Thursday, November 28, 2024

The Ghost of Mahbub ul Haq

A Pakistani economist, international development theorist, and politician Dr Mahbub ul Haq (February 1934 – 16 July 1998) served as the Federal Minister of...

India’s Evolving Deterrent Force Posturing in South Asia

The arms race between India and Pakistan has always remained a gravitational point of South Asian regional politics. The decades-long multileveled hostility between New...

Special Emphasis on Terrorism (Sept-2022)

Suicide Attacks Four soldiers were killed in a suicide blast at a military convoy in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan District on August...

Family Business in Pakistan

As in most other countries, family business plays an important role in the national economy of Pakistan. About 80% of our economy are created...

Family Businesses Difficult to Sustain

Difficulties are present for all family businesses regardless if they are run by first, second or third generation. Once established the difficulties will get...

Family Business in the Global Economy

The dominance of family firms across the world is now well established: Among the largest publicly traded companies, family firms account for 44% of...

Family Business in Asia

Family firms are the most typical business organizational form, in most Asian countries (excluding modern China) they are often the oldest as well. Representing...

India’s Naval Diplomacy: Contours and Constraints

The Indian quest for maintaining its regional hegemonic status in the nuclearized subcontinent led New Delhi to acquire advanced weapon systems against its territorially...

Afghanistan and the Campaign Against Extremism

Context As great power competition has gradually picked pace, it was assumed that the Campaign Against Extremism has subsided. In fact, US has admitted that...

Taliban 2.0 rule is a litmus of realpolitik

The Taliban 2.0 regime has stayed put in power for more than a year. As they marked their one-year rule on August 15, 2022,...