A national economy which depends on income from just one source will always be vulnerable, especially when that income comes from non-renewable resources. The prosperity of an economy usually relies on the successful implementation of economic diversification. In 2016, Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman unveiled a new five-year economic strategy, “Vision 2030”, to transform…
Consider these eye-watering statistics: inflation galloping at double digits, steepest rise in interest rates for 33 years, a two-year recession to look forward to, unemployment nearly doubling by 2025, longest downturn since records began! This is not the outlook for a developing, third world nation. It is the economic forecast for one of the developed,…
Nizam-e-Maikada Bigra Hua Hai Is Kadar Saqi; Usi Ko Jaam Milta Hai Jise Peena Nahi Aata (Anand Narayan Mulla) [The configuration is so disfigured that only those who do not possesses a remedy are accessed with it) Ten cents for the poet, as it navigates the truth in case of Pakistan-Afghanistan relations all these decades….
Law cannot function in vacuum; operating for society it is influenced by its mores and attitudes. As an instrument of social change, the law thus never can be static, it has to change constantly alongwith the changes in the society. Since judges interpret and redefine the laws through their judicial decisions, the Judiciary plays a…
“Let China sleep; when she wakes, she will shake the world”. Napoleon 1817 In the last two decades, United States and China have emerged as competitors for political and economic influence especially in the Indo-Pacific region. This has invariably influenced the military posture of both countries to secure economic gains. Most strategists are of the…
Muzaffar Warsi, a Pakistani poet, lyricist and a scholar of repute, wrote: “AAB TOU BANDE BHI KHUDA BANDOON KI TAQDEER LIKHAIN; DEY WOH TAQAT MUJHE INN SABB KA LIKHA MEIN KATOON. PAWOON HOTE HUYE, KAB TAK CHALOON BESAKHIYOON PAR; KAB TALAK DOOSRON KA BOYA HUA MEIN KATOON.” (Now even humans are deciding the fate of…
Bomb/IED BlastsOn September 30, at least two people were killed and dozens injured in an explosion in a sweet shop the main market of Kohlu district, reports Express Tribune. Later, Baloch Liberation Army (BLA)’s spokesperson Azad Baloch, through social media, claimed responsibility for the incident which said it targeted a ‘secret agency hideout’ killing two…
Context Alarmingly, US witnessed four 1-in-1-thousand years rain events over the summer. One of these events was in late July in Saint Louis when 9.04 inches of rain fell during a 15-hour storm. Around the same time, 14 to 15 inches of rain came down in Kentucky over a 5-day period. In early August, Southern…
The arrival of Narendra Modi in Indian politics as the 14th prime minister of India inaugurated a new debate in international academic circles. It dragged the attention of global intellectual communities toward Indian domestic politics, where an overwhelming wave of violence has jeopardized the status of non-Hindu communities in India. All across Indian society, the…
Dada One of the oldest commercial entities of the Memons is the Dada Commercial House. Long before the formation of Pakistan, the ancestors of present day proprietors established a group of trade and industrial enterprises in India, Burma, South Africa and countries of Near East. When Pakistan came into being in 1947 Dadas were among…
