The writer holds a PhD from Massey University, New Zealand and was a Humboldt fellow at the German Development Institute at Bonn. He teaches at the University of Malakand.
Like numerous countries in various regions across the globe, China has made no secret of the fact that Central Asia and Russia are integral elements...
In recent years, there has been a consistent increase in Chinese trade with and investment in South Asia. It has been argued that smaller states...
In my previous column, ‘Europe and the BRI’ I had mentioned that the UN has also welcomed the Belt and Road Initiative by stating that...
Since the Belt and Road Initiative was officially launched in 2015, no other policy initiative has attracted more attention at home and abroad. The...
Israel’s parliament – the Knesset – recently passed a new law pertaining to the national status of the State of Israel. Under the new...
Commenting on various aspects of higher education in his article, ‘Hassles of higher education’, published in these pages on July 8, Dr Naazir...
Before coming up with statistics concerning our mismanagement, inefficiency and institutional decay, let me narrate a couple of anecdotes. Last year...
