A new era of geopolitical and geo-economics development is unfolding in front of our eyes. As an interconnected economic and cultural region Eurasia had existed from the time of the historical Silk Road from about 13 century BC till the 15century AD, not only as a trade route but facilitating a free exchange of people…
Psychological testing may sound quite intimidating but this is necessary for psychologists to measure and observe a client’s behaviour so as to arrive at a diagnosis and guide treatment. Today we live in an age when world affairs are driven by personality, where politics require an understanding of what motivates world’s leaders. Rather than asking…
A Difficult Passage for Education Extension of improved education to all Pakistanis is one of the central demands citied as a precondition for economic progress, decreasing poverty and stabilizing the Pakistani state. One should not forget that it needs a strong economy and political stability to implement such plans. Modern education will not only certainly…
Four years ago Trump was an outsider, nobody believed he would get enough votes to win. Hillary Clinton seemed a sure winner being a member of the inner circle of US democracy, not really taken as a challenge Trump was allowed to run undisturbed without the detailed scrutiny every candidate for high office gets. Touching…
A project of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), the Trans-Asian Railway (TAR) Network Agreement was signed on 10 November 2006, by seventeen Asian nations to build a transcontinental railway network between Europe and Pacific ports in China. Planned to cater for enormous increase in international trade between Eurasian nations…
The year 2020 demanded the utmost of all individuals locally and governments globally. In that perspective Pakistan has not done badly, much better than neighbouring countries including India. With a population in daily wagers Imran Khan recognised that the hard-lockdown policies followed by other countries would be fatal, people would die of hunger instead of…
Dear Readers, The world now knows that America will have a new President on Jan 20, 2021. However, losing candidate President Donald Trump continues claiming election fraud but cannot provide a shred of evidence; his lawyers are being laughed out of courts for frivolous voter fraud cases. A change in leadership will have a domino…
Dear Readers, The first twenty years of the 21st century witnessed significant global transformations one being Eurasia, the landmass encompassing Europe and Asia covering 35% of the earth’s surface and home to five billion people in over 90 countries, producing 65% of global GDP. Both continents were organically bound since millennia by trade, conquests and…
Despite the ongoing global economic crisis being aggravated by the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, this year has brought outstanding results for the KHORGOS “dry port” on the border between Kazakhstan and China, which links China with Central Asia, Russia and Europe. On October 6, 2020 when after less than five years of its opening,…
A nation’s foundation lies in its history and its past, its martyrs and benefactors. Those who forget them will perish. Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the father of the nation, commands significance in the world and occupies a very special place in the hearts of Pakistanis. When anyone, from the highest government official to chiefs of…
