Squabbling and endlessly bickering on issues not of any public importance, our parliamentarians may Lamour passionately for early elections, yet not enough senators showed up for weeks to enable a quorum to pass an amendment to the Constitution clearing the way for delimitation of National Assembly (NA) constituencies based on the results of the recent…
During the 1980s the shortfall between electricity generated and consumers’ demand in Karachi widened to unmanageable proportions. Rampant over-staffing compounded by excessive non-core workers, a demoralized workforce and misaligned management objectives all combined to create hurdles in the utility company’s functioning. For a short time KESC was stabilized by the senior management brought in by…
Established initially as institutions of higher studies, Madrasahs taught law, Islamic sciences and philosophy. Prior to the arrival of British, both religious and secular education was taken care of for Hindus and Muslims by their respective religious institutions together. Madrasahs taught Quran together with Tafsir Mantiq (logic), Kalam (theology) and Hikmah (philosophy). In addition, mathematics,…
Introduction Donald Trump, the US president recently announced his decision to shift the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. This unjust decision is against the UN resolutions and the stance of community of nations across the globe and has created turbulence among the peace-loving people across the globe. The terrorists of ISIS/…
The Indian War of Independence (or the 1857 Indian Mutiny as the British call it) did not start as a “War of Independence” by the Indians against their British masters. British East India’s war machine was primarily composed of Indian native troops officered by the British, pure British-manned regiments were a handful in numbers compared…
The new US National Security Strategy 2017 has three cardinal points: “America First” shall be the underwriter of the US national security strategy; America shall compete against China and Russia; and Climate change is no longer a priority. This strategy explicitly designates China and Russia as top national security threats based on presumption that the…
While addressing to Oliy Majlis the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan H.E. Shavkat Mirziyoyev introduced the new Magna Carta for further socio-economic development of Uzbekistan and enlightened the audience about his recently announced socio-economic reforms. President Mirziyoyev has initiated the Strategy for the Further Development of Uzbekistan in 2017-2021, this is indeed a blue…
As a non-traditional security threat, climate change has continued to produce daunting challenges for Pakistan. The pressing issue of global warming poses a direct threat to the country’s future economic stability and security. The devastating floods of 2010 and 2011 and the extreme heatwave of 2015 have indicated that the state should brace itself for…
As discussed in previous articles on the same subject that current economic and geo political scenario elaborates a huge role for Pakistan navy that has the responsibility to safeguard the economic and security interests of Pakistan in light of CPEC project for maritime commerce, protection and exploration of Pakistan’s Exclusive Economic Zone plus extended continental…
Pakistan, Azerbaijan and Turkey are strategic partners. Diplomatic relations among Pakistan, Azerbaijan and Turkey are based on mutual respect, sharing unique commonalities of historical, religious and political nature. After the establishment of the formal diplomatic relations, there was no looking back and ties grew at a steady pace and the sky is the limit for…
