Sanctions are penalties or restrictions imposed by a state, group of states or an international organization on another state, usually involved in the act of international delinquency, to compel th ... Read More
Balochistan is at crossroads of conquerors, traders and settlers. It is ideally located along the long coastal belt from the Middle East toward the Indian-sub-Continent and a critical central point fo ... Read More
Events in Pakistan after independence, examined by the author have different perceptions and references. One of them is the crisis of institutions within state to actualize the democratic problems. Th ... Read More
Media do not present, but represent and construct images by framing people and events in a way that may or may not be based on realities. This is merely done following the agenda set by the bodies inf ... Read More
One of the important facet of Bengali separatist movement since its origin in 1948 was Bengalis’ struggle to share political power. The power politics of Bengalis was one of the challenges for the lea ... Read More
Globalization is one of the most articulated, and experienced phenomenon which has resulted from the increasing interdependence and interpenetration of nations, communications, and flow of ideas acros ... Read More
In the wake of the War on Terror, Pakistan carried out several military operations on its Northwestern frontier. These operations invited considerable amount of academic and non-academic scholarship. ... Read More
Pakistan US relations are fundamental to the ‘War against Terrorism’. The history of their bilateral relations is full of getting very close and then drifting part. They strongly disagree on most issu ... Read More
The problem of national integration has a direct bearing on national unity. Almost, all the developing nations of Asia and Africa are facing this twin problem of national integration and national iden ... Read More
South Asia is very effervescent region in terms of its geopolitical and geo-strategic uniqueness on the globe. India and Pakistan are two nuclear states in this region having conflicting and rocky rel ... Read More
Mythical Space as opposed to physical space is extremely fertile and capable of unifying diverse elements. It is also self reflexive. Its creation and evolution becomes a quest to find the meaning of ... Read More
The end of Cold War period significantly increased the frequency of civil war occurrences; resulting humanitarian and security challenges prompted the UN and international community to embark on a pro ... Read More
In 1999, Political Parties reclaimed the right to govern in Nigeria. This right was embodied in popular mandates derived from periodic elections. However, the political parties that emerged to drive N ... Read More
The administration in the US has made up its mind with regard to rectifying its policies towards the South Asian region. The extremist forces, having established their credentials as a global risk, re ... Read More
This paper deals with empirical facts regarding political institutions, growth and development in Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. There are two aims of this study, first to understand the nature of politi ... Read More
Health has universally been recognised as an important dimension of human flourishing. This has been recognised at the global and regional level by protection of the right to health/ health care in in ... Read More
This study explores the relationship between media usage, credibility, and political opinion formation among educated Pakistani youth. The relationship is studied under the premise that as trust plays ... Read More
In the backdrop of 9/11 and war against terror in Afghanistan, Pakistani society has witnessed recurrent episodes of conflict and violence. The level of intolerance has substantially increased and use ... Read More
The issue of water has a central position in world politics. The flow of trans-boundary water makes it relevant for more than one state. Rapid increase in world population, industrialization, urbaniza ... Read More
According to Wilbur Schramm (1964) mass media should perform at least three functions in developing countries; should serve as ‘watchdogs’, ‘policymakers’, and ‘teachers’ for change and modernization. ... Read More
The normative relationship between a coup d’état and high treason has hardly ever been thoroughly debated in Pakistan. Now that Musharraf’s trial of high treason is underway, it seems to be an opportu ... Read More
The political and economic situation that developed at the global front during the Second World War, coupled with the political consciousness and the anti-colonial attitude of the Indians, was a clear ... Read More
The role of media has been immensely increasing in shaping and reshaping the nature of conflicts especially from the second half of the last century. The advent of 24/7 news coverage, advancement in s ... Read More
Pakistan is a unique case by itself, which is facing number of crises at a time. Pakistan has witnessed many disasters and crises in recent years like earthquakes in 2005 and 2013, floods in 2007, 201 ... Read More
The present study highlights different appointment criteria to Cabinet, adopted by various heads of the State under different systems of Government from 1947 to 1977. This paper also examines the role ... Read More
The major threat Pakistan today faces is militant extremism. Militant extremism has serious repercussions particularly for Pakistani society and state and generally for global security. Religious mili ... Read More
The Saraiki, one of the ethnic groups in Pakistan is based on lingual identity. In Pakistan, most of the ethnic groups have their primordial basis and language is an important identity marker. The Sar ... Read More
The history of education in Pakistan is the most significant topic which needs to be highlighted and examined. This paper thoroughly describes and explains various vistas of the policy of Nationalizat ... Read More
The study aims at investigating as how Pak-India relations issues is being represented and portrayed in two leading Pakistan’s National newspapers. Two elite newspapers The Nation and The News have be ... Read More
The newly independent states of Central Asia have very strong cultural, religious and economic relations with South Asian Countries, especially with Pakistan, India and Afghanistan. Although these sta ... Read More
The main focus of the article is on the Pakistan China security environment in the context of United States India strategic convergence and possible repercussions on the regional security particularly ... Read More
Stable Afghanistan, is still a distant dream, well after 12 years since ruling Taliban were dislodged, post 9/11. The US led foreign forces operating in Afghanistan has managed barely to bring fragile ... Read More
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