Absolute monarchies are generally that – absolute. Therefore, the recent news emanating from the Saudi Kingdom suggesting changes to the system governing its flag and anthem was not without some iota of surprise! Note that the contents are not being changed but just that the binding rules that authorize the usage of the two are…
With over 75 days of active warfare over Ukraine, the conflict is shaping up to be a flashpoint for the entire world with the threat of escalation at any point in time. The United States and the Western Allies initiated this war but now they are without answers while Ukraine suffers. Russia insists on victory…
Held in the ski resort of Davos in Switzerland, the World Economic Forum’s (WEF’s) Annual Meeting 2022, a 5-day congregation of the rich, powerful and the famous came to a close on May 26. Participants got together to network and share their ideas to find new and innovative ways for solving the world’s problems. For…
Suicide Bombings Three Pakistan Army soldiers and as many children were killed after a suicide blast occurred in the vicinity of Miranshah in North Waziristan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on May 15 (today), reports Dawn. In a brief statement, the military’s media affairs wing identified the killed soldiers as 33-year-old Lance Havaldar Zubair Qadir…
Jointly organized by LEXFEIM Research Centre, the SEFACIL Foundation, France and the Department of International Relations, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, theFrench University of Le Havre (ULH) hosted a conference on the topic of “Completion of Eurasia” on 11 and 12 of May 2022. The idea of Eurasia encompasses the arbitrary division between Asia and…
With a certain amount of corruption present in most societies, corruption undisputedly is the worst feature of Pakistan. Over the decades it has reached epic proportions, now undermining the very state. Whereas it was present in all the institutions of the state, corruption has now been weaponised in the higher echelons of leadership to the detriment…
Some of Pakistan’s dire economic situation can be blamed on the economic downtown in the world because of the Russian Ukraine War and some on motivated perception. While the tax collection doubled under the Imran Khan regime we remained far short of meeting our expenditures, the current account deficit is growing. Our foreign exchange remittances have increased…
South Asian politics cannot be divorced from the influences of great powers due to the intense regional security environment of the nuclearized subcontinent and its increasing reliance on politics of extra-regional powers. The two nuclear weapon states from South Asia have always remained ambitious for acquiring support of external payers while developing various inflexible national…
