China-India Vaccine Diplomacy – Will Pakistan Learn From Neighbors?
Modern infectious diseases and viruses have stimulated anew war and conflict along with poverty, counterurbanization (deurbanization), and climate change that need freshassessment in international...
Pandemic Terror: Securitizing The Global Health
Traditionally,
the concept of security was narrowly confined in military position with the
essential focus on state protection from threats to national interests.
Nevertheless, in the not...
“Disease Diplomacy” – Post 2019-nCoV,Call to action for Pakistan
After decade of neglect, infectious
diseases (IDs) have re-emerged as a field of inquiry in the area of international
public health and international health security. Gradually,...
Chinese pneumonia outbreak (2019-nCoV): An emerging threat to global public health?
“People’s
live and health should be given top priority and the spread of the outbreak
should be resolutely curbed”. – President Xi Jinping
After decade of neglect,...
G2C e-Governance & e-Frauds: A Perspective for Digital Pakistan Policy
e-Governance, sometimes referred as
e-government, online-government or digital government, is the use of
information and communication technologies (ICTs) to assist in the transformation
of government structures and...
An Open Letter to Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
Dear Uncle
and Aunty,
Greetings,
This letter
comes to you from your Pakistani nephew whom you do not know. I would like to
thank you for visiting my motherland....
Pakistan-China: A Science & Technology Based Comparison
On 25th September, 2019 Prof.
Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan (Sinologist, ex-Diplomat) wrote an article, China-India:
A comparison the article he proclaimed, the Western world is supporting
India...
Infectious Diseases and National Security: Who will frame National Health Security Policy of Pakistan?
Health
plays an influential role in fostering economic growth and sustainable
development. Because of its indirect impact on human development, better health
boosts rates of economic growth...
Chandrayaan-2 was really a failure, but for whom?
Before leaving Pakistan I had written an article
“India’s Space Diplomacy in 2017: Where Pakistan Is Standing?” published in Weekly
Technology Times. In that article I...