Editorial – Magazine
Fifth issue of the ‘Global Village Space’ is in your hands and we hope: by now it has become part and parcel of your...
Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister: Who & How?
The formal process of choosing the caretaker prime minister kicked off in mid-April, following a meeting between Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, and the...
Rise of Judiciary in Pakistan: No more Lions under the throne
‘Let judges also remember, that Solomon’s throne was supported by lions on both sides: let them be lions, but yet lions under the throne;...
Pashteen’s PTM: A ‘Rights Movement’ or a new ‘Regional Agenda’?
Ahmed Khan, (not his original name) waits in his car behind a long line of other vehicles, for his turn to be checked. He...
Why a country of 200 million needs more provinces?
“Leadership is about managing change—whether you’re leading a company or leading a country. Change things for betterment and people get creative.” Change refers to the...
Pakistan’s Budget 2018-19: Impervious to economic challenges
The government has announced the budget for the next one year despite the end of their tenure before its implementation. The term of the...
Why the low tax-intake in Pakistan is not a hot issue?
The Economic Survey Report 2017-18 recorded a $12 billion budget deficit from July to March FY2018 and is likely to go beyond 4.9 percent...
Restructuring Pakistan’s budget to cope revenue shortfall
Governments have two options when presenting their last budget so close to the election period. They can either omit to present the budget and...
Pakistan’s budget has turned into a political slogan
It is less of a budget and more of a political slogan, which is what PML-N needs heading into the election period. They have...
CEO PIA, Dr. Musharraf’s vision to airlift PIA once again
Dr. Musharraf Rasool is the CEO of PIA since September 2017. He holds a PhD in Economics from Georgia State University. He stood first...
Afghanistan: The cornerstone of US-Pakistan mistrust?
It might be hard to imagine now, but in the days immediately following 9/11, the George W. Bush administration saw much to like –...
Nuclear South Asia at 20: The strategic impacts of the 1998 Nuclear Tests
India demonstrated its nuclear prowess, for the first time, in May 1974, though it chose to call that nuclear explosive test a ‘Peaceful Nuclear...