Context The New Cold War paradigm and great power rivalry framework is settling in and beginning to define international affairs. After Europe and Pacific, the Middle East is emerging as another hotly contested theater between the global powers. While Ukraine has been consuming most of the media bandwidth, matters related to Iran’s nuclear program and…
1. PREAMBLE 1.1 There is a common saying that women, work and weather are unpredictable in Europe and these factors may change anytime without warning. While European nations have mostly overcome the deleterious impacts of such negativities, the developing world is still struggling to conserve the natural environment. However, at the present, Planet Earth is…
Imagine two opposing parties slugging it out in a court of law and then both accepting the ruling wholeheartedly afterwards. Imagine indicted individuals coming to court or jail without displaying victory signs. Imagine the truth actually coming out during a hearing. Imagine the competence, or lack thereof, of the prosecution and defence open for public…
In the last three decades countries like China along with Hong Kong, Vietnam, Singapore and South Korea have achieved enormous levels of growth in trade, education, development, research and economic stability. This rise of these countries has far-reaching effects on the regional politics of Asia and on the politics of global dominance. The center of…
The Annual General Meeting of the KCFR members was held physically at 11:00 am on Saturday 30th July 2022 at Defense Club, DHA Phase 2, Karachi. Following attended: S. No. Name Designation Physical/Virtual 01. Lt. Gen (R) Moinuddin Haider Chief Election Commissioner Physically 02. Mr. Ikram Shegal Chairman Physically 03. Mr. Javed Ashraf Hussain Vice Chairman…
As Sri Lanka boils and goes over the brink, there are some parallels for Pakistan. The South Asian island-nation state is literally unnerved and apparently has no contingency plans to stay afloat. What has happened in Colombo is not an inertia affair, but a sustained collapse of head and heart while ruling the tiny entity,…
Put simply, financial inclusion is access to formal financial services by individuals and firms to use a range of quality payments, savings, credit and insurance services which meet their needs with dignity and fairness. These services include credit, savings, deposits, payments, transfers and insurance etc. In recent years an important driver towards financial inclusion has…
IN a world already filled with a sense of doubt, espionage and artificially hyped sensationalism, does the recent Deep-fake controversy in Pakistan hold much value? This is not meant to be a triggering statement, rather a rhetoric posed for a moment of self-reflection. With so much presented as “fake” or manipulated, one should fully understand…
The yawn-worthy anti-American rhetoric by the opposition doesn’t seem to be fizzling out. Rearing its head up at intermittent moments, it has that same old lackluster flavor of something tacky being repackaged and resold. But who is still following the Pied Piper’s tune? One would have thought that perhaps some advisors would have whispered common…
Cdr (R) Sadeed A Malik – Secretary General/ CEO, KCFR: The Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh in Pakistan at Karachi, distinguished guests, Chairman and members of the Board of Governors Karachi Council on Foreign Relations. I am Commodore Retired Sadeed Malik, and it is a great pleasure and an honor to welcome the Bangladesh Deputy…
