by Zeeshan Salahuddin This past Wednesday, I sat in the company of well-educated, well-meaning and ostensibly enlightened people at a gathering in Islamabad. Puns were spun,...
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Three Tests for a Modern Pakistan
By William Milam CRSS Note: In this incisive analysis, former US ambassador to Pakistan, William Milam proffers three ways that can transform Pakistan’s society, economy and...
Budget 2016-17: War costs receding; cumulative loss at $118.32
With Pakistan expected to face a loss of around $5.55 billion during the outgoing financial year, the Ministry of Finance has estimated that the cumulative loss to the national...
The Drone War – May 2016
Pakistan A US drone strike killed the leader of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Akhtar Mansour, as he travelled under an alias through Pakistan from Iran. His civilian taxi driver...
What Drives Our Irrationality?
by Imtiaz Gul A brief encounter with a couple of schoolchildren in southern Punjab recently left me baffled. They study at one of the Cambridge-inspired upscale chains of...
Chabahar Vs Gwadar
by Syed Mudassir Ali Shah INDIA and Iran concluded a long-awaited port deal in Tehran on Wednesday, lending a big boost to efforts for promoting regional trade. The Chabahar port...
Allies or Antagonists
by Imtiaz Gul Is the relationship strained and chequered because of the frustrations in Afghanistan, or is it a façade for something else? In an apparent damage-control attempt,...
‘A Clear Signal’
by Imtiaz Gul “Our job is to help Afghanistan secure its own country, not to have our men and women in uniform engage in that fight for them,” told reporters in Vietnam on May...
345 Hanged During NAP’s FIrst Year: The NAP Tracker
A report on National Action Plan (NAP) has revealed that after lifting of moratorium on hanging, 345 hanged, but there is little correlation between deterrence and capital...
345 Hanged During NAP's FIrst Year: The NAP Tracker
A report on National Action Plan (NAP) has revealed that after lifting of moratorium on hanging, 345 hanged, but there is little correlation between deterrence and capital...
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