Mian Nawaz Sharif’s decision to anoint Maryam Nawaz Sharif as a senior vice president of the PML-N, as well as the party’s chief organizer, is very much in keeping with the dynastic principle that is the most enduring feature of Pakistan’s peculiar brand of democracy. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s hair may well have turned grey in […]
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While brain drain is a ubiquitous occurrence, it is more prevalent in developing nations. Essentially, it denotes the migration of highly skilled and qualified individuals from their country of origin to another that offers better economic and social opportunities. “Brain drain is a significant issue that confronts countries grappling with multifaceted economic and political crises.
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Abstract (Development plans and industrial policy have lost their shine but there is a role for long-term strategy to dispel the short-term narrative of imminent collapse. The current hardships are real and IMF conditionality is painful, but the prospect is also substantial. A renewed commitment on FDI may be born out of adversity but should
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The 18th century poet, Thomas Gray, is reputed to have said that ignorance is a bliss. A few years back, a young researcher from an Islamabad based think tank contributed an opinion column for a national daily on nuclear deterrence, technically, the second strike capability. The discourse mentioned that sea based deterrence is ‘not a proven
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Abstract (As Pakistan grapples with a monumental economic catastrophe, the repercussions from lethal floods and a stormy political confrontation, the TTP’s increasing menace presents yet another ticking ultimatum for a nation on the brink. There is a New Cold War brewing between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban which imperils the whole region and will only
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