Top story: A sign of setting or resetting relations?
- KIPS Bureau
- May, 2019
- National
ISLAMABAD SEEMS TO BE SENDING A SIGNAL TO WASHINGTON THOUGH 2019 COULD STILL SEE TRUMP’S TYPICAL TWEETS With twists and turns, highs and lows, the year 2019 could, at least, see some overtures, if not relief, in the troubled ýPakistan-American bond. Currently, there is a titanic trust deficit between the ýtwo sides. ý This deficit has overshadowed their...
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Global Round Up
- KIPS Bureau
- Apr, 2019
- National
TOP STORY: INDIA COULD BE ON A LOSING WICKETThe trade war with Islamabad could cost New Delhi $1.8 billion A Commerce Ministry source has announced that Pakistan may even consider a complete ban on imports from India or an increase in tax and duty rates. A complete ban on Indian films and television channels is also another option. The volume of trade...
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GLOBAL ROUNDUP
- KIPS CSS Admin
- Jan, 2019
- National
TOP STORY: BALOCHISTAN’S BIGGEST PROBLEM IS POVERTYOn the 18th Century French maps, this part of the world is marked ‘Terre des Balodges, feroces et guerrieres’, land of the Baloch, fierce and warlike. Not much has changed. In the 60 years since it was incorporated into Pakistan, Balochistan has generated countless independence movements and uprisings, peaking in 1971-74 when then-Prime ...
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Foreign Aid: A Geopolitical Foreign Policy Tool
- Nasir Khan
- Oct, 2018
- National
Foreign policy is actually a country’s behaviour
with regard to other states in the international arena, driven by its need to
achieve its goalsThe first and most successful foreign aid
initiative was the European Recovery Program (ERP), popularly known as the
Marshall Plan. This program was about rebuilding Europe in the aftermath of
World War II. World War II had completely de...
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Plant For Pakistan: A Movement
- Shahid Ahmad Khan
- Oct, 2018
- National
Keeping in view the increasing environmental
pollution and its implications, the new government kick-started the Plant for
Pakistan Movement in the country. Prime
Minister Imran Khan inaugurated 10 billion trees project by planning and
watering a sapling in Haripur district, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) on 2 September
2018. The new government intends to complete the project in five years of th...
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Foreign Challenges For Imran Khan
- Naveed Abbas
- Sep, 2018
- National
The new government stands
committed to ensure the better relations with the neigbouring countries as
Prime Minister Imran Khan duly mentioned in his speech as Prime Minister
designate wherein apart from the areas mentioned supra, substantial emphasis
was exhibited by opting for a more balanced and independent foreign policy
stature.In recent general elections, Imran Khan's party...
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Diamer Bhasha Dam
- Dr. Shahid Khan
- Aug, 2018
- National
Keeping in view the impending water crisis,
Pakistani nation has girded up its loins to build the Diamer Bhasha Dam. For
this purpose the Chief Justice of Pakistan took initiative and armed forced
followed suit by donating fund from their salaries.It would
not be wrong to say that there is no life without water and there would soon be
no water without storage. Much has been said...
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The Gravest Challenge We Have Ever Faced
- Khirad Ali
- Aug, 2018
- National
The per capita availability of water, which was
above 5,200 cubic metres in 1947, has now dropped to a mere 1000 cubic metresPakistan
faces severe water scarcity and is at the verge of running out dry by 2025
owing to a dearth of water reservoirs and decline in the storage capacity of
existing dams. It is clearly visible that the government did
not attach sign...
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DWINDLING WATER RESOURCES IN PAKISTAN
- Shahid Ahmad Khan
- Aug, 2018
- National
No doubt, Pakistan's water crisis has several
serious health, social, and political implicationsWe, the
humans on earth are the funny creature: We search for water on other planets
while let the water fritter on our planet. By 2025, more than 3.5 billion
people will be living in water-stressed areas in different parts of the world.
Water stress happens when the demand for water ...
