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An independent SBP does not suit Pakistan as it is a horrible trap for us and now SBP will be reporting directly to the IMF and FATF as an independent super boss. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3rF8JZe

India Pakistan relations in the year 2021 are not bilateral anymore—and evaluating them without considering the influence of the world’s two major powers, the United States of America and China will be a miscalculation. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2PmoqaA

The notion of central bank independence (CBI) is both sensitive and complex, driven not just by a local economic context but by larger international “conventional wisdom” on what monetary authorities should do. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3wglehk

“I ought to be jealous of the tower. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3fvEYb5

In international politics, whichever country gains the power or the title of global hegemon has to lose it one day; either it’s today or tomorrow. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3fprMV3

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Looking back at the sweep of Pak-USSR then Russia, relations since the inception of diplomatic relations in 1948 one thing is clear; relations with Russia are of immense importance to Pakistan. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3frgv6H

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3wbnoil

Recently Shahid Khaqan Abbasi an Ex-Prime Minister and stalwart of PML-N has been talking about ‘controversial elections’, interestingly of which his party is a product itself. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3sDCRWf

In the most recent past, our diplomatic circles expressed a sigh of relief after hearing some brief statements of appreciation about Pakistan by three small island countries. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2PkYBYD

I have written this article a bit differently than usual as the Chinese character building and their crises handling management really impressed me. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3u6r0jW

“We shall defend the [Suez Canal] with our blood and strength, and we shall meet aggression with aggression and evil with evil. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3fpdnIp

The perception of a country especially in the contemporary digitised world may not betray the reality if the objective is to earn credibility and goodwill. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3rtqSJr

Pakistan has failed to provide basic necessities—such as education, shelter, and healthcare—to its growing population of more than 220 million people. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2O0pJeH

In 1842, the Sikhs entered Gilgit at the request of an ousted Raja and that became the moment when an outside force was introduced to the region. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/39ppMZ3

“Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3w5o0Gd

Only those who have fought wars or suffered from its consequences realise the true value of peace. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2PxTRP1

At the conclusion of Israel’s fourth election in two years, the picture that emerges is as clear as mud. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3sufLBx

Things have started moving suddenly and apparently all in the right direction. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3fk8NLv

“The East India Company was no apparition though; it was the template for many subsequent corporations. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3flcoJq

The Punjab government recently announced a plan to demolish the iconic aerodrome at Walton along with the adjoining plant nurseries to build in their place a ‘commercial hub’. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3w1S9Go

What an irony of social justice that powers such as Russia, the US, NATO and Pakistan, who tasted defeat at the hands of the Taliban at one time or the other, have made the declaration after the Moscow conference, supporting Biden’s’ “moon-shot” Afghan Strategy. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3rtE2WV

After World War 11 ended, Middle East countries also took the lead in oil production from the United States. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3cpykRr

“I think democracy is on the decline in the West. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3vWyKXk

Pmalik muhammad akistan is in the grip of the third wave of coronavirus which is spreading faster than its previous two stints. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3w8PuuP

A Knowledge Economy Task Force (KETF) has been established by the prime minister to develop a knowledge economy. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2QzNEm5

There is no denying the fact that women are vulnerable to arbitrary cultural values and traditions distinct across the world. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3flwhQB

“I came across the Indonesian genocide in 2001, when I found myself making a film in a community of survivors. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3w2Wkl8

Today, I shall write about dialogue and cooperation between religions, underlining that much is common rather than different in religions, so we can learn from each other but not therefore converting. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3d8COLs

Recently I watched the Ahsan Khan show called “Time Out” that invited actress Maya Ali and Bilal Ashraf. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/31iByzT

General Qamar Javed Bajwa won the hearts of the people by keeping Kashmir on the agenda while offering peace to India. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/39eYkx3

“The world is like a Mask, dancing. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3vWgKw9

Indian fanatic Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government led by the extremist ruling party BJP has bulldozed major liberal and pro-minorities’ movements. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3tSffx8

Ever since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) formed government in 2014, it was desperate to abrogate Article 370 and 35A and had revealed this aggressive plan long ago in its 2014 election manifesto. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3rhavzI

As a Muslim League child, I was made to believe that the Red Shirt leaders were pro Indian and anti Pakistan. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3tPe8OZ

A reactor at a nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine exploded on 26 April 1986. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/319jFUa

Throughout history, philosophers have debated over the reality of this world. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3fa6g6v

Literature and culture are fused in a harmonious blend of fact and fiction. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3fdu5u2

“The holocaust illustrates the consequences of racism, prejudice and stereotyping on a society. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2PjBZHH

This day reminds us of the level of discipline and unity among our elders which enabled them to give us this beautiful country. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3cdato6

Samuel Dale Brownback, an American diplomat and politician,was perhaps not talking about his country or India when he observed that a democracy thrived on diversity while tyranny oppressed it. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2Qw2Wsl

A global celebration of water happens every year on March 22, on the eve of World Water Day as suggested by the UNCED in 1992. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3vNlEM5

This past week, Pakistan held the ‘Islamabad Security Dialogue’ (ISD)–a first of its kind. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/393m8nH

Umm Kulthum is arguably one of the most famous Arab musicians who ever lived. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3cSixdb

The so-called shining India and the world’s largest democracy has been converted from a secular republic to a Hindutva republic. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3f0CoJS

Israelis are going to the polls for the fourth time in two years. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2QpkYfI

The ‘Message to the USA Joint Force’ signed by the Chairman US Joint Chief of staff, America’s most senior general Mark Milley and the entire Joint Chiefs of Staff, which is comprised of the heads of each military branch, issued a statement on Tuesday January 12, 2021, condemning the violent invasion of the US Capitol and. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3f0Cl0E

On February 26, 1993, a truck bomb exploded in a basement-parking garage under the World Trade Center complex. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/314Qq4O

The US Afghan campaign has been a colossal disaster from its very inception. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3eWFqyE

Pakistan is a developing country where the dire need for austerity measures in every sphere of national life cannot be overemphasised, ensuring every penny is spent and utilised for the specific purposes it is meant for. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3s3dPzG

I just saw a picture of Asad Haqqani, son of late Jalaluddin Haqqani with Former President Hamid Karzai in Moscow during the Afghan Peace Conference. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2NzoSl7

“In places like Kashmir, the living are dead people pretending, as Musa says, and the dead are truly alive and really live amongst the people. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/38UTg0v

Chitral was the biggest district in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in terms of area before its division into two units: Upper and Lower Chitral though the division is yet to be crystallised. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3r4GGSK

Sudan, with a 97 percent Muslim population, ravaged by the dictatorship, oppression and megalomaniac phantasies of its generals for over fifty years, recently celebrated the second anniversary of its success to secure civil supremacy and secularism. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3tzVIBz

Notwithstanding the fact that the government needs indigenous resources in the form of tax revenue to meet the country’s needs for socio-economic development and has perforce to adjust prices of petroleum products which are largely imported and the government has no control on them, people tend to resent the imposition of new taxes and a. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3ltp0Ps

“[Qawwali] is samaa and you cannot participate in it without adhering to its adaab. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2OMWYCH

As a couple therapist for some time now, if anyone asks me what the common issues couples face are, I have only one answer. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2OAXHab

Inequality is a disparity in distribution within certain metrics. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3lrwHFP

When I wrote last week about the population growth in the world, both in the past and the future, I was pleased to receive many email replies, especially from young people and academics. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2OKMF1R

“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3vzt5Gx

Recently, in the wee hours of the morning, Delhi police arrested Maninder Singh alias Moni, a 30-year-old Sikh AC mechanic, from PitamPura. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3tqR8FM

The 70th anniversary of Pak-China ties is being celebrated this year and it is a good thing that the friendship with China is at the forefront of issues on which there is no difference of opinion in Pakistani society. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3txxjNd

With the Quad’s virtual meet between leaders from the US, Australia, Japan and India, the Indo-Pacific debate has surfaced again with a calendar of activities lined up till the end of 2021. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2OH3wCH

“The presence of SAVAK as a very fearful force was almost everywhere, and everyone believed that ok, any dissent, any opposition, legal or otherwise would not be tolerated by SAVAK and the people would be arrested and would be tortured. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/30TSYTa

The installation of cameras in public places for law enforcement is not a new phenomenon. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/38KP7MF

The periods of civilian supremacy have been very brief in the land of the pure. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3cCUvCG

This year marks the completion of 70 years of establishment of diplomatic relations between the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the People’s Republic of China. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3vtPftW

“Talent hits a target no one else can hit. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3rQdPCQ

Is the recent stop-gap response from New Delhi to the extended hand of peace from Islamabad just an act of expediency? If the talk of a détente is a mere storm in the South Asian tea cup, are the ensuing debates on the future of regional peace and stability worth our time? Are we going back to the drawing board to reach back to square one?. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2NkJdKQ

It was the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan which reshaped the future of the region by changing its dynamics. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3bLFC1A

The history of Pakistan is full of agitation and dharnas. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3eC9ak6

“Washing one’s hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3bM8Bmc

The term governance does not yet possess any standard meaning, nor its meaning remained constant. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/30HDBgQ

Gender-Based Violence is “one of the most serious challenges of our time,” according to an in-depth study on violence against women conducted by the United Nations Secretary General (2006). from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3eAAe3j

As our politics settles down into the post-Senate elections scenario, the hypocrisy and lust for money, in our political culture, has become visible for all to see. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3vnv9RJ

“By what standard of morality can the violence used by a slave to break his chains be considered the same as the violence of a slave master?” — Water Rodney Walter Anthony Rodney was born to Edward and Pauline Rodney in Georgetown, Guyana on March 23, 1942. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3vlAsBc

Since the institutionalisation of Two Sessions in 1978 till date, what has never changed and succumbed to global challenges is China’s constant foreign vision and sustainable international relationship with world. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3eA7WWS

With the Prime Minister having secured a vote of confidence from the National Assembly, it is time for the ruling party to return its focus to the radical reforms it once promised. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2OO7k4S

President Biden, while addressing the State Department, on February 4 presented a sketch of his foreign policy, which was promised to be different from that of former President Trump, in style and content. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3rIpKCT

“This is the permanent tension that lies at the heart of a capitalist democracy and is exacerbated in times of crisis. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3rIc8aD

The peace deal brokered between the US and Taliban—courtesy the sterling role played by Pakistan to bring the two sides on the table—on February 2020 had raised the hopes for the end of a nearly two-decade-old conflict in Afghanistan. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3tfr6Fc

The Senate had become like a higher institution where the admission of senators is subject to the permission of the concerned party head or with advance resignation of the said senator if his actions or services get out of hand. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/30ARehI

It is universally acknowledged that one of the huge challenges the world faces is the eradication of poverty, which has become a common goal for all humanity. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3vjQUlq

On this day a decade ago, i. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3veFkYV

‘There is plenty of room in the world for mediocre men but there is none for mediocre women’. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3cdnxbK

Psychotherapy is an emerging field in Pakistan. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/30z5bMZ

We don’t talk much about the world’s population growth nowadays, in spite of the world’s total population now having reached 7. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2PSDAo5

“Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hatred, and hatred leads to violence. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2N56yzV

Following up from last week’s piece, the question that was posed towards the end was how does President Biden practically implement his economic vision? This is where the experience from the stint as the Vice President comes in handy, as he brings back Janet L Yellen, as the Treasury Secretary. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/38qvxoT

The academic and research collaboration between China and Pakistan has witnessed impressive growth in the last few decades. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3l0uNvL

We claim that we have democracy in our country and people elect their representatives to run a given democratic system. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3t2XRpc

“Man must rise above the Earth – to the top of the atmosphere and beyond – for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3cfJNC6

The liberal, secular India of Nehru and Gandhi is no more. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3kY2VZ3

From France banning Islamic veiling, and far-right extremists targeting Muslims in Europe; Rohingya terrorised and kicked out of Myanmar to Indians setting Muslims on fire for slaughtering cows, Islamophobia is rising. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3eiRxG5

The Governor’s House Lahore, which is a relic of our colonial past, has a majestic wood-panelled Darbar Hall. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3cgr6xY

“Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/38jgLAc

India and Pakistan enjoy a peculiar relationship that vacillates between uncertain hatred and measured animosity. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3cgpch4

International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3sSDivq

After a severe pandemic hit the globe, vaccination drives are in full bloom to achieve herd immunity and control the Covid-19 infection. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3cejz2y

“An infected mind is a far more dangerous pestilence than any plague. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3kSbVPz

The length of Pakistan’s border with India is 3133 kilometres. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3qmkzXB

Recently, some oil-rich Middle-East countries have formally opened diplomatic relations with the State of Israel, notable among them are Bahrain and UAE, while some other oil-rich Arab countries already have long-established tacit relations with the state of Israel. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3qoxfNM

Over the past week, the hypocrisy of Pakistan’s broken democratic ‘system’ has become visible for all and sundry. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3ehzjEO

“The triumph of economic liberalization has coincided with a sharp increase in income inequality. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3kQqcfs

After holding the virtual plenary meetings from February 22-25, 2021 in Paris, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) kept Pakistan on the grey list for another extended period till June 2021 and asked for complying with the remaining three points of the 27-point action plan. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3v0geNq

Pakistan has created many situations that, in the current global parlance, may be adored as its ability to conjure a virtual reality realm. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3eeturS

The US policy for the Greater Middle East Region (GMER) seems to be closing in on its desired end state. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/38dIlyR

“If you’re going to be a writer you have to be one of the great ones, and they don’t make them anymore … After all, there are better ways to starve to death. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/30iiYHO

The violation of human rights in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K) by the Indian government has been going on for decades. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3c0slBr

It has been almost a year since the world was drastically changed by Covid-19. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3bk1XU2

After the end of World War II, as a consequence of the initiative taken by the International Committee of Red Cross, the Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Convention for Protection of Victims of War was held in Geneva, which adopted the 4th Geneva Convention on August 12, 1949. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2MLOU42

“Every constitution then, and every law, naturally expires at the end of 19 years. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2OrSfFP

Saad S. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3eaN5Jg

Parents always tell their children ‘I am proud of you!’ ‘If you behave well it will make me very happy. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2MKOEm1

In some recent articles, I have discussed the importance of cooperation rather than confrontation between people, organisations and countries, in economic, cultural and other fields, even if we disagree on ideologies and other more or less profound things. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3e84zGf

“American history is longer, larger, more various,more beautiful, and more terrible than anythinganyone has ever said about it. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3qgjqRe

In the global vaccine drive against Covid-19, which began around the world in late 2020, developing countries came to find themselves at a considerable disadvantage in the procurement and distribution of dosages to their populations. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3ri0H9y

Lots of people on the left and right have reasons to be a little happy or downright miserable about the US presidential election. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3bUP0ij

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is regarded as the great game changer for Pakistan, ushering in an era of progress, prosperity and creating employment opportunities—thus helping in the elimination of poverty through the implementation of projects in different sectors under its umbrella. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3bZOsrs