Electronic media in Pakistan can be divided into pre-nineties and post nineties era. From its infancy till its so-called maturity presently, media has witnessed two extremes during the period. Pre-nineties witnessed extreme strictness. Women were shown wearing dupattas all the time on TV. Whether it was some scene in the […]
The US tilt in South Asia is not a sudden development, in fact, after the demise of the Soviet Union there has been a gradual convergence of interests between New Delhi and Washington. Before Cold War any alliance between US and India remained out of the question due to Nehru’s […]
Oil being an everyday commodity is being used both as edible and as non-edible purposes. Similarly, vegetable oil is utilized by food and chemical industries for the production of a number of goods. Moreover, oilseed crop is more environment-friendly because they act as phytoremediators, which help remove heavy metals like […]
The closing meeting of month-long ninth NPT Review Conference (RevCon) opened a novel debate about the future of the non-proliferation regime. The four weeks long negotiations ended in dismay as the states party to the treaty on Nuclear Non-Proliferation could not reach on a consensus document to improve progress on […]
“The price of greatness is responsibility”, a succinct dictum by Sir Winston Churchill fittingly and cogently explicates the august commissioning to one of the most challenging and rewarding enterprises of ‘becoming a parent’. A huge responsibility often taken for granted though, the stature of being a parent — assiduously […]
Islamic state of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is a sunny Islamic extremist jihadist organization, whose aim is to establish the caliphate based single Islamic state under the Abu Bakar al-Baghdadi, its current leader. They chose an innovative violent form of jihad for the re-establishment of caliphate system and to topple […]
The Sea Politics is getting complex with an increase in world’s commercial activities. Now the world is not only focusing on the militarily important places but it is also in the search of places that will be productive from the business point of view in future. It is important to note that […]
South china sea covers almost 3,500,000 square km in the pacific ocean. There are several states having both inland and maritime claims to the South China Sea. The major states in these disputes include China, Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Brunei. Such disputes have made the area as Asia’s […]
In the changing global scenario, a plausible perception of threats and readiness to counter those threats, is the dire need of the day. How peaceful country is the one, she has an effective threat perception mechanism so that the upcoming challenges which might be dangerous to the sovereignty of the […]
The landlocked country of Afghanistan located in the Southwest Asia on the Iranian Plateau shares its borders with Pakistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and China. The country possesses identical importance and diverse interests for the whole region. Countries like Pakistan and India are not merely dominant stakeholders, but China also […]
