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Is America the Destroyer of World Peace? Afaque Ahmed The United States of America, today's global hegemon, is often portrayed as a destroyer of world peace. Noam Chomsky, the much-celebrated…
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Global Alliances and the New World Order SCO & BRICS in Focus Abdul Rehman The world is quietly shifting under the weight of emerging multilateral coalitions. The dominance of the…
Trump 2.0 and the US Alliance System Weakening or Strengthening? Dr. Muhammad Ahmad A strong network of bilateral alliances, often referred to as the San Francisco system, has been the…
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Housing Societies on Agricultural Lands Agriculture, which is often called the mainstay of Pakistan's economy, is faced with numerous challenges including poor seed quality, substandard and costly inputs, imbalanced use…
Reviewing Legal Framework ON Control of Narcotic Substances in Pakistan In modern times, one of the challenges for law and order machinery of a state is policing drugs. In its…
Climate Change & Food Security in Pakistan Some remedial actions to cope with the disaster Pakistan is the fifth most severely impacted nation in the world by climate change. Due…
Vaccine Apartheid As Covid-19 affected everyone differently, it changed a lot the way we conduct our lives. One thing it taught everyone was: equitable access to Covid-19 vaccine is essential…
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Minerals Security Partnership In June this year, United States led the formation of a new partnership called 'Minerals Security Partnership' (MSP) that intends to reduce the dependence of the member…
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Securing Supply Chains At the Forum, China, the 2022 G20 chair Indonesia, Chile, Cuba, Pakistan and Serbia jointly proposed the Initiative of International Cooperation on Resilient and Stable Industrial and…
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Editorial Nov-2022 After four years of intense monitoring by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a huge relief has finally come for Pakistan: the global money laundering and terrorist financing…
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World in Focus (SEP-OCT 2022) National & International With MCQs Sept. 16: The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) representative in Pakistan estimated that as many as 16 million…
War and Civilizations Some men create great civilizations and some men destroy them in great ways. In simple words, civilization means when people come together to develop cities and form…
The United Nations Fifty-one countries that participated in San Francisco Conference unanimously envisioned four fundamental aims of the United Nations Organization: maintenance of peace throughout the world, development of friendly…
Train the Brain Concentration–A Trademark of the Extraordinary Where is your attention? Are you present, mentally? Most of us must have heard the commands like 'Be attentive', 'Focus', 'Concentrate', but…
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Historicizing Islamophobia Looking at the history of Islamophobia, there seems some credibility in the presumed fears among Westerners from Muslims. Still, by digging deeper into the facts, it becomes apparent…
From Geopolitical Confrontation to Economic Integration The unexpected end of the Cold War benefited the US most as it emerged as a mighty power. Its influence and dominance over its…
Ethical Consumerism A wide array of behaviours Practically, the range of behaviours that fall under ethical consumerism is wide. On the one hand, it can mean making purchasing decisions based…
Climate and Cooperation Crisis in South Asia The unbearable heat during this summer across South Asia and beyond and the deadly flood in Pakistan in August are stark reminders of…
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