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If there was a message in North Korea’s launch of a new missile capable of reaching anywhere in the United States, it was that America’s strategy toward that country is failing — and that war may be looming. The American public is far too complacent about the possibility of a war with North Korea, one that could be incomparably bloodier …

HISTORY attests that the conclusion of military alliances often leads to military conflict. Indeed, alliances are often formed for the purpose of waging war. It is thus ominous that several new alliances, formal and informal, are emerging currently in various parts of the world. In South Asia, America’s new alliance with India has emboldened the Modi government to adopt a …

Why people come out on roads to protest against the system? People ‘come on roads if the (political) system is in danger in other countries,’ observed Senate Chairman, Mian Raza Rabbani, while addressing the Sindhi Literature Festival in Karachi on October 28, 2017. He called upon the civil society to stand against unconstitutional measures to keep the country on the …

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — I never thought I’d live long enough to write this sentence: The most significant reform process underway anywhere in the Middle East today is in Saudi Arabia. Yes, you read that right. Though I came here at the start of Saudi winter, I found the country going through its own Arab Spring, Saudi style. Unlike the …

Now once again China is reaching out to the world but this time in a different way. Compared to its opening to the West after the visit by President Richard Nixon in 1972, China’s ‘new opening’ has a different geographic orientation. Then Pakistan played an important role. It is once again involved as Beijing is opening itself to the West …

General Bajwa is increasingly playing a key role in setting right the direction of Pakistan’s relations with neighbouring countries. His recent visit to estranged Iran has been termed historic by certain analysts In April 2017, sections of the Pakistani media started speculating that Chief of the Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, may undertake a visit to Iran “in the …

National 1. India-Pakistan secretary-level talks took place on Sep 14-15 in _____. (a) Geneva             (b) Washington (c) New Delhi        (d) Islamabad 2. On Sep 17, PML-N candidate Begum Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif won by-election in ______ constituency. (a) NA-117          (b) NA-120 (c) NA-124         (d) NA-125 3. …

NATIONAL Sep 16: Pakistan asked the World Bank to constitute a court of arbitration to settle its water dispute with India after India and Pakistan secretary-level talks, at the World Bank headquarters in Washington, failed. Sep 16: AJK President Sardar Masood Khan took oath as the chief of the AJK Boy Scouts Association. Sep 16: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi …

The federal cabinet at its last meeting directed the establishment division to review the quota system in Pakistan and present its recommendations. It is imperative to have a clear understanding as to why so many countries have institutionalised political and administrative representation of ascriptive identity groups before reviewing the system. Equity and diversity in all state institutions have become a …

The ecosystem is the quintessential essence of life on our planet, and this crucial life system is showing signs of breaking down. It is likely a more pressing problem than climate change. Time will tell but time is short. The ecosystem consists of all living organisms that interact with nonliving components like air, water, and soil contained within the biosphere, …