South Asia

A double-edged sword: China and Pakistan link up with fibreoptic cable

This month’s inauguration of a fibreoptic cable linking Pakistan with China could prove to be a double-edged sword. Constructed by Chinese conglomerate Huawei Technologies...

India Ranked at Top as the Most Dangerous Country for Women

Thomson Reuters Foundation in its recent survey released on June 26, 2018 ranked India as the most dangerous country in the world for women. More...

Pakistan: A New Space Era

Pakistan’s fragile economy and resource restraints are the main hurdles in the way of technological development, especially in space affairs. Therefore, it is so...

Pakistani elections spotlight the country’s contradictory policies

A virulently anti-Shiite, Saudi-backed candidate for parliament in Pakistan’s July 25 election symbolizes the country’s effort to reconcile contradictory policy objectives in an all...

Dilemma of Strengthening Democracy in Pakistan

No country can achieve political stability without the active coordination of different state institutions working within their own specified parameters. For a nation to...

The FATF meeting: Unjustified decision for Pakistan

The threat that loomed over Pakistan since February has finally made an impact and unfortunately it is a negative one. In simpler words, Pakistan...

CPEC: Cause or remedy to Pakistan’s debt dilemma?

New times, Similar woes Pakistan’s most recent debt and balance of payment crises have come to highlight yet again the continuing fragility of its economic...

India-South Korea Relations: Potential for deeper strategic engagements

South Korean President Moon Jae-In visits India from July 8 to 11. The focus of his visit is said to economic domain. But he...

Pakistan’s financial crisis puts Belt and Road on the spot

Increased Pakistani dependence on China to help it avert resorting to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to avoid a financial and economic crisis spotlights...

Bangladesh: Will this country become Pakistan or Kashmir?

A political group is spreading the perception that the country will again become Pakistan if Awami League loses control of Bangladesh. They even suggested...

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