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URBANIZATION: A GOVERNANCE PERSPECTIVE
- Masood Ahmed
- Aug, 2018
- National
Urbanization is the process of population growth in
urban areas. There are many ways to define an urban population e.g. by
population density, population magnitude, governmental / administrative /
political boundaries, or economic functions. Some states describe their urban
population as per those people living within certain administrative /
governmental limits. For example in Iraq, there are admin...
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Foreign Policy Irritants
- Agha Baqir
- July, 2018
- National
Like
any other modern state, Pakistan always has irritants of various types with all
its neighbouring countriesThe killing of
Osama-bin-Laden on May 2, 2011, by US Naval SEALs in a campaign coded as
"Operation Neptune Spear at Abbottabad, can be likened to the demise of Mullah Mansour, but this time the
stage was set at Noshki, Balochistan, but once more in the territorial...
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Interior Variables Are The Predominance Of Social Unfairness
- Mustansar Klasra
- July, 2018
- National
Interior variables
are the predominance of social unfairness, imbalance, absence of education and abuse in the general public. Outside variables are the association of Pakistan in theterritorial and worldwide force amusement and intermediary warsExtremism is a perplexing marvel, in spite of the fact that its
multifaceted nature is regularly difficult to see. Most essentially, it ca...
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Pakistan Tops In Under-Five Mortality Rate
- ASIM MAHMOOD
- July, 2018
- National
At current trends, 60 million children
will die before their fifth birthday between 2017 and 2030, half of them
newbornsPakistan
has the world's highest newborn mortality rate, with one in every 22 babies
born dying within a month. The report tells the difference between the rich and
rest countries in this perspective. According to the report, babies born in the
world's poorest cou...
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THE SCOUNDREL’S LAST REFUGE
- MIAN AMIR HASSAN
- June, 2018
- National
During
his years in power, he did not give importance to parliament and took
dictatorial decisions in internal, external and financial affairs while
bypassing the parliament.“In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.”
― Napoleon BonaparteThere seems no end to Mr. Nawaz
Sharif’s grief and grudge after disqualification from premiership. He released
his anger ...
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ETHNIC DIVERSITIES AND CHALLENGES OF NATION-BULIDING IN PAKISTAN
- KIPS CSS Admin
- June, 2018
- National
We become not a melting pot but a beautiful
mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different
hopes, different dreams. – Jimmy Carter.After
the Second World War, most of the post-colonial states have faced the problem
of ethnicity in one form or the other. Pakistan, as well, is no exception in
this regard. It is unfortunate that after decades of indepen...
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HANGING THE VOX POPULI
- MIAN AMIR HASSAN
- May, 2018
- National
Sun Tzu a Chinese general, military strategist,
writer, and philosopher says, “A leader leads by example not by force.”The
same is case with Mr. Zulifqar Ali Bhutto whose judicial murder would have been
sunk into oblivion by the people, had it been the murder of a person alone.
However his assassination was a deliberate attempt to eliminate an ideology
which survives fo...
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NEW PROVINCES: TO DO OR NOT TO DO?
- Saleem Shahab
- May, 2018
- National
Sooner
or letter, the federal government may recourse to carve out new provinces or
introduce devolution of power. Both the ways can be used to appease the demands
of the people.Keeping in view the gaining momentum of
demand for Southern Punjab province, Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan
Abbasi has to take notice and invite all political parties to hold a dialogue
on the is...
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The Chronicles Of A Birth Foretold
- Ch. Mhammad Ashraf
- May, 2018
- National
At the end of the day, one can take solace
from the fact that no matter how chequered and tortuous the course of events,
the Muslim India achieved its manifest destiny and Pakistan is here to stay.“Pakistan came into being when the first
native of India embraced Islam”, is a mantra most Pakistanis believe in as an
article of faith. “ No, Pakistan was created when Muhammad bin Qua...
