A comprehensive analysis on War in Afghanistan- CSS Current Affairs Afghanistan has stayed less a homogenous state and more a montage of feuding ethnicities and warring tribes bound by strings of self-interest and foreign subservience. (CSS Current Affairs) Having written …
Will Sino-US Relations Drive Pak-US Relations? CSS International Relations A Brief History Since Pakistan’s independence in 1947, it has had a mixed relationship with the United States, encompassing several ups and downs over the decades. Pakistan came into being as …
Addition of Security Component to BRI – CSS Current Affairs China appears to be shifting gears in its multi-billion dollar Belt and Road initiative (BRI). Long projected as driven by economics and the benefit of infrastructure linkages, China appears to …
Partition of India: Gandhi’s Role – CSS Pakistan Affairs When the All-India Muslim League was established in Dhaka in 1906 by leading Muslim figures from around the country, India had just begun to slowly transition to self-rule from the British Raj. From …
Pakistan’s Dual Threat: CSS Pakistan Affairs Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has insinuated that the Supreme Court’s decision to disqualify him is a consequence of challenging the military on cross-border terrorism. Nawaz Sharif’s politics are cynical, but does he …
People who shaped Islamic Civilization- CSS Islamic Studies Coverage of violence and Islam often go hand in hand. So it comes as a relief to be reminded that historically, culturally and intellectually, Islam is less a nihilistic creed than a …
Pashtoon Tahafuz Movement: A rights movement or a new regional agenda Ahmed Khan, (not his original name) waits in his car behind a long line of other vehicles, for his turn to be checked. He can spot army soldiers with …
Is Karl Marx more relevant today? CSS General Knowledge The other day I stood at the grave of Karl Marx in Highgate cemetery in north London, wondering if he has anything say to us today, 200 years after his birth, …
Is Indus Water Treaty being Violated by India? CSS Pakistan Affairs The government of Pakistan has asked the World Bank for a meeting in Washington, DC for talks on the country’s ongoing water dispute with India. This latest demand is …
Highlights of Economic Survey of Pakistan 2017-18 Following are the highlights of the Pakistan Economic Survey for the year 2017-18 unveiled by Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance Miftah Ismail here on Thursday. – The country’s Gross Domestic Product recorded 13-year …