VOL 8 NO 3

By Javid Husain[*] China’s phenomenal economic growth over the past three decades has catapulted it to the position of the second biggest economy in the world, surpassing Japan in 2010. With the current estimated GDP of $9,233 billion in nominal terms, according to the Economist, China is likely to overtake the US economy within the […]

By Lt Gen (R) Asad Durrani The Eastern Crossroads of History”; is how the historian Toynbee described the region in our North-West. And indeed, it has been criss-crossed by human hoards, armed and unarmed, all through the ages. In 1747 Ahmad Shah Durrani, the founder of the present day Afghanistan, united its major tribes and

By Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal TI(M)[*] Abstract This study has been compiled by using mostly American and European sources. Points of view of most of the Asian countries on the Cyber activities referred to is not readily available other than outright denials in the context of cybercrimes. Reality may lie somewhere between the two

By Toheed Ahmad[*] Abstract On March 23, 1956, Pakistan’s first constitution was promulgated. On that day we ended the status of a British Dominion and became fully sovereign. We got our first President, our very own Head of State, who signed all Ambassadorial commissions and state papers, which did not have to be sent anymore

By Yasser Latif Hamdani[1] Abstract  Why is it important to study partition? The investigation into the political and human sides of partition can help us come to terms with our history as inhabitants of this subcontinent. Neither the Pakistanis nor the Indians have fully come to terms with partition and have expressed what I like

By A. G. NOORANI[*] ABSTRACT Clearly the battle for Islam’s revival must begin by removing the ulama from the pedestal on which they have placed themselves. Their trade unions – the various Jamaat – fare badly election after election. The sources of their considerable funds are no secret. It is the passive acquiescence of the

Comment “Read – for thy Sustainer is the Most Bountiful One who has taught man the use of the pen – taught man what he did not know.”  These were the first verses of the Quran revealed to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in a remote mountain cave near Mecca more than 1400 years ago. The significance