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Future of international cricket in Pakistan

Perhaps, Pakistan is destined to suffer blackouts—-be it electricity blackout, sugar blackout or cricket blackout.  It has been two years and eight months since any international cricket match was held on the green soil. As life is dearer to all than anything else in the world, no foreign cricketer is ready to gamble with his […]

Standard of education in Pakistan needs proper revision

Standard of education in Pakistan needs proper revision Education is the base of every society that makes people civilised and put them on the right track of progress. An educated nation always makes the country distinctive in the world and put it on the road of success in all fields of life. However, if the […]

Dino Morea says Sunny Leone is not confirmed for Jism 2

Dino Morea

Dino Morea says Sunny Leone is not confirmed for Jism 2 The Indo-Canadian porn star, Sunny Leone, has been in the news since the legendary Indian director Mahesh Bhatt verbally agreed to cast her in his upcoming film ‘Jism 2’, which is a sequel to the 2003 release ‘Jism’. However, now it seems whether to […]

The judiciary and the executive on belligerence

Apparently the PPP, the ruling party, has been becoming vulnerable to towards the abyss. Its perception that it is encircled with political alliances will not work anymore. At the same time, its desire to become political martyr is getting true. In conclusion, the court is going to announce the verdicts against the cases pending before […]

Post-conflict Peacebuilding (part-3)

This is the third and last part of the series of the articles which reflected over the post-conflict peacebuilding. After talking about the different phases of post-conflict peacebuilding and the complexities it almost invariably has. The articles argued that despite potentially well-intentioned decisions and hectic efforts, the results are often contrary to what’s planned. Therefore, […]

APC on Balochistan: Late but should not be too late

Belated but ultimately, PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif vowed to call an all-parties conference on the issue of Balochistan. In the most positive sentiment, the PPP, the ruling party showed inclination to pay heed to the long-suffering region. The assassinations and murder rate remains unacceptable high. In the recent times, it appeared to have increased numbers […]

Post-conflict Peacebuilding (part-2)

The first part of the article briefly took to account the complexities the process of post-conflict peacebuilding involves. While there is an array or problems invariably influencing the peacebuilding process, the most important of all is the relevant organizations’ ability to effectively discharge their responsibility. Their failure may result in the essentially undesirable result of […]

Hope of justice with insecure prosecutors

The success rate of the cases that brought to trial in Pakistan, where militancy is rampant, is unfathomable. Anti-Terrorism courts in Rawalpindi, the neighboring city of federal capital, upheld an acquittal rate of 60 per cent. It is worth highlighting here that the cases comprised of wide range of topics including murder of Polish engineer […]

Post-conflict Peacebuilding (Part-1)

Post-conflict Peacebuilding The concept of post-conflict peacebuilding has drawn scarce attention in Pakistan even though conflicts of all sorts, including the destructively violent ones, have affected the country. While peacebuilding has many variants around the world, I will try to specfically focus the Liberalization and Democratization internationally. Divided into three parts, this is a series […]

Role of Civil Society in Budget Process

Since 1990s, civil society organizations have started influencing the budget formulation in few developing countries. The inclusiveness in the budget formulation acknowledges the value due to public oversight and improved commitment towards pro-poor choices. The civil society budget initiatives are also supplemented by the critical media coverage. Budget is a set of technical financial terminologies […]

Why making an example out of Pervez Musharraf is crucial for Pakistan

Why making an example out of Pervez Musharraf is crucial for Pakistan Pakistan has been ruled by cruel and incapable military dictators for over half of its life after being made a free and independent country back in 1947 after decades of struggle by the common people looking for a nation in which they could […]

Winter season: a blessing for Pakistanis

With murderous hike in the ratio of global warming, winter season has turned to be a gift for the Poor Pakistanis who have to endure scorching heat in summer coupled with unabated electricity load shedding. The significance of this gift will be badly realised after a decade as temperature of the planet in likely to […]

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