Karachi represents a multi-dimensional intra-state conflict that has claimed thousands of innocent lives due to rampant ethnic, political, sectarian and criminal violence. Gauging the origins and deve ... Read More
South Asia is the most pivotal region of the world which always endures with the geopolitical and geostrategic transformation of global politics and its repercussions. Due to the Post 9/11 geopolitica ... Read More
The correlation of art, morality, and politics is an important debate in literature. Interestingly, this correlation between Edward Bond‟s plays and his political philosophy has not been explored from ... Read More
Coastal tourism has been recognized as an economic booster in several developing countries around the globe. However, in Pakistan this vital role of coastal tourism is hardly realized. Now with the in ... Read More
After the disintegration of former Soviet Union, the world started prioritizing geoeconomic considerations over geo-politics, which remained the epicenter of cold war, and gave birth to economic globa ... Read More
This study aimed to explore the treatment of Indian elite press towards the matter of China Pakistan Economic Corridor. The study deals with the quantitative and qualitative approaches in order to mea ... Read More
China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is considered being the Game Changer not only for Pakistan but also for the whole of South Asian region, Central Asia and Middle East. CPEC is the main componen ... Read More
E-government websites are essential and effective modes of communication between governments and citizens and provide access to E-government services. Thus, information quality of these websites is vi ... Read More
Online media has posed some serious threats to conventional media, as people are spending more time on it than traditional media. Online media has changed political and social attitudes of people. Dif ... Read More
The downfall of American hegemony, the rise of China and India‟s economic power in the world has drastically increased the significance of Indo -Pacific region. This region has become the center of gr ... Read More
The present research explores the perceptions of opinion leaders of Pakistan about Sinophilia and Sinophobia under regional dynamics of New Silk Road (NSR) within the contexts of Regional Integration ... Read More
The judicial system of Pakistan, inherited from the colonial era, has been plagued with serious issues in providing timely justice to the common people culminating into law and order problems as well ... Read More
In the wake of Donald Trump's assent to presidency, a congenial environment emerged for the rise of far-right groups in the United States of America. These farright groups - dormant earlier - are not ... Read More
From the last three decades, the Indo-Pacific has been a central theme in the global geopolitical scenario. India, China, and several other rising powers have shifted the balance of power. Thus, Indo- ... Read More
The Saudi e-press coverage and treatment of the Operation Decisive Storm is examined through an analysis of media frames for the type of coverage, paths of persuasion, lexical choices, referential fra ... Read More
This research paper looks at the constructivist theoretical framework and the systemic level of analysis in International Relations (IR). The paper examines the levels of analysis issue and the evolut ... Read More
Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) which has recently been merged with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, is comparatively neglected region of Pakistan. It had seven political agencies and six frontier regio ... Read More
In the contemporary times, Middle East is engulfed in multiple crises ranging from contention amongst rival states to the terrorism. In addition to that, insurgencies, civil wars and proxies, a very a ... Read More
According to Human Rights Watch there are estimated to be over fourteen million child brides worldwide, many of whom are traded for debt, bondage, and in contexts where polygamy and sexual activities ... Read More
Afghanistan has been a battlefield for big powers for last four decades. In 1979, Russia invaded in Afghanistan and the U.S. fought a proxy war in the region with the help of Pakistan. Russian withdra ... Read More
The importance of Indus System of Rivers for Pakistan and India and impact of the Partition on irrigation system existing on these Rivers before 1947 has to be kept in view, in order to appreciate the ... Read More
Silk Routes remained central to the connectivity between Turkestan (Today’s Central Asia) and Hindustan (Today’s South Asia) throughout the history. Weather it was trade or military expeditions, this ... Read More
Water is an important component of human life. The wider use of water plays a major role for the development of economy and survivability of state. At present there is water shortage in quantity and q ... Read More
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the causes and international links of religious groups that are supporting their sect fellows in dissemination and acknowledgement of their specific rigid s ... Read More
Nontraditional security (NTS) issues like climate degradation, transnational crime, public health epidemics, terrorism - extremism, natural disasters, energy crisis, economic crisis, drugs trafficking ... Read More
Cultural diversity is a significant factor in the globalized world today. Inadequate accommodation of cultural diversity may lead towards conflict (Jiang, 2011). The respective qualitative study is an ... Read More
Normative form of democracy marks the jurisdiction of its various institutions so that no institution could override the powers of others. But in most of the developing countries state institutions (t ... Read More
Food security has established as a concern of national security in terms of state development and progress.. Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic acce ... Read More
The development of deep sea port, with all its associated projects, favorably influences the geo strategic prospects of Pakistan. The Sea Lanes of Communication (SLOC) connects the whole world and fac ... Read More
Extremism, though not a new phenomenon, has undergone complete metamorphosis in the South Asian context. While in Sri Lanka, the discriminatory policy of ruling Sinhalese towards Tamil minority was re ... Read More
Regional cooperation can give power to the small states and in order to get economic development, states usually prefer to enter in political and economic alliances. This paper examines the efforts of ... Read More
This paper is going to explain about the Fifth Political Theory that challenges all existing three plus one (Capitalism, Marxism and Fascism + Fourth Political Theory) theories. It says, “it is human ... Read More
This study proposes that the recent decade long conflict and violence in Swat, a Pakhtun populated region, has complex and multi-dimensional implications for two connected processes: Pakhtun sense of ... Read More
Religious commonalities between Pakistan and Afghanistan are inevitable part of their relationships. So there is a need to understand the ramifications of dynamics of religious elite approach of Pakis ... Read More
The Islamic State was hoping for a smooth establishment and extraordinary gains in the Khorasan region. The presence of US forces in Afghanistan and Operation Zarb-eAzb by the strong military of Pakis ... Read More
Afghanistan has been a stage of great power politics for centuries. The US aims in Afghanistan since 2001 has been to counter terrorism, a strategy that has seen several highs and lows, with each Pres ... Read More
The surge of religious extremism in Pakistan is not a new phenomenon and it got an impetus after 9/11. Back to back events like the U.S led war in Afghanistan; frequent drone attacks in the tribal are ... Read More
The importance of water is undeniable for the human and states’ survival. Since World water level is constantly on decline, the future conflicts are most likely to develop over the control of this dyi ... Read More
The present study is to a certain extent important because of the Cold War era, IndoUS relationship has been marked by so many ups and downs. Considerably, there has been continuous enhancement in Ind ... Read More
Indian percepts of China are biased by dread of Chinese hegemony; at present, many individuals in Indian security establishment has positioned China a greater menace than ever before. This paper inves ... Read More
Television political comedy shows have gained popularity in Pakistan. This study examines and pinpoints the factors that influence the people to watch such shows. For the purpose, survey method has be ... Read More
Radicalization and wide spread extremist ideologies culminating in organized acts of terrorism have become a great challenge for the contemporary modern world. The threat becomes more severe in the co ... Read More
In order to attain the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of education by 2015/16, the Government of Pakistan had designed a National Plan of Action (NPA). The rationale behind the NPA was to increase ... Read More
The question of language and identity has been a very contentious issue in Pakistan since its inception. As the creation of Pakistan was predicated on a single 'Muslim nation,' it was easily assumed t ... Read More
Social cohesion is not only desired for societal and political constancy but a prerequisite for sustainable economic growth and development as well. There are several factors which can mark social so ... Read More
Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) suggests that markets are rational and reflect all information. So, no investor can beat the market by generating abnormal returns. But it is found that stock markets ... Read More
Economic development aims at building a healthy community which in turn strengthens institutions of a state. Economic Development can also be reflected through soft power, which is not only a diplomat ... Read More
Globalization has played a crucial role in growing number of migrants across the world. These migrants have been seen as a significant diplomatic and development agent in both their origin and host co ... Read More
This study investigates the four major wars between India and Pakistan in the past 52 years in one Pakistani popular and one elite newspaper. Through the textual analysis technique, it was found that ... Read More
Strategic Stability is defined as Safety, Security and survivability of nuclear weapons. Strategic stability is largely each and every stability that prevents the war between the two nuclear weapons a ... Read More
India-Pakistan conflict is one of the most complicated and protracted conflicts in modern time, clouded by historical, ideological, religious, and political sentimentality. Beyond these, the diplomati ... Read More
This study aims at critical analysis of the orations of the candidate of democrat party, Clinton, at presidential elections of America. It has been done based on her independent orations and also her ... Read More
This paper is an attempt to explore the regional significance and global dimensions of the Chinese President Xi Jin Ping’s vision and initiative regarding Belt and Road which can transform adjacent co ... Read More
Since the outbreak of the Syrian crisis in 2011, where fighters from 70 countries meets on its territory, who turned it to international terrorism territory, which came on the infrastructure of the co ... Read More
This paper explores the development in financial federalism of Pakistan through execution of NFC Awards. Improvement and mutual consensus in fiscal matters are not only vital for the overall economic ... Read More
Considering Democracy as the best form of government is self-evidently true. The meaning of democracy is rooted in the concept of common people being master of their affairs. In the words of Robert Da ... Read More
At the time of independence Pakistan faced severe insecurity emanating from a fractured geography, non-existent constitutional framework, weak economy, and military capability in the face of an overwh ... Read More
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