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Special Report Fatf - Challenges And Implications For Pakistan
- Dr. Shahid Khan
- Apr, 2018
- National
Last
month Pakistan underwent a premature evaluation process, primarily pushed by
USA and supported by UK, Germany and France. Since then there has been a lot of
speculation about Pakistan’s inclusion in the terror financing list issued by
FATFFinancial Action Task Force
(FATF) was established in 1989 on the eve of G7 summit in Paris. Initially
comprised of 16 countries the mem...
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PAKISTAN IN THE CROSSHAIRS
- Pervaiz Asghar
- Apr, 2018
- National
‘No man is an island’, said Donne and
neither is a country for that matter. Pakistan needs friends and can ill-afford
to keep shrugging off oft-voiced allegations about its flirtation with selected
terroristsBeyond
its shores, Pakistan’s fair name has unfortunately become synonymous with
terrorism of the Islamic variety. Its reputation has, over the years, taken so
much of a hi...
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BHUTTO, KASHMIR AND FREEDOM
- MIAN AMIR HASSAN
- Mar, 2018
- National
The
dream of 1.5 billion people of the region for peace and prosperity is still
elusive. The peace can only be ensured in the region if the civil and military
leadership of both the countries resolve to sort out all the outstanding
issues. For this purpose, they need to adopt measures for solution of Kashmir
issue keeping in view the self-determination of KashmirisBARRISTER
AA...
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CPEC: OPPORTUNITIES FOR KARACHI
- Pervaiz Asghar
- Feb, 2018
- National
CPEC
is just four simple letters; letters on which an entire nation's hopes and
aspirations are pinnted. This huge injection of Chinese investment is vital for
jump-starting the Pakistani economy. Such a generous shot in the arm can also
unfortunately have the opposite effect; that of dooming the country to
perpetual servitude. A high level of preparedness, ability and capacity to
exploit the opportuni...
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PUBLIC COURT THE ULTIMATE COURT?
- Agha Baqir
- Feb, 2018
- National
The history of Pakistan is full of both
positive as well as negative decisions made by both public and judicial courtsWhat options do people have in case
institutions are not working properly or not functioning at all in any part of
the world? This can also be applicable to courts, both judicial and peoples'
courts. Judicial courts are assigned jurisdiction by the constitution it...
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GLOOM AND BOOM IN THE CITY OF LIGHTS
- Pervaiz Asghar
- Jan, 2018
- National
Despite the city's decaying
infrastructure and civil services, it has not only maintained a lively facade,
but has lived up to its reputation as a city of lightsKarachi is in many ways a microcosm of the country
itself. One finds all religions, nationalities and ethnicities represented
here. There is no dearth of good entrepreneurs, businessmen, traders,
transporters, educationists,...
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50 years of PPP
- MIAN AMIR HASSAN
- Jan, 2018
- National
You know tolerance breeds tolerance
while intolerance begets violence. The national politics of present day
Pakistan is a true example of the same. It is PPP that kept its cool throughout
its history despite the worst kind of oppression inflicted by the rivalsIt is believed that the Greek philosopher Aristotle
said, "The nature abhors a vacuum" since it invites forces to fill
the em...
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RELIGIOUS PARTIES IN GENERAL ELECTIONS
- Dr Syed Hussain Shaheed Soherwordi
- Dec, 2017
- National
Mainstream Islamist parties
act politically with a mind to nonpolitical considerations. Most religious
parties remain tied to religious movements through informal links and overlapping
membershipsDuring general elections in Pakistan, every
major political party advocates popular policies and catchy slogans like roti, kapra aur makan(bread, clothing
and shelter) in order to win p...
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CRACKING THE FATA CODE
- Pervaiz Asghar
- Dec, 2017
- National
It is also time for Pakistan to get on with the job of
bringing FATA into the mainstream, thereby creating a distinct Pakistani
identity amongst the tribesmen on its side of the border instead of leaving
them in the lurch.The Federally Administered Tribal Areas
of Pakistan (better known by its acronym FATA) had been created in 1849 to
serve as a buffer between British India and ...
