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Traits of Youth that can Make Pakistan a Better State

Pakistan is among the few highly privileged countries in terms of geographical location, mineral resources, and talented individuals. These resources, however, hold little value if not handled carefully and intelligently. Being a developing country, Pakistan is tangled between social issues such as poverty, illiteracy, and over-population, issues that we can overcome to some extent with…
Climate change, Global Warming and Natural Disasters

Climate change refers to long-term changes in the Earth’s climate, including changes in temperature, precipitation, and weather patterns. Global warming is one aspect of climate change, which refers specifically to the rise in the Earth’s average surface temperature caused by human activities, primarily the burning of fossil fuels. Natural disasters are events that occur in…
Political Instability and the need for good governance

Thesis Statement: Political Instability and the need for good governance can lead to widespread dissatisfaction and ultimately political instability. Political instability refers to a situation where there is a breakdown of order and a lack of predictability in the actions and decisions of the government. This can manifest in various forms, such as coups, civil…
Is India moving to become a Hindua Rashtra ?

This is an important piece in learning the future outlook of India as a country and it’s impact on it’s neighbors as a nation. In the early 8th century, a young Muslim warlord, Mohammed bin Qasim, captured Sindh after heavy fighting. Although this area was very small, but the consequences of this defeat proved to…
Something is wrong with CSS checks

RECENTLY, the result of the Central Superior Service (CSS) written exami-nation 2022 was announced. According to the result, 32,059 candidates had applied, 20,262 appeared, and only 393 could qualify; the pass percentage being 1.94. Those who cleared celebrated and those who failed without any preparation were not bothered by the result. However, those who had…
Pakistan-US Relations: As Fickle as the Weather

The US has had a turbulent relationship with Pakistan since the country’s independence in 1947. Over the course of 75 years, minor changes have occurred in the way bilateral exchanges are conducted between the two nations. Despite the rollercoaster relationship, the US has assisted Pakistan by providing necessary loans, humanitarian aid, and military equipment during…
Road to war: U.S. struggled to convince allies, and Zelensky, of risk of invasion

On a sunny October morning, the nation’s top intelligence, military and diplomatic leaders filed into the Oval Office for an urgent meeting with President Biden. They arrived bearing a highly classified intelligence analysis, compiled from newly obtained satellite images, intercepted communications and human sources, that amounted to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war plans for a…
Zelenskyy ‘shocked’ by Israel’s failure to give Ukraine weapons

Kyiv has been asking for air defence systems and other arms from Israel since shortly after the war started in February. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is “in shock” at Israel’s failure to give Kyiv anti-missile systems to help counter Russian attacks. The president has been asking for the weapons since shortly after the…
Zelensky calls for Russia to be stripped of UN veto power

The day began with an escalation of force from Russian President Vladimir Putin, and ended with a call for his country’s diplomatic isolation by his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky. Zelensky on Wednesday addressed the United Nations, urging world leaders to unite against Russia’s war in Ukraine and strip Moscow of its veto power on the…
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25 August 2022: Climate catastrophe

AWAY from the media’s limelight, which remains almost completely riveted on the drama playing out in Islamabad, a wave of death and destruction continues to wash over Pakistan. From the heights of the Himalayas to the shores of the Arabian Sea, floods triggered by heavy rainfall continue to wreak havoc, destroying livelihoods and sweeping away…
25 August 2022: Rain disaster

TO say that the 2022 monsoon season has been exceptionally challenging for Pakistan would be an understatement. The relentless wet weather has pummelled the country, wreaking havoc on infrastructure in rural areas as well as the cities. A statement from the minister for climate change a few weeks ago said that the 30-year average for…
25 August 2022: Politics in times of calamity

NOTHING could be more surreal than watching political leaders engaged in a sordid game of thrones while a large part of the country is devastated by torrential rains. Villages have been wiped out by flash floods. Hundreds of people including young children have been swept away by the raging waters. There are horrific scenes; the…
25 August 2022: High electricity prices

ALREADY frustrated with the rapidly rising cost of living that is the result of runaway inflation, residential electricity consumers are outraged at their puffed-up power bills. The latter are the outcome of the country’s largest-ever fuel price adjustment charges and the size of the various taxes being collected by the government on them. Thus, it…
25 August 2022: Misplaced priorities

AS a natural calamity engulfs Pakistan, many members of the political class remain preoccupied with their power struggles. Almost the entire nation has been affected by record-breaking monsoon rainfall, flooding and the attendant human misery, with Balochistan, Sindh and southern Punjab the worst-hit. But the focus of the government, the opposition and parts of the…
25 August 2022: Mexican stand-off

