Despite all new technologies and so-called ‘progress’ the “third industrial revolution” capitalism claims it has provided, it has failed in more than one crucial field of life (the destruction of natural resources, climate change, etc.) mainly having failed to eradicate or even check poverty. Despite all lip service and social programs, poverty is rising everywhere…
Dear Readers, The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the world in ways not seen since the 1918-1920 Spanish Flu. Unfortunately, disinformation campaigns targeting health crisis communication during this pandemic seek to cripple the medical response to the novel coronavirus and instrumentalize the pandemic for political purposes. Vaccination from COVID-19 remains one of the key targets of…
CONTEXT Like most other countries around the world Pakistan was in a wait and see mode on how its relationship with the United States would be impacted with the arrival of the Biden administration. Pakistan’s omission from the initial list of invitees for the first international summit on climate change, being hosted by President Biden…
The debate on nuclear armed states of South Asia has become a vibrant trend in the international strategic community. Leading policymakers and strategic analysts from diverse backgrounds have shown interest in studying various aspects of South Asian nuclear race in which India and Pakistan are the rivals nuclear weapon states while sharing their territorial borders….
Vaccine Passports have been a main topic of conversation in the past few days. Last year I was scoffed at for bringing this up and it was even denoted as being a conspiracy theory. However, currently they do make sense and the news on this is they might just become a reality very soon for…
The visit from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov, seems to have created a purposeful impact on Pakistan. Rarely considered an ally, it seems bilateral relations are now very much on course. In the past, this has not been so. The consensus is that the ‘bloc’ which is said to…
Half-way down the lane, Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government has reoriented the country’s foreign policy into a new paradigm. It has taken a sharp departure from its conventional posture, and a host of developments suggest that ‘out of box’ thinking has, at least, set in to harness new opportunities and confront challenges. The good point…
Introduction One of the main demands of the religious scholars [Ulema] and Muslims is the elimination of Riba in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. According to the Quran, Riba is prohibited, which has been defined by scholars as: “all forms of interest are Riba and hence prohibited”. The Islamic finance contains many other prohibitions as…
The Karachi Council on Foreign Relations (KCFR) held a Webinar on 13 April, 2021 on “Pakistan-Brazil Relations and Future Aspirations” with His Excellency Mr. Olyntho Vieira, Ambassador of Brazil in Pakistan as the Plenary Speaker. Moderated by Commodore (Retd) Sadeed Anwar Malik, Secretary General and CEO KCFR, the webinar was chaired by KCFR Chairman, Mr….
Pakistan is a prime target since past couple decades of certain hidden and known hostile agencies in the domain of 5th generation hybrid warfare. The main purpose of this type of warfare is to weaken the country’s soft image, infrastructure, and economy. The next stage comes when paid proxy groups are used to wage guerilla-type…
