Economic Affairs & National Development
F as in IMF
An International Monitory Fund (IMF) mission concluded a five-day visit to Pakistan last month, and issued a press statement that highlighted progress in several key areas. The
October 24, 2019
Opinion Articles
Climate Change
Global Governance: Nuclear Weapons Technologies and Climate Change
Technological development creates governance challenges beside other problems at global, regional and state levels. We increasingly seem to lack the intellectual or political resources to deal with
October 17, 2019
Domestic Economy
Dissecting Circular Debt
Among the set of structural challenges that Pakistan faces, the circular debt crisis is one that stands out both for its complexity and for its near-exclusiveness to
October 17, 2019
Economy
Economic Vandalism in our time
The philosophy that underpinned globalisation premised itself on mutually-advantageous opportunities that would arise from greater interconnectedness and exchange. However, globalisation tended to exacerbate the levels of inequality
October 5, 2019
Indo-Pakistan
India-Pakistan at the Brink of Another Serious Military Crisis
South Asia is at the brink of another serious crisis that has the potential to escalate to a military conflict between the two nuclear armed neighbours. India’s
October 3, 2019
Nuclear
The Controversy Surrounding India’s Nuclear NFU Posture!
South Asia is once again on a military escalation trajectory as a consequence of India’s decision to annex the occupied territory of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). Instead
October 3, 2019
Economy
India in the FATF: A Fox in the Henhouse
Pakistan has been in the crosshairs of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which put the country on its ‘grey list’ and now threatens it with outright
September 30, 2019
Economic Affairs & National Development
Has the FATF Failed?
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an inter-ministerial body that aims to curtail international money laundering and terrorist financing by setting standards for national financial architectures.
September 30, 2019
India
A Nation Made of Contradictions
According to the Cambridge English dictionary, contradiction is “a fact or statement that is the opposite of what someone has said or that is so different from
September 24, 2019
Kashmir
Towards a Prosperous Indian Occupied Kashmir
As the annual UNGA session for 2019 approaches and pressure mounts on the Indian leadership due to its gross human rights violation, their defenders have begun to
September 23, 2019
