country, on close examination, may be found following a value or set of values that define its underlying ideology, which may punctuate at every stage of the criminal processes involved in it. The criminologists prefer to style these underlying …

Badaber camp was given to the United States on a 10-year lease in 1958 during Ayub Khan’s rule. At that time, it was known as Peshawar Air Station where a Communications Group of the American Air Force, under CIA’s direct supervision, had installed interception equipment for spying on the USSR and intercepting their radio communication. This station remained operational till …

Former Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri deserves praise for rejuvenating the Kashmir issue. Nobody else could do it; not even Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in his last two consecutive speeches in the UN General Assembly since he assumed office for his third term. After the nuclear tests in South Asia, first by India and then by Pakistan in May 1998, Kashmir …

On July 24, 2015, the world achieved another remarkable milestone in its efforts for polio eradication when Nigeria marked a full one year without recording a single fresh case of this crippling infection. Nigeria long remained among the group of the three infamous polio-endemic countries — others being Pakistan and Afghanistan. These three countries were collectively considered as reservoirs for …

How to Make Pakistan a True Democratic State? Since its inception in 1947, Pakistan has faced various problems including, but not limited to, political agitations, soaring inflation, rising unemployment, unending energy crisis and rampant militancy; all of which have been taking a heavy toll on the country. But, despite all that continues, the so-called plant of ‘democracy’ is taking its …

Pakistan has accumulated huge external and domestic debt mostly as a result of borrowing to finance persistent budget deficit and external current account deficit. In the instant write-up, the writer has delved into the causes that have led to this worrisome situation, and has also proposed some remedial measures to improve the state of affairs. Historically, Pakistan has been facing …

“The world will find us frank and honest in our dealings with it. An undertaking, once given, shall be honoured whatever the cost. Pakistan expects the same from others.”F.M. Muhammad Ayub Khan (Former President of Pakistan)   Border skirmishes escalate, mutual blame game is on and a zero-sum game thrives — India-Pakistan hostility is on the rise and the statements …