Among all other crises, the scarcity of water is among the gravest issues Pakistan is facing, which can impact Pakistan’s national security in the future. According to a report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Pakistan ranks third in the world among countries facing acute water shortage. Experts inside and outside Pakistan, believe that Pakistan […]
They Blame You for Being “Biased” By Misbah Azam, Ph.D.
The study of human behavior reveals that we come up with metaphors and terminologies to strengthen our points in a way that other person would not be able to respond and we win the argument. One of the famous cliches which people use quite commonly is, “do you have any evidence for what you have […]
The Pyrrhic victory By Misbah Azam, Ph.D.
Fahad Hussain, a senior journalist, Executive Editor, Express Tribune, and Executive Director News, Express-News, recently wrote in the op-ed page of The Express Tribune. “Journalism was butchered every day on the airwaves, buried unceremoniously in hurriedly-dug graves, dug up again the next day to be butchered and buried and dug up again only to be […]
Military-Run Diplomacy: Beneficial or Disastrous By Misbah Azam, Ph.D.
Some analysts, draw parallels between Pakistan and Turkey’s civil-military relations and point out the similarities, some, even conclude that the histories are very much comparable. However, unlike Turkey, Pakistan follows the Warminster-style democracy, and its constitution does not allow any role of the military in the politics, but, in Pakistan, the military had a direct […]
The Growth of Aviation Industry in South Asia: Where the Pakistan Flag Carrier Airline Stands, by Misbah Azam, Ph.D.
With the booming economy, the airline industry also shows significant growth. In 2017, the total market share of the airlines by different regions (shown in Fig-1) shows that the Asia-Pacific nations have the highest aviation industry market share. In 2017, the estimated net profit was around $7.4 billion by the regional airlines. It’s expected that the […]
Afghanistan: A Tail which Wags the Dog? by Misbah Azam, Ph.D.
The article can also be seen at pakteahouse Recently, after January 1, 2018, President Trump’s early morning tweet about Pakistan, the National Security Advisor, Dr. H. R. McMaster said while talking to the Voice of America’s Greta Van Susteren, “This is not a blame game, as some would say. This is really our effort to […]
System in Disarray: Facts and Conspiracy Theories in Pakistan By Misbah Azam, Ph.D.
During the early 1990’s when the operation Dessert Shield was in progress, and the allied forces did not began the campaign of heavy bombardment of Baghdad and other important places in Iraq and Kuwait, an interesting article, published in some unknown magazine in Pakistan (internet was not available then) where one unknown “defense analyst” from […]
US-Pakistan: Interests Never Converged By Misbah Azam, Ph.D.
The current visit by the US Secretary of State, Mr. Rex Tillerson further strengthened the view that the US and Pakistan are going through the era of their worst ever relationship today. However, it is time to ask if the US and Pakistan’s interests ever converged in the history, other than the times when […]
Introducing Cheen Mein Chalees Din
Introducing Cheen Mein Chalees Din After Dubai, Bangkok is arguably the most favorite travel destination of Karachiites, but how many Karachi-walas go to Bangkok overland? Cemendtaur in his latest book, Cheen Mein Chalees Din, describes his overland journey from Karachi to Bangkok, via China and Laos. Passing through undeveloped western China he travels all the […]
The US Afghanistan Strategy : What the US would achieve with less than 20,000 troops which it could not achieve with over 100,000 troops? By Misbah Azam, Ph.D.
The US President Trump’s declaration of a so called new policy about Afghanistan is getting mixed reactions from all over the world. He – without mincing words – declared that Taliban resurgent is only possible because of Pakistan, while conveniently forgetting Russia, Iran and China, who are helping Taliban to tackle the ISIS. His tone […]
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