By Abdul Hameed Karimi[1] Abstract The Kashmir dispute is one of the oldest unfinished items on the UN agenda because the Security Council resolutions pertaining to the occupied territory have yet to be implemented. The people of Jammu and Kashmir were promised their right of self-determination through a fair and impartial plebiscite. The pledge has […]
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By Javed Jabbar[1] Abstract Several political, economic and social factors singly and collectively impact on national development. The process can involve rapid transformations as well as resistance to change. The role of the media is crucial and ranges from promoting national identity and cohesion to galvanizing the resolve of peoples in achieving progress and development as
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By Rustam Shah Mohmand[1] Abstract More than half-a-decade after the ouster of the Taliban regime, peace has been as elusive as ever in Afghanistan. Each day brings its own sordid tale of death and destruction. The process of institutional collapse is continuing. The melt-down can be arrested, if coalition forces are replaced by troops from
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By Sabrina Khan[1] Abstract The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women stipulates measures to be taken by state parties to bring about gender equality. Pakistan, as a signatory, has not been able to meet most of these benchmarks. Draconian laws such as the Hudood Ordinances of 1979 and the hold
THE DEATH OF ZIA-UL-HAQ Khalid Ahmed[1] Abstract General Zia-ul-Haq’s death in an air-crash on 17 August 1988 has remained a mystery. Since then various theories have been advanced. Three depositions were made to the inquiry commission headed by the former Supreme Court judge, Justice Shaifqur Rehman, by citizens accusing: (i) the Ahmadis; (ii) the Americans,
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By Dr. Tariq Rahman[1] Abstract Since 9/11 the madrassas of Pakistan have come into international focus although none of the hijackers were from the country or were students from its seminaries. Madrassas undoubtedly have an obscurantist worldview but are not necessarily militant. Some of them espoused militancy because they were used by the state to
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By S. M. Naseem[1] Abstract Muslims constitute approximately 20 percent of the global population, but the Islamic world’s share of global wealth is estimated at only 6 percent. The question that arises is whether globalization, in its multifaceted ways, can retrieve the Muslim world from the economically disadvantageous position its inhabitants find themselves in. Some
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By Khalid Aziz[1] Abstract Pakistan was denied its rightful share of military and civilian assets when it emerged as an independent state in 1947. The new nation had only a weak and ill-equipped military to protect its interests in the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir which had been occupied by India. In the Kashmir
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