A study centre focusing on the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), and Pakistan-SCO Business Council will be established aimed at promoting regional ties, said a press...
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Is the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Pakistan’s lifeline?
by Farooq Yousaf, for South Asia Democratic Forum" A featured story recently published by Forbes magazine read “Pakistan: The Next Colombia Success Story?” For many, this story...
Sabawoon Showcase: Female Participation in Legislation/Policy-Making
September 10, 2015, Peshawar: The Center for Research and Security Studies' (CRSS) flagship radio program Sabawoon (Dawn), last Thursday, focused on the lack of female...
Chinese Businessmen Keen to Invest in Punjab
LAHORE - A 13-member delegation from Yantai City including 4 officials of the Chinese government came to Lahore on a 7-day visit. The purpose of their visit was to upgrade the...
Who will Save Siachen?
Whenever any high-ranking US officials visit Pakistan, we brace ourselves for the mantra of ‘Do More!’. However, this time when the US National Security Advisor Susan Rice made...
Change on the Balochistan Horizon?
A series of new developments in Balochistan suggest there is change on the horizon. Firstly, Dr Allah Nazar, the mercurial chief of the Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) – one...
Sabawoon Showcase: Regional Review
September 8, 2015, Peshawar: The Center for Research and Security Studies' (CRSS) flagship radio program Sabawoon (New Dawn), on Tuesday, focused on the regional review of...
Counter Terrorism: The Sri Lankan Way
Until May 2009, Sri Lanka was one of the worst-affected countries by terrorism. The island nation struggled against the scourge for more than three decades. Formed in 1975,the...
A Money-Making Mill
Is there another financial fraud in the making around the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM)? This question flows straight from the recommendations of the financial advisers appointed by...
A French Revolution in India
I do not want to sound alarmist, but it looks to me that some kind of French Revolution is inevitably coming about in India. Consider the facts. All our state institutions have...
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