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MISCONCEIVED PERCEPTION
- Jamal Hussain
- Nov, 2017
- National
India
Should Question Legality of Durand Line between Afghanistan and Pakistan,
Opines a Renowned Indian Scholar Satish Chandra, an Ex DiplomatSatish Chandra, a former Indian High Commissioner to
Pakistan has penned an article where he has recommended to the Indian
government to openly side with Afghanistan on the legality of the Durand Line.
The title suggests the Indian government...
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THE AF-PAK THEATRE: A REGION OF PERENNIAL CONFLICT
- ASAD EJAZ BUTT
- Nov, 2017
- National
The
Indian military assistance to Afghanistan has increased on a year to year basis
which hasn't only pleased the American government but has also brought
Afghanistan or at least a few of its cities where the Afghan government still
exercises writ under the Indian influenceChristine Fair, an American foreign policy
and international relations expert, is regarded as a staunch enemy o...
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UNDERDEVELOPED HUMAN CAPITAL IN PAKISTAN
- Arooj Shahzad
- Nov, 2017
- National
For the Human Capital to be
smart and sustainable, the knowledge, skills and values of the youth should be
inclusively carved and polished. Human
capital plays a critical role in economic growth and poverty reduction. Dismal at the dreary creeping phenomenon
of underdeveloped Human Capital in Pakistan, the human skills relentlessly
remain untrained and irrelevant according to...
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PAKISTAN'S RESPONSE TO TRUMP
- General (R) Mirza Aslam Beg
- Oct, 2017
- National
Doubling
down on an unsuccessful war is not an act of strength or persistence. It is a
sign of insanity to do the same thing over and over again and expect different
result
Pakistan needs to
develop a well-thought-out, cool and calculated response to US President
Trump's Strategy on Afghanistan, which is a vague plan, and cannot be called a
strategy. The fact i...
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NEW ROADMAPS
- AFRAH JAMAL
- Oct, 2017
- National
Counter terrorism has a steep learning curve
and since terrorists adapt and evolve accordingly, so must the security plansWith the
Armed Forces to protect the borders -agencies to safeguard its national
interests and weaponry to deter military invasions, Pakistan can honestly say
that its security is in good hands. Generally this would be enough for
conventional warfare. It now ...
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POLICE REFORMS IN PAKISTAN
- Mian Majid Ali
- Oct, 2017
- National
After
Pakistan came into being as a result of the division of the British India,
there were at least 26 different commissions and committees constituted on
police reforms, mainly focusing on the structural and functional aspects of the
police department
Police reforms are
continuously required in the wake of new challenges, new technologies, new
socio-political...
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CENSUS: THE COUNT OR WEIGHT?
- Agha Baqir
- Oct, 2017
- National
Everything has to be done
sensibly and the reservations of all the stake holders be taken into
consideration properlyAny
plausible answer is, perhaps, yet to be transpired as to why various census
teams including enumerators and security personnel every time lose their heads
while counting heads of the population for the nation in the process of census.
Similarly, the reply to ...
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MADRASA REFORMS LYNCHPIN OF PAKISTAN'S EFFORTS TOWARDS COMBATING TERRORISM
- Jamal Hussain
- Sep, 2017
- National
MADRASA HISTORYAny critique
about madrasas in Pakistan must be handled with care, given the sensitivity of
the public about an institution considered by many in the country as shield,
protecting pristine Islam from undesirable foreign influences. Besides
propagating and spreading the knowledge of Islam, madrasas in the Pakistani
context are the largest public welfare NGOs on educati...
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CPEC A FLAGSHIP PROJECT OF OBOR PART II THE DISTRESS AND SNAGS
- Muhammad Azam Khan
- Sep, 2017
- National
“The United States is the most powerful nation on
Earth.* President Obama, State of the Union Address, 12
January 2016 The United States spends more on military than
next 8 nations combined. There is no gainsaying that the United States Navy has
greater power than almost all others combinedii. But United States Navy
currently faces exceptional challenges since the wa...
