Chinese Vaccine Diplomacy

Around February, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) gave the green light to the use of Sinopharm as an emergency vaccine manufactured by Chinese Pharmaceutical companies. Even before this approval, the Chinese Government had initiated its supply and donations of Covid vaccines, masks and kits to so called “friendly” nations, but it is clear that…

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The Challenging Future of Growing Pakistan-Turkey Cooperative Ties

The relations between Pakistan and Turkey have been evolved in multidimensional ways, mainly covering the economic, diplomatic, social, and strategic domains. The leaders of both nations are involved in reciprocal visits while agreeing on different common economic goals and maintain a common diplomatic vision for addressing future challenges. The nature of a special relationship is…

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Summer of 2021

The current covid-19 pandemic around the world is one of the most challenging events for all of humanity. The death-toll and the crisis in terms of economy, livelihood, health and social isolation is greater than that of the Second World War. After the defeat of Germany, the World War became the center of inspiration for…

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Riba Resolved (Part 01)

Introduction One of the main demands of the religious scholars [Ulema] and Muslims is the elimination of Riba in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. According to the Quran, Riba is prohibited, which has been defined by scholars  as: “all forms of interest are Riba and hence prohibited”. The Islamic finance contains many other prohibitions as…

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Countering 5th Generation Warfare

Pakistan is a prime target since past couple decades of certain hidden and known hostile agencies in the domain of 5th generation hybrid warfare. The main purpose of this type of warfare is to weaken the country’s soft image, infrastructure, and economy. The next stage comes when paid proxy groups are used to wage guerilla-type…

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The Notion of Surveillance Capitalism and its Relevance to Pakistan

The concept of Surveillance Capitalism explains an economic system at a global level based on various market trends in cyberspace. The spread of business communities in the digital landscape formulates a widespread digital data culture, its collection from different android applications, and its sale and purchase as a market product. The personal data gathered from…

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