Pak Affairs

Provincial governments should generate energy and start building power plants on their own. Energy is an essential ingredient of socio-economic development and economic growth of a country. All productive and supportive activities in today’s world are heavily dependent on cheap, continuous and sustained supply of energy. Industry, agriculture, transport, communication, services, education, healthcare, entertainment, water supply and sanitation; all are …

Education plays a significant role in the socioeconomic and cultural development of a country. It is a form of learning in which the knowledge, skills and habits of groups of people are transferred from one generation to the next through teaching, training, or research. Education is a social instrument through which humans can guide their destiny and shape their future. …

Budget is the basic instrument through which financial resources are allocated to different entities within the governance setup in Pakistan. The process is conceptually based on economics and finance, but it has to be legally formalized. Besides, whatever any government may choose to say, the budgetary allocations also reflect the priorities of governance. The Constitution of Pakistan 1973 through its …

The metamorphosis the world is going through is posing a serious question: are we seeking any dignified place in the transformed world or would happily remain in obscurity? The nations that have ruled the world economy during the past several decades are beginning to crumble under their own weight, and their glory will soon be a tale from the past. …

Two Distinct but Interlinked Phenomena. Population, poverty and economic development are the three phenomena which are closely inter-linked and highly inter-related. Economics suggests that the rapid population growth brings a steep fall in per capita income which results in a continuously faltering state of human well-being. This, in turn, leads to increased level of poverty. Thus, this vicious circle keeps …

Pakistan and the Regime Change in Neighbouring Countries. After almost a decade, new leaders in the countries on eastern and western borders of Pakistan emerged. In India, after 10-year-long rule of the Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has come at the helm with Narendra Modi becoming country’s fifteenth Prime Minister. Similarly, in Afghanistan, end to a decade-long rule of …

The 1000 Electricity Transmission and Trade Project for Central Asia and South Asia (CASA), or CASA-1000, project is a groundbreaking initiative in terms of cooperation in the fields of energy. It is believed that the project will set new levels of economic and regional cooperation in this region that is abundant in natural resources to produce huge amounts of electricity. …

In an editorial last month (July 05, 2014), The New York Times lamented ‘India’s role in the nuclear race’ in South Asia and questioned the double standards being applied in a country-specific preferential treatment to it by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), a 48-member body established in 1974 after India’s first nuclear test to ensure that civilian trade in nuclear …

Pakistan has a vibrant media landscape. To a large extent, the media enjoys freedom of expression in spite of political pressure and direct bans sometimes administered by political stakeholders. In today’s world media imperialism is a matter of primary importance especially to the developing world. Pakistan is one of those developing countries which are suffering from the imperialism of media. …

Scarcity of water is a huge problem faced by many countries of the world, especially the developing ones. The effects of environmental degradation and poor management of available water resource have made water one of the scarcest resources in poor economies. As a result, there is a struggle for this resource and this sometimes leads to conflicts. The India-Pakistan water …