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CPEC A FLAGSHIP PROJECT OF OBOR
- Muhammad Azam Khan
- Aug, 2017
- National
History often takes perplexing twists. In September
1973 when Pakistan’s Prime Minister Zulfiquar Ali Bhutto met President Richard
Nixon at the White House, he sought U.S. aid to construct the port at Gwadar
and offered its use to the U.S. Navy. Although the President stated he would
have the proposal examined, a National Security Council briefing paper
indicated no great interest in having a naval ...
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Look East Policy and Strategic Diplomacy: Pak-Russia Reapproachment
- Dr Syed Hussain Shaheed Soherwordi
- July, 2017
- National
Despite the ongoing interest-collisions in
Afghanistan, both Islamabad and Moscow have used Pakistan's strategic 'look
East policy' as a means to improve bilateral relationsPermanent
friends and enemies are not found in international politics because the state
interests, which do not allow space for personal relations, mark friendships
and animosity. It is true of the Pak-Russia...
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A JUDGMENT TO REMEMBER
- General (R) Mirza Aslam Beg
- June, 2017
- National
Times
have changed. Political attitude must also change with the
timeThe land mark judgment has been given by the Supreme
Court of Pakistan on 20th April 2017, which is discrete enough as “not to send
wrong signal” so that both, the petitioner and the respondents are celebrating
with political naivety. In passing this judgment the rule of law has been the
main consideration, becaus...
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CPEC MARITIME OPPORTUNITIES FOR PAKISTAN
- Pervaiz Asghar
- June, 2017
- National
The
key to generating any meaningful impact is again Gwadar, which not only acts as
a land-sea interface but also as the most vital and most vibrant component of
the entire logistics chainPart IIThe
competition it faces in this regard stems not from Chabahar as many seem to
think but from the wellestablished ports of Sohar and Khorfakhan, both lying just
across...
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THAR IN THE CLUTCHES OF DEATH
- ZULIFQAR MANGRIO
- June, 2017
- National
There is a need for instant relief for large
numbers in some parts. But the priorities should be the efficiency, integrity
and quality of relief deliveryOut of the seven largest
deserts of the world, Thar is the only fertilizing desert in which a rich but
multifaceted culture, heritage, traditions, folk tales flourish. It is all due
to its vibrant inhabitants who belong to different...
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PAKISTAN A NATION IN QUEST OF STABILITY
- Dr Syed Hussain Shaheed Soherwordi
- May, 2017
- National
The power corridors believe in guided democracy
with a byproduct of political stability. Had it been vice versa, Pakistan
history would have been based on strong pillars of tested democracy mustered by
political constancyWith its waning social gauge, degenerating
economy, dividing society on ethnic, sectarian bases and the government's
mislaid priorities, Pakistan is emerging as a d...
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SENSING THE NEEDS OF CENSUS
- SARA N. BAJWA
- May, 2017
- National
Delayed census highlights the inherent flaws in
the working of civilian institutions that always look for pretexts to avoid
responsibilitiesConstitution of Pakistan requires national
census to be conducted every ten years. However, Federal government had not
been able to fulfill this constitutional obligation since last eighteen years.
Given the changes in the Statistics Act (Act nu...
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CPEC MARITIME OPPORTUNITIES FOR PAKISTAN
- Pervaiz Asghar
- May, 2017
- National
The key to generating any meaningful impact is
again Gwadar, which not only acts as a land-sea interface but also as the most
vital and most vibrant component of the entire logistics
chainCPEC has been variously referred to as an
earthshattering development and as a game changer. It is worth noticing that
far more important than conceiving and executing a project is the ability to
...
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EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO OUR SECURITY
- General (R) Mirza Aslam Beg
- Apr, 2017
- National
We have to face the reality with a cool mind and a
heart filled with faith, belief and existentialism In a
conversation between the two leaders, President Trump hailed Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif. He complemented him with the words He is a terrific guy. He is
now is of the same opinion for the Egyptian Dictator, General Abul Fateh
Al-Sisi. These are symbolic words with deep meaning. Ge...
