Named for the Alpine resort town in which the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting is held, the prevailing misconception is that the Davos is only a rich man’s club that caters to the world’s wealthy and impacts only the rich countries. WEF was founded on the premise that business cannot operate in a vacuum…
Oceans are of crucial value for humanity as they are considered a common heritage and have always shaped civilizations and empires. Waters have provided opportunities to explorers, invaders and traders. After the World Wars international economic dependence increased; mostly through seas. Lately, by employing nuclear missile firing capable submarine and placing aircraft carrier groups at…
In my last article on the subject, I had elaborated some measures to be taken to manage Afghanistan in a more strategic and collaborative way. The said measures were, inter-parliamentary delegations exchange, engagement with Central Asian States for influencing Kabul regime, infrastructure development support, managing land locked status for transit trade, encouraging and leveraging the…
Not how well you see in a clear weather but how well you see in a foggy weather determines how better you are than others”. Mehmet Murat Ildan The failed coup of 15 July, 2016 was a watershed event of modern Turkish history. It was the final and unsuccessful attempt of a faction of the…
Arrested on Feb 22 by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for corruption in the Ashiana Housing scandal under Section 2 of the Schedule of NAO, 1999, Ahad Cheema, formerly Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Chief and now heading Quaid-e-Azam Thermal Power Limited, had failed to appear before NAB twice despite summons. Showing flagrant disrespect for the…
With general elections due somewhere after mid-2018, the expectations of the people and the stakes thereof has evolved dramatically with the political scenario changing almost on a daily basis. The Supreme Court (SC) verdict voiding Election Act 2017 and thus disqualifying Nawaz Sharif as party head has confounded all elections predictions by throwing what amounts…
The World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, is a major creative force for engaging top leaders from across the world to undertake joint action relating to events for shaping the global, regional and industry agendas. Having attained a reputation for great integrity, the WEF is not tied to any political, partisan or…
The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has been termed a game-and fate-changer for Pakistan and rest of the region. It has indeed strategic importance for China as well as Pakistan but increasing criticism in and outside the country has created some doubts about its overall utility and importance. Nevertheless, CPEC has the capacity to transform…
General ® Nasser Khan Janjua, the Advisor to the Prime Minister on National Security has great knowledge about the security apparatus, war theater, human psychology, anti-terrorism tactics, regional power politics and National Security Policy (NSP) which he translated in his action while Commander of the XII Corps in Quetta, Balochistan. He introduced a new concept…
