Winners and losers of Elections 2018 have kept up the national tradition, whereby the winners praise the elections while losers reject it. Participation in the elections was enormous, and nationwide. According to Election Commission of Pakistan, voter turnout was over 55.8 percent while over 47 percent women also cast their ballot. For the 272 general…
Pakistan‘s third-ever democratic elected process leading to the transition of power took place on 25 July 2018. More than 100 political parties contested the 272 seats in the National Assembly (NA), the balance reserved seats being allocated on a proportionate basis with an outright majority would need to have 172 seats. A quick look at…
When criminals or the corrupt disguise the original ownership and control of the proceeds of criminal conduct by making them appear to have derived from a legitimate source, this is known as money-laundering. Billions of dollars of criminally derived money is laundered through financial institutions every year globally, however criminal money can be laundered without…
Dear Readers, Struggling for 22 years to break the hold of status quo parties over politics and the strangle-hold of corrupt leaders over the destiny of the nation, Imran Khan reached the pinnacle of national politics. Having won the July 25 elections, he was officially named as the candidate for Prime Minister (PM) by the…
Though the usual feudal modus operandi for obtaining votes, particularly in the rural areas, is through outright coercion and/or intimidation, it also depends upon who counts the vote, and even more importantly, who gets to collate it. With rigging/tampering with ballot and ballot boxes fairly widespread in 2008 and 2013, the Election Commission of Pakistan…
The month of July has special significance with regard to the struggle of Kashmiri people. Two events “Martyrs day” and “Kashmir’s Accession to Pakistan day” are commemorated on 13 and 19 July respectively. Martyrs’ Day is observed in Kashmir and the world over in remembrance of 22 Kashmiris killed on 13 July 1931 due to…
UAE-Saudi Arabian military coalition is striving hard to liberate Yemen from Houthi rebels and its schemers and masters. Both countries launched massive military operation to bring peace and harmony to the country. Forces of instability and followers of proxy war have been active in different parts of Yemen for their own vested interests. The UAE-Saudi…
Routledge Handbook of Air Power is a comprehensive study of various aspects of air power, ranging from the historical to the futuristic. It examines as many as thirty topics related to the utility and applicability of contemporary air power. The book is edited by John Andreas Olsen, a serving Colonel in the Norwegian Air Force,…
Pakistan-China friendship has recently witnessed another development in the field of space research. The two governments agreed to extend their friendship in the space and globally announced the actual strength of their decades-old friendship. A new dimension in the field of space technology added to the Pak-China friendship when Beijing launched two satellites for Pakistan…
Turkmenistan maintains its neutral status since its independence. Its neutrality is basis of its foreign policy. In the 21st century concept of neutrality is based on national interests. It shapes foreign policy, it formulates national security policy, cares about sovereignty and national dignity and preserves political stability and promotes economic self-reliance. Diversified Dividends Turkmenistan’s neutral…