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Unexplored Potential of Women in Pakistan
- ZAHID MAJEED SHEIKH
- Mar, 2017
- National
A woman's brain is less prone to radicalization
than a man's brain. This may help in determining the social construction of the
female gender rolesThe spelling of woman in English has
progressed over the past millennium from wifmann to wimman and finally, the
modern spelling woman. A hilarious misconception is that the term woman is
etymologically connected to womb, the actual word ...
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YOUTH AS A FORCE FOR CHANGE
- Dr. Nisar UL Haq
- Mar, 2017
- National
‘Youth' is best understood as a period of
transition from the dependence of childhood to adulthood's independence. That's
why, as a category, youth is more fluid than other fixed age-groups. Yet, age
is the easiest way to define this group, particularly in relation to education
and employment, because 'youth' is often referred to a person between the ages
of leaving compulsory education, and finding the...
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PAKISTANS STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT
- Pervaiz Asghar
- Feb, 2017
- National
We cannot afford to lose sight of the fact that
military power has to be backed by social and economic cohesion Pakistan’s
security perspective remained exceedingly bleak during the decade following
India’s first nuclear explosion in 1974. Its policy of nuclear ambiguity from
the mid-eighties onwards served it well. Though the country was finally forced
to come out of the nuclear close...
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CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS IN PAKISTAN: SOME REFLECTIONS
- Ch. Mhammad Ashraf
- Feb, 2017
- National
Most reforms so far have focused on short-term,
episodic gains and failed to make an impact". It goes without saying that
administrative/civil service reforms are an ongoing process, the world over There
are few issues in Pakistan, which over the years have engaged the attention of
the elites as well as the civil society, other than the working of its
bureaucracy and all that is percei...
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LEADERSHIP, POLITICAL PARTIES & THEIR IDEOLOGY
- Ch. Mhammad Ashraf
- Jan, 2017
- National
They range in their persona from the
extremely idealistic to the most ridiculousTo start on an
optimistic note, here is a quote from a respected American source, published
towards the latter part of the Musharraf regime. “Economic and social outcomes
in Pakistan over the last 6o years are a mixture of paradoxes. The economic
growth has been averaging around 5 percent annually since ...
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DISASTER-BOUND Gadani’s Ship-Breaking Industry
- Pervaiz Asghar
- Dec, 2016
- National
Despite
its money-making potential, the industry has always been primed for disasterOn
completion of their operational lives, all ships are needed to be disposed off,
and the most beneficial way of doing so, in theory at least, is to send them
for recycling where it’s machinery, equipment and hull can all be reutilized in
one way or another, without adversely impacting the environme...
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ENERGY LIFELINE OF COUNTRY'S ECONOMY
- Muhammad Ali Khan
- Dec, 2016
- National
We
are experiencing a wide gap between demand and supply since the last few years
and the energy crisis has deepened presenting paradoxical
situation Pakistan is an energy starved country. The major
contributors for energy to run the economic engine of our country are
electricity, natural gas and oil besides other fossil fuels. Pakistan’s Energy
Mix can be summed up as follows.
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Present Issues of Governance and the Future of Government
- Ch. Mhammad Ashraf
- Nov, 2016
- National
We
believe that powers can be separated and balanced against each other, that deliberative
laws would yield fair laws, and that the common good can be raised by the
self-interested behaviour of individualsFew of us are
gifted with clairvoyance, or born with a sixth sense to prophesy the shape of
things to come. It is, however, possible to foresee or, to a lesser degree,
predict the...
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Out-Bursts of Altaf Hussain Ignite Political Cloud Burst
- General (R) Mirza Aslam Beg
- Oct, 2016
- National
Altaf Hussain, the founding Chairman of
Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) through his three minutes outbursts on 22 August against
Pakistan; the armed forces of Pakistan and the political leadership has caused
a cloud burst effect on the domestic politics of Pakistan. Political sanity
appears to bring stability and rapid change, which need to be watched and
analyzed. Altaf Hussain did some...
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Fata Reforms
- Saleem Shahab
- Oct, 2016
- National
The Parliament of Pakistan, the law making body of
Pakistan, can play no role in the affairs of FATA according to the FCR despite
the presence of elected tribal representatives in the National Assembly Located
in northwestern Pakistan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) is a semiautonomous
tribal region bordering Afghanistan. The reforms in the FATA are important in
many ways. ...
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Governance Conundrum in Pakistan
- Adnan Rafique
- Sep, 2016
- National
People evaluate state performance by the way
government offices function. Governance service delivery becomes a function of
the working of state organizations although many factors encroach on it behind
the scene Government is a formal body invested with the
authority to make decisions in a given political system. The word government is
used to refer to the collective group of people t...
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Bad Governance And Consequential Security Issues
- Ayaz Ahmad
- Sep, 2016
- National
Once again terrorists capitalised on the country’s
inherent bad governance by targeting lawyers in Quetta’s Sandeman Provincial
Hospital on 8th August 2016, killing 70 and wounding 130. The deadly attack was
claimed by both the Islamic State-Khorasan and the Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA), a
splinter group of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The relentless
terrorist strikes with such impunity manifestly exh...
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An Uneasy Alliance
- KIPS CSS Admin
- Aug, 2016
- National
By all indications, the next US Administration
might not be as indulgent or as understanding as the current one is. Sooner
rather than later, the onus to convince an increasingly skeptical American
leadership about its sincerity and commitment to peace would fall on Pakistan
rather than the other way round Since Pakistan’s emergence on
the world map, Pak-US ties have been characterised...
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Pakistan From Dream To Hope
- Muhammad Azam Khan
- Aug, 2016
- National
Pakistan- a model ideologically driven experiment
for the Muslims of Colonial India- emerged on 14th August 1947. It was a
country deriving its bonding mechanism from a faith based ideology which was
unique at the time of Independence. The Muslims of India had shown their
political awareness in supporting this idea despite heavy odds. There was love
for even Pakistan before there was a land of Pakistan ...
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Taxation In Pakistan
- Dr. Shahid Khan
- Aug, 2016
- National
It is highly irrational to fix the blame only at
FBR. In fact, the lack of political will to collect taxes and the absence of
taxation culture in Pakistan is equally responsible for low tax to GDP ratio The
traditional concept of sovereignty is being replaced by responsible sovereign
whereby the rulers must have the authority and the will to collect the taxes
from the people. These, ta...
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The Balochistan Saga
- Mohammad Abdullah Gul
- June, 2016
- National
IntroductionThe Balochistan
province has a historical significance due to its unique and central
geographical position. The province is extremely deprived and has suffered
years of isolation from the central ruling authorities during 11 years of
Perviaz Mushraf rule. The U.S. War on Terror and the development of
Gawadar-port has put a paramount importance to the province for the Gre...
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Bangladesh: Reconciling With The Past War Crimes
- Dr Saad S. Khan
- June, 2016
- National
In Greek mythology, it is said that a man
approached Zeus, the King of gods, Zeus, to complain that lion was given strong
nails; the elephant a thick skin, the stag a pair of horns and the tiger sharp
teeth to defend itself, there was no tool with him (i.e. the human) to survive
in this world. Zeus blessed the Man with the strongest tool of strength, i.e.
the “concept of justice”. The underlying idea i...
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Food Security And Future Options
- Adnan Rafique
- May, 2016
- National
Pakistan, a populous developing country with a high
population growth rate, is rightly worried about its food insecurities On 19
July 2014, the UN General Assembly's Open Working Group on Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) forwarded a proposal for the SDGs to the Assembly. The
proposal contained 17 goals with 169 targets covering a broad range of
sustainable development issues. These included ending p...
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