VOL 9 NO 4

By A. G. NOORANI Conflict Management & Vision for a Secular  Pakistan : A Comparative Study by Moonis Ahmar; oxford University Press, Karachi, 176 pages. Historic Temples in Pakistan: A Call to Conscience by Reema Abbasi; photography by Madiha Aijaz; Niyogi Books, New Delhi; 296 pages. Islam and the Secular State ; Negotiating the Future […]

By Sahar Pirzada[1] It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring

By Aziz Ali Dad[1] “There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism.”Walter Benjamin The word “civilization” always evokes ideas of sublimity, progress, refinement, civility and humanism. It is used as a criterion for distinguishing human beings fromthe animal kingdom. However, the word is not as sublime and humane

By Lt Gen ® Asad Durrani[1] The Taliban can only kill a few of usbut the Media will slow-poisonthe whole society”; so saida young lady with a doctorate in strategic studies, and no fan of the Taliban. Since the pen was always deemed to be more powerful than the sword,the media’s soft power can indeedbe

By Elliot McBride[1] South Asia has long been a region defined by rivalry and dispute.Since its reshaping in 1947, theregion witnessed Indian proliferation in 1974, and the Pakistani reply in 1998. Neither nation has ratified the two most important nuclear security frameworks; the Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). As

By Samavia Batool and Vaqar Ahmed (SDPI) Abstract (India and Pakistan being major players in the South Asian region are least integrated in terms of trade and investment. We examine the case studies of India-Bangladesh and India-Sri Lanka trade to derive key implications for Pakistan. By analyzing the trade statistics from 2001 to 2014, we find that

by Air Commodore(R) Khalid Iqbal TI(M)[1] Abstract Nuclear terrorism denotes the detonation of a yield-producing nuclear bomb containing fissile material by terrorists, popularly named as “dirty bomb. Dirty bomb is however not to be confused with a nuclear explosion, such as a fission bomb, which releases nuclear energy and produces blast effects, millions of times

By Yasser Latif Hamdani[1] Abstract Imran Khan’s dramatic announcement to resort to civil disobedience had TV anchors and newsmen scampering to define civil disobedience for their viewers. Civil disobedience has been a concept that has vexed political scientists for a very long time.  There is no consensus on what this term means and has come