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SOME new peace developments are seen marking in the Korean Peninsula. Kim Jong-un is believed to have been the first North Korean leader to cross into South Korean territory (on April 27) since the end of the Korean War in 1953. The historic summit— between the two Korean heads, Kim John- un of N Korea and Moon Jae of S …

For any meaningful discussion on Iqbal’s educational philosophy it is essential that we should first try to understand his views on man’s nature, and his ultimate destiny. According to Iqbal, the “essential nature of man, then, consists in will, and not intellect or understanding”. He regards human will as “a germ of infinite power, the gradual enfoldment of which must …

THE federal cabinet has approved the national food security policy, and the Ministry of National Food Security and Research is now initiating the process for its implementation and preparation of an action plan. While disclosing this at a recent meeting of a National Assembly standing committee, the senior most official of the ministry also highlighted some key features of the …

ISLAMABAD: Per-capita availability of water has declined to 1,000 cubic metres, which places Pakistan in the category of water-scarce countries. Despite the lower per-capita availability, Pakistan continues to waste water at an alarming pace. Water conveyance efficiency of Pakistan is 55% and irrigation efficiency is 41%. Almost 45 MAF of water is lost during canal and watercourse flow. Pakistan also …

Politics and economy are closely interlinked. While political stability is a must for the economic progress of a country, exploitation of economy or economic issues for the sake of petty political gains runs the risk of impeding economic development too. As general elections are coming closer, the political temperature is rising in the country with government and opposition intensifying their …

What about all the other, deadlier weapons? A PR exercise will change nothing. President Donald Trump has received applause from all the wrong places for his latest attack on Syria. The Bashar al-Assad regime is brutal, but the U.S. government should not police arbitrary rules of war or, even worse, get involved in someone else’s civil war. The president is …

Of the three tax amnesty schemes the PML-N government has announced this term, none has shown positive results With the announcement of the latest prime minister’s tax amnesty scheme, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has achieved the distinction of being the only ruling party in the county’s history to promulgate four tax amnesty schemes — three during the current tenure, …

The exponentially rising influence of private sector has led the country to the threshold of re-appraising the entire state structure Chief Minister of Sindh, during his concluding address in the Sindh Development Forum on March 28, 2018 in Karachi, stressed the significance of public private partnerships in development sectors. There are many enterprises running in the province with active participation …

LAHORE: From a global perspective, relative strengthening in economies of the US, EU and UK in 2017, along with partial recovery in commodity prices, boosted the prospects of those emerging economies whose growth tends to hinge on exports and remittances. For Pakistan as well, both these sources of foreign exchange inflows picked up during 2017-18. In case of exports, strong …

Educating to hate one another Higher education in South Asia has been largely influenced by populist political ideologies. The region’s elite class’s use of populism as a political practice in education and the dissemination of various discourses through curriculum related to national interests, social and cultural values and ideological beliefs have deepened the region’s already ingrained ideological and political factionalization. …