Yearly Archives: 2021

The Myth of Emerging Balochistan

Adnan Aamir This is not Dubai. This is a gift given to the people of Quetta by the Balochistan chief minister,” wrote one cabinet member...

Belt Road Initiative: Curse OR Cure

Abu Hurrairah Pakistan and China have a mega project of billions of dollars in a global Belt and Road Initiative program. Higher authorities from China...

Book Review: Nine lives of Pakistan by Declan Walsh

Shahab Akram Lately published, Nine lives of Pakistan by Irish author and foreign correspondent of The Guardian and later The New York Times, Declan Walsh,...

Ineffective Development Projects and Insurgency in Balochistan

Nabeel Lal The province of Balochistan has always been a big concern for the overall national political prosperity in Pakistan. For decades, Balochistan has displayed...

Reimagining Youth Skills for the Post-Pandemic Scenario

Shamsullah Durrani Youth is considered a great asset for the socio-economic development of a country. Investing in young people can be a nation’s most...

Pakistan’s Burgeoning Population: Challenge or Opportunity

Muhammad Bilal Pakistan has a population of 220 million and is woefully behind on almost all development indicators. Our population comprises 65% of youth...

Getting Education in the Valley of Fear

Nabila Malik Haya Living in a Balochistan, where universities are targeted is not easy and peaceful as it seems. I got admission at Sardar Bahadur Khan...

Decades of Mental Conditioning Responsible for Anti-Minority Hostility in Pakistan: Speakers

Press Release QUETTA: Speakers at a workshop said policies in the past decades were responsible for the progressive radicalization of society. Decades of mental conditioning...

Balochistan Needs a Motorway on Urgent Basis

Adnan Aamir Last week Prime Minister Imran Khan virtually laid the foundation of the 103-kilometer Nokundi-Mashkhel road from the convenience of the PM secretariat. This...

PFUJ, HRCP, PBC term proposed media ordinance an attempt to impose “media martial law”

Press Release Islamabad: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), and Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) have outrightly rejected...