A STRANGE madness appears to be afflicting our political leaders. Knives out, they are chasing after each other in the hopes of landing a killing blow, not realising the damage they are doing to their own future prospects with the harmful precedents they are setting that ‘others’ can easily exploit. Consider the developments over the…
Ukraine live briefing: U.N. chief arrives in Ukraine to review month-old grain export deal

The U.N. chief arrived in Ukraine on Wednesday ahead of a summit to review the breakthrough agreement signed nearly one month ago that allowed for the export of Ukrainian grain and offered a sign of hope during a global food crisis. U.N. Secretary General António Guterres will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Turkish…
19 August 2022: Deadly rains

THERE seems to be no end to our monsoon misery. Deadly rains continue to lash several parts of the country, destroying transportation networks and homes as they wreak havoc on human and animal life. The situation in Balochistan, the region worst-hit by floods, destruction and disease, is dire, with a damaged rail and road network…
19 August 2022: Frozen conflict

THE recent discovery of the body of an Indian soldier lost in an ice storm on the Siachen glacier 38 years ago yet again illustrates the fruitless nature of this high-altitude conflict. The fact is that more soldiers from both sides die of causes other than fighting on what has become known as the world’s…
19 August 2022: Pawn sacrifice

IT must be lonely being Shahbaz Gill these days. With his own party now back-pedalling from its ‘moral support’ for the controversial statements he made during a TV show last week, Mr Gill must be feeling abandoned and forlorn. The unequivocal condemnations now being directed at him by other PTI leaders threaten to blow away…
Christianity’s role in Native American boarding schools

American Christians must reckon with colonial history and cooperate with US government’s “Road to Healing” initiative. Last month the United States Department of the Interior published the first volume of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report. The report confirms, in shocking detail, the US Government’s deployment of boarding schools as a tool to…
A new way to help reuse and recycle wastewater

Whitney Fowler, PhD’22, has helped develop a new water reclamation system. Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering July 14, 2022 As an undergraduate, Whitney Fowler saw firsthand how communities are affected by access to clean water when she took a service trip to Uganda. She decided she would use her degree in chemical and biomolecular engineering…
How should developing countries deal with inflation?

While the world still grapples with the Covid-19 pandemic, new challenges have surfaced in the last few months: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has exacerbated a global post-Covid-19 cost-of-living crisis, leaving the poor in both the developed and developing worlds struggling to access food and fuel. In an interview with ProMarket, economist Raghuram Rajan speaks about…
Female Saudi activist sentenced to record 34 years in prison for critical tweets

Salma al-Shehab was detained in January 2021 in Saudi Arabia, where she was on vacation, days before the Saudi citizen was set to return to her home in Britain BEIRUT — Saudi Arabia quietly sentenced a woman to 34 years in prison over her Twitter activity last week, marking the longest sentence ever for a…
Ukraine live briefing: Strikes pound Kharkiv; U.N. chief to discuss grain deal, nuclear risk

U.N. Secretary General António Guterres is in Ukraine to review progress on a deal to release the country’s grain exports, and strikes overnight pummeled Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city. Here’s the latest on the war and its ripple effects across the globe. Key developments Return to menu The U.N. chief will meet the leaders of Ukraine…
US and Taiwan Begin Formal Negotiations on Trade Initiative

First round set to take place ‘early this fall,’ USTR says Details come after Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei this month BEIJING — The United States and Taiwan said they are set to begin formal trade negotiations, as Washington shows its support for the island democracy facing Beijing’s ire for hosting high-ranking U.S. congressional delegations.…
Israel and Turkey Resume Full Diplomatic Ties After a Long Rift

Ambassadors will be installed for first time since 2018 Announcement follows visits by top officials this year Israel and Turkey agreed to resume full diplomatic ties, seeking to draw a line under a years-long period of tensions that spilled into regional security, energy and trade. Ambassadors will be installed for the first time since 2018,…
Pakistan-U.S. War on Terrorism: M A Hafeez

Outline Introduction Historical Perspective The First Engagement The Second Engagement The Problem of Sanctions Pakistan and War on Terrorism Challenges for Musharraf’s Pakistan Regional Security Environment Domestic Order Challenges for United States Anti-Americanism Policy Recommendation for Pakistan Policy Recommendation for U.S. India and Pakistan Institution Building Educational Reforms Political Islam Economic and Security Assistance and…
18 August 2022: Never-ending scourge

POLIO eradication efforts in the country appear to have suddenly taken a giant leap backwards. A day after vaccination campaigns kicked off in Sindh and six high-risk districts of KP, two policemen guarding polio workers were attacked and killed by unknown assailants in Tank district on Tuesday. Though the attackers appear to have spared the…
18 August 2022 : : The fall guy

WITH one camp in the PML-N repeatedly undermining the party’s own government, it is no wonder that economic and political stability has been so hard to come by. Maryam Nawaz’s public distancing from Finance Minister Miftah Ismail over the recent fuel price hike, and her assertion that her father had stormed out of a meeting…
06 August 2022: Economic restructuring

EVER SINCE he was given the toughest possible task of removing Pakistan from the path of economic collapse, Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has had to walk a tightrope. Nearly four months later, he can take credit for staving off the danger of default — at least for now — by avoiding the potholes. In return,…
Current Affair: Dron Attack

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri killed in US drone strike US President Joe Biden says ‘justice has been delivered’ after al-Qaeda leader located and killed in Kabul, Afghanistan. Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has been killed in a CIA drone strike in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, United States President Joe Biden has said. Al-Zawahiri was killed on Sunday…
04 August 2022: Unnecessary visit

CONSIDERING the combustible state of Sino-American relations, it was hoped that US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would put off her visit to Taiwan. However, the seasoned American politician chose optics over rationality, landing on the island on Tuesday and meeting the Taiwanese president a day later before jetting out of Taipei to complete her Asian…
04 August 2022: Improving fundamentals

DRIVEN mainly by a drastic reduction in the import bill, the sharp month-on-month decline of 47.8pc in July’s burgeoning trade deficit appears to have cheered up the country’s gloomy currency and stock markets. The home currency recorded its highest single-day gain of 4.2pc since 1999 as the rupee strengthened to 228.8 to a dollar in…
04 August 2022: To ban or not to ban?

THE ruling parties must take a pause before making a firm decision about where the political process will go after the PTI prohibited funding verdict. Already, the call for blood is ringing shrill and loud, pushing them towards a mistake that has been repeated too many times in our history. The PTI must indeed be…
03 August 2022: Zawahiri’s end

AYMAN al-Zawahiri, who was reportedly eliminated by an American drone strike in a quiet Kabul neighbourhood early Sunday morning, was one of the most recognisable faces in the world of transnational jihadism. Yet the Al Qaeda Zawahiri led after his boss Osama bin Laden’s killing had lost much of its bite, and had been superseded…
03 August 2022: Out of reach

FOR the vast majority of the country, it is getting progressively more difficult to live within their household budget while runaway inflation erodes real incomes and piles extreme pressure on middle- and low-income groups. With inflation surging to 24.9pc in July — the highest it has been in over 14 years — survival is rapidly…
03, August 2022: ECP’s damning judgement

ARE we witnessing the fall of Icarus, the figure from Greek mythology who flew too close to the sun and perished? The ECP verdict announced yesterday on the foreign funding case leaves former prime minister Imran Khan — and his political party — confronting what is arguably his most serious challenge to date. At the…
31 July 2022: Funding disclosures

THE PTI’s foreign funding headache is back to haunt it. Journalist Simon Clark, who also authored The Key Man, a book that uncovered the allegedly illicit dealings of beleaguered business tycoon Arif Naqvi, has recently published in the Financial Times an account of how funds collected from foreign companies and individuals through charity cricket matches…
30 July 2022: Test defeat

It was a case of speaking to soon. With his side still 419 runs away from an improbable victory target of 508 in the second Test against Sri Lanka, Pakistan’s batting coach Mohammad Yousuf claimed his players were feeling no pressure. Yousuf was drawing on the fact that his side, riding on a sensational 160…
30 July 2022: Post-rain clean-up

AS the nation reels in the aftermath of a heavy monsoon spell, a number of key areas need the authorities’ immediate attention. Apart from rescuing marooned residents, the state needs to ensure that there is proper sanitation in the post-rain situation, while battered infrastructure and communication links need to be rebuilt on an emergency basis.…
30 July 2022: Supreme discontent

AFTER the Supreme Court walked itself into a political storm with its interpretation of Article 63-A and later its ruling on the July 22 Punjab chief minister election, there was bound to be increased scrutiny of its other activities. It was, therefore, no surprise that the Judicial Commission of Pakistan’s meeting this week to discuss…
29 July 2022: Hepatitis awareness

UNWAVERING commitment to healthcare on the part of the highest government offices in the land is necessary to curb the spread of disease. Regrettably, for decades, the lack of such dedication has allowed even preventable diseases to fester. Among the illnesses devoid of government ownership are a variety of hepatitis cases. Take, for example, the…
29 July 2022: Surging deficit

PAKISTAN’S current account deficit has surged to $17.4bn or 4.6pc the size of the economy during the last fiscal year on the rising trade deficit, in spite of multiple actions taken by the government and the central bank since the last quarter of 2021 to restrict imports. The growth in exports and remittances sent home…
29 July 2022: False equivalence

CELEBRATING his party’s triumph in dislodging the PML-N government in Punjab, former prime minister and PTI chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday made what sounded unmistakably like a speech delivered on the hustings, by a man confident of the ultimate prize. He reiterated his demand for an early election as the only solution to the prevailing…
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