The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution endorsing an international road map for a Syrian peace process, a rare show of unity among major powers on a conflict that has claimed more than a quarter of a million lives. U.N. gave its blessing to a plan negotiated earlier in Vienna that calls for a...
The Judicial Inquiry Commission’s decision that “the 2013 general elections were in large part organized and conducted fairly and in accordance with the law” should not be taken by the people at its face value since this verdict was made under the Doctrine of Necessity to avoid chaos and confusion in the country especially at...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to set up a joint team of both the countries as Moscow ramps up its military support for Syrian President Bashar Al Assad, who is losing ground to Islamist militants in country’s bloody civil war. Israel has set up a joint mechanism with the...
On behalf of those of us who struggle to honor Gandhi’s legacy to the world, I would like to wish Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi ‘happy birthday!’ Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869 and had he defied both the assassin’s bullet and the aging process, he would have been 146 years old this year. In...
“The future of politics will be decided in Asia, not Afghanistan or Iraq, and the United States will be right at the centre of the action”. – Hillary Clinon As Sino-U.S. rivalry is getting intensified with the passage of time. U.S. policies towards China is being undergone through an abrupt change from the Kissinger’s administration...
Baluchistan figures prominently in the list of major political challenges Pakistan has been dealing with ever since its independence. The nationalistic movement augmented by ethnic grievances including the claims over provincial discrimination and injustices, gave impetus to the problem and it continued to intensify till it spilled over beyond a manageable threshold. Now whether it...
In his just-released book, ‘Disaster Capitalism: Making a Killing out of Catastrophe‘ Antony Loewenstein offers us a superb description of the diminishing power of national governments and international organisations to exercise power in the modern world as multinational corporations consolidate their control over the political and economic life of the planet. While ostensibly a book about...
Cattle markets of Pakistan have the capability of taking the country’s economy to the new heights and become an ideal place for trade. Agriculture is already the second biggest sector of country’s economy contributing 25.1% to the total GDP. Livestock being the major most sub-sector of agriculture, accounts for 9% of the total GDP. But...
Guaranteeing Pakistan’s Invincibility at Minimal Cost Introduction: We are witnessing an historical time on our planet, in which there is a powerful and widespread desire amongst all peoples for human freedom, material abundance and peaceful co-existence amidst diverse values. This article familiarizes the reader with a human resource program, Invincible Defense Technology, that is being implemented...
“Failing to plan is planning to fail”. Alan Lakein Most of the developing countries have a great dilemma, which is anticipatory-policy making issue. They do not have any proper institutionalize, procedural framework to formulate policies at higher level as well as at lower level. They are customary to devise policies at immediate basis, without examining...