7th Joint Cooperation Committee meeting on CPEC deepens trade relationship between China and Pakistan
Asia Maqsood | China and Pakistan have been working to promote the construction of the CPEC project through the sustenance of a Joint Cooperation Committee...
Pakistan and Russia closing in on better trade ties
News Desk | Pakistan and Russia are mutually important for each other and both countries need to embolden cooperation in all economic sectors for mutual...
Canada welcomes Pakistani tech start-ups with open arms
News Desk | According to a new visa programme offered by the Canadian government, Pakistani tech start-ups and entrepreneurs will be given greater access to...
College teachers protest for structural service reforms
Qaiser Sajjad | Teachers are the builders of the nation’s future because they not only educate the students, but also play an important role in...
Gharban Waterfall – A breathtaking cascade destroyed by neglect
Mudassir Saeed | Most of the time I feel myself in complete conformity with what the famous author Tahir Shah put, in his book House...
Why nuclear arsenal advancement is essential for Pakistan
Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The strategic significance of the nuclear weapons is undeniable. These weapons make major or total wars less likely between the belligerent...
The quality gap in Pakistan’s education system
Myrah Qadeer Khan | In the course of recent decades Pakistan's training environment has developed to the point of being indistinguishable. Helped by inadequate open division...
A polite ‘shut up’ call
Ikram Sehgal | Along with one of my platoons, radio operator and runner, I was hugging the bottom of a steep ridge with Marri militants...
Who killed Benazir Bhutto? The theories behind the murder
AFP with News Analysis input Ten years after former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, the first woman to lead a Muslim nation, was killed in...
Sugarcane farmers call off protest after Shehbaz assurance
News Analysis | Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on 24th December ordered to ensure that sugarcane is purchased for Rs. 180 per 40kg from farmers. Addressing...
Food imports grow far higher than exports as year comes to an end
News Analysis | Food commodities exports have surged during the past five months of the running fiscal year by 12.5 percent in a year on...
US-Pakistan military alliances: Lessons for USA
Jamal Hussain | Introduction The history of Pakistan – USA military alliances goes back to 1954 when as a member of CENTO and SEATO Pakistan became...