In January 2021, Pakistan released its first-ever National Security Policy (NSP), shifting its focus from geopolitics to geo-economics. Pakistan’s renewed interest in industrialization and regional connectivity with Central Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Eurasia is due to past failures to prioritize these goals…
Is our democracy delivering? Are our institutions strong and independent and yet amenable to the civilian democratic control? The above are the live questions begging answers to some of the perennial issues blighting our politico-economic landscape. We need to introspect as to…
The significance of Pakistan as a transit route for Afghanistan is evident by the fact that major volume of imports to Afghanistan from countries with which it does not share a border, have been transiting through Pakistan. Islamabad and Kabul signed Afghanistan-Pakistan…