VOL 10 NO 4

The Issues of linguistic Diversity in the Pakistan’s Education Policies

by Zubair Torwali *The author is a senior research fellow with CRSS and the Executive Director of Idara Baraye Taleem-o-Taraqi (IBT) Bahrain Swat, KP, Pakistan. *Bengali was given the status of National Language in 1952 after long protests and language movement in the East Pakistan by students, teachers and civil society. Introduction Being an outcome […]

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Economic Perspectives on Corruption

By Jamil Nasir[*] Abstract This paper is an attempt aimed at improving our understanding of corruption by critically examining the economic perspectives on corruption.  The relationships between corruption and development and corruption and poverty are discussed by highlighting the channels through which corruption negatively impacts development and deepens poverty. After discussing both ‘greasing the wheels hypothesis’

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Countering the General Public Radicalization and Extremist/Terrorist Recruitment

By Air Commodore(R) Khalid Iqbal TI(M)[*] Introduction The most resistant virus is an idea in the human mind. Radicalization is a process by which an individual or group comes to adopt increasingly extreme political, social, or religious ideals and aspirations that reject or undermine the status quo or reject and/or undermine contemporary ideas and expressions

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‘Rats and Diplomats’

By Toheed Ahmad[*] Prof. Ahmed Ali: Teacher, Novelist, short story writer, critic, translator, poet, entrepreneur, diplomat There was a prodigal son of his father Who was employed in the Foreign Service cadre. His assignment was to wash Dishes with gin and squash, But he washed dirty linen with diplomatic lather. A limerick from the novel Rats and

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Trade with Iran: Prospects for Pakistan

By Saad Shabbir and Vaqar Ahmed[1] Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) Pakistan. 1. Background Pakistan and Iran have been allies through the long and arduous cold war years. During the 1980s both countries supported the Afghan push-back against the Soviet Union. Both countries supported the Bonn agreement to plan for a stable and prosperous Afghanistan.

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