Digital Democracy The invention of large computers and computing to perform human tasks with software programs heralded dramatic changes to societies around the world. With the rapid growth of personal computers and the Internet, a revolution was witnessed that fundamentally transformed societies, ushering in an online world that seems to …
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June, 2022
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6 June
Global Population Growth and Sustainable Development
Global Population Growth and Sustainable Development The following key findings are based on the report Global Population Growth and Sustainable Development, prepared by the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA). 1. Rapid population growth is a common feature of the demographic transition …
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4 June
The Rise of Taliban and Pakistan’s Foreign Policy
The Rise of Taliban and Pakistan’s Foreign Policy The cross-border infiltration, repatriation of Afghan refugees, counterterrorism policy, harbouring of terrorist organizations and tariff and non-tariff barriers in bilateral and transit trade are some issues that have contributed to the trust deficit between Afghanistan and Pakistan and marred the bilateral ties. …
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3 June
Did You Know?
Did You Know? Most laugh that you hear on TV today were recorded in the 1950s. Technically you are hearing Dead People’s laugh.
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2 June
Reko Diq Deal
Reko Diq Deal The federal and Balochistan governments and two international firms — Antofagasta PLC and Barrick Gold Corporation — have reached an agreement in principle on a framework to reconstitute the development project at Reko Diq which is one of the largest undeveloped copper and gold deposits globally, capable …
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1 June
Regime Change in Pakistan
Regime Change in Pakistan The recent change of government in Pakistan has given birth to huge hullabaloo as the ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan and his supporters maintain that it was a US-sponsored regime change. Mr Khan told a group of foreign journalists that, “the move to oust me is …
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1 June
Politics of Deception and Betrayal
Politics of Deception and Betrayal There is a stunning, embarrassing silence as to why the army generals would become a part of the violent assumption for change and plague the extravagant idea of leadership change in the country. The so-called PDM does not appear to have any rational agenda for …
May, 2022
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25 May
Policing and Safia Bano Case
Policing and Safia Bano Case Safia Bano Case is exceptional in the sense that a bench of five judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, after exhaustion of all legal remedies, decided to convert capital punishment of three condemned prisoners into life sentences. The judgement was authored by Justice Manzoor …