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Iqbal’s Idea of an Ethical Economy: An Influence from Lenin

Iqbal’s Idea of an Ethical Economy: An Influence from Lenin

Minahil Zubair     وہ کلیم ہے تجلی، وہ مسیح بے صلیب نیست پیغمبر و لیکن در بغل دارد کتاب Lenin and Iqbal were influenced by the same Marxist philosophy, and these poetic lines show that. The prevailing...
12 May 2026 / GENERAL / Read more
Debt, Dependency & Development: How IMF Conditionalities Reshape Pakistan's Economic Policy and Who Pays the Price

Debt, Dependency & Development: How IMF Conditionalities Reshape Pakistan's Economic Policy and Who Pays the Price

Moiz ur Rehman Since 1950, Pakistan has entered into 25 loan agreements with the IMF, an average of one every three years. Each program, rather than leading to graduation from financial dependency, s...
12 May 2026 / ECONOMICS / Read more
Pakistan-Qatar LNG Deal

Pakistan-Qatar LNG