Pak Affairs

Media is a platform which provides us with all sorts of information. It also serves as a means of communication that allows ideas to exchange, attitudes to form, and a new society to shape. Modern history bears witness to the fact that media has grown its influence exponentially through the modern technology. It is also a cultural force which not …

Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), a world body of 57 Muslim countries, is the second largest intra-governmental organization after the UN in the whole world. Article 1 of the OIC Charter lays down its first and the foremost objective as “to enhance and consolidate the bonds of fraternity and solidarity among the member states.” This is the organization which aims …

“Offences that are committed against individuals or groups of individuals with a criminal motive to intentionally harm the reputation of the victim or cause physical or mental harm to the victim directly or indirectly, using modern telecommunication networks such as Internet (chat rooms, emails, notice boards and groups) and mobile phones (SMS/MMS).” (Halder and Jaishankar) The Internet has radically changed …

Sustainable growth and equitable development are directly dependent on good governance. Policies will have little positive impact unless the institutions implementing them are effective as well as efficient. One of the main institutions required for good governance is a competent, neutral and honest bureaucracy. For ordinary citizens, it is civil servants who are most germane to their daily life. Pakistan …

Beating all odds, Pakistan emerged on the world map on 14th of August 1947. Its creation was no less than a miracle as it was snatched despite all atrocities of the British Raj and hegemonic designs of Indian National Congress. Our founding fathers vowed to protect the religion, culture and traditions, art and architecture, language and literature and economy of …

The issue of food security and unhindered, dignified access to food has been at the centre of policy debates. However, what has brought this matter on global radar screen is its inclusion in Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The spectre of consistently increasing food prices, rising global population and supply-side constraints have woken the world community to the need of affirmative …

The art of war is of vital importance to the state. It is a matter of life and death, a road to safety or ruin. Therefore, it is a subject that must be thoroughly studied. (Sun Tzu) It was 500 BC when the Chinese scholar said what remains absolutely true even today. I selected this saying to further my viewpoint …

Pakistan’s public debt accumulated to reach 63 per cent of GDP by 2011-12. As a result, the total fiscal requirements to finance budget deficit and to roll over mature debt for 2012-13 reached over 35 per cent of GDP, the highest among the emerging market economies after Egypt (40 per cent) as well as among the advanced economies after Japan …

For cultivating political stability in a country, two fundamental things are extremely important: the devolution of power to the grassroots level, and economic growth through fiscal responsibility and visible socioeconomic prosperity that is available to the general public. Without these two characteristics of a nation-state, the democratic nature of a country’s political system can be vulnerable to destabilization of varying …

On the eastern front, despite Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s peace overtures to Modi government, Islamabad has little option but to wait and watch as to how Modi goes about business. Mr Modi has yet to articulate his Pakistan policy. However, it is not difficult to identify some of the strands that would define the Indian government’s approach towards Pakistan. New …