Dear Readers, To facilitate businesses by ensuring payment of wages and salaries the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has initiated its refinance limits with the Rozgar Refinance Scheme and subsequently enhanced the lands, a life saver for millions of employees. Credit for this goes to Dr. Reza Baqir, the Governor SBP, who had the vision…
The world is reeling from the current Coronavirus pandemic! It is the single most deadly infection in recent memory and has the potential to become the deadliest in history. Governments are scurrying left, right and centre to find a solution and keep their population safe. Word wide infections and deaths are expected to rise exponentially…
The Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) started off as an overhaul factory for the Chinese F-6 fighter, with the first aircraft rolling out in 1979. Several more factories were added over the years, resulting in today’s vast complex at Kamra in northern Pakistan. PAC is a state-owned enterprise with the goal of self-reliance and indigenization in the…
The protracted election dispute which resulted in the bizarre reality of two men taking oath of office as President reached a resolution on May 17 when President Ashraf Ghani gave his chief rival, Abdullah Abdullah, the leading role in the country’s peace process with the Taliban and the right to appoint half the cabinet. Pakistan…
The spread of COVID-19 has brought up many responsibilities within many groups of people as realization hit that it was soon to go through the cities with the rapid increase of cases reported. As one community held council meetings through different media and means of how to deal with the onset of the virus, one…
Abstract US ballistic missile defense is aspired with geostrategic ambitions that could be seen as increasing its outreach to checkmate her rivals which in turn also provide leverage to partners of Washington to interplay with strategic stability. In this equation India gets an ideal placement that not only fits fine into the geostrategic outreach of…
The Government here eased the lockdown in order to combat an economic fallout. One has already noted the mammoth shift in consumer behavior during the COVID-19 crisis. Our next steps in these crucial moments would be the deciding factor as the nation opens up slowly. Some countries have already taken the decision to do so…
The devastating crash of PIA Flight #8303 has been that one thing that has left us all greatly traumatized as a country. The news has left us with so much sadness that it was difficult celebrating our Eid here; many chose to observe it while keeping in our hearts and minds prayers for those affected….
Shuja Nawaz’s new book The Battle for Pakistan is a timely release of a work that reviews Pakistan’s security challenges and U.S-Pakistan relations. A new unpredictable era of U.S-Pakistan relations is around the corner in view of recent U.S-Taliban agreement and uncertain future of Afghanistan. There are not many analysts and scholars of the region…
Even a cursory glimpse at the human history would easily detect that the history is brimful of many destructive wars, namely the wars of Panipat, the American Civil War, the World War I, and the World War II. Verily, war has always been a compulsory part of human history. Having established the United Nations Organization,…
