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China's 15th Five-Year Plan: Strategic Adaptation And Resilience In A Turbulent World

Pakistan, Nov. 4 -- October 2025 has been a month of intense great-power activity. Under President Trump's second administration, the United States finds itself paradoxically divided at home and asser... Read More


Language Apartheid In South Asia: When Your Native Tongue Isn't Good Enough

Pakistan, Nov. 4 -- The British Raj ended in August 1947 but the nearly 2 billion inhabitants of the South Asian Subcontinent continue to suffer from its overhang. The most visible manifestation is li... Read More


Punjab's 2019 Tourism Policy: A Roadmap For Sustainable And Resilient Growth

Pakistan, Nov. 4 -- When Punjab announced its Tourism Policy in 2019, it labelled it more than just another government initiative. It was a promise to rethink how the province presents its identity to... Read More


Poisoned Peaks: A Cancer Crisis Has Hit Pakistan's Koh-e-Suleiman Range

Pakistan, Nov. 4 -- Ali Sher Hoppo Bugti enters a battle ground at the highest reaches of the Koh-e-Suleiman range in Pirkoh, Dera Bugti, having been diagnosed with cancer. Formerly a taxi driver who ... Read More


Law Without Empathy: When Courts Mistake Moral Duty For Social Justice

Pakistan, Nov. 4 -- When the Lahore High Court recently ruled that dependent parents can seek maintenance from their sons through family courts, it was widely described as a "landmark judgment." At fi... Read More


Farhatullah Babar's Inside Account Of Zardari's Presidency And Power Struggles

Pakistan, Nov. 2 -- I was sitting at Piccadilly Circus trying to finish Farhatullah Babar's book - his recollection of Asif Ali Zardari's years as president from 2008 to 2013, The Zardari Presidency: ... Read More


Vinod Khanna: From Peshawar To Bombay

Pakistan, Nov. 2 -- This is the story of Vinod Khanna, a man born in the enchanting air of Peshawar, a city whose magic seeped into his soul and never left. It was a time when the whispers of India's ... Read More


Bridging Science And Policy: Building Sustainable Solutions For Pakistan's Air Crisis

Pakistan, Nov. 2 -- Environmental policies and interventions in Pakistan, especially on issues of critical importance such as air pollution, will continue to face challenges if the connection between ... Read More


Between Russia And Ukraine: The Forgotten Struggle Of Muslims Caught In The Crossfire

Pakistan, Nov. 2 -- The Russia-Ukraine war has pushed Ukraine to the brink of a desperate struggle for survival. In their efforts to support the Ukrainian people, many countries deliberately avoid dis... Read More


Pakistan's Tax Policy Crisis: Revenue Obsession And The Failure Of Reform

Pakistan, Nov. 1 -- Fiscal consolidation should be as growth-friendly as possible. In general, tax base-broadening reforms are identified as growth-oriented reforms. To the extent that they reduce dis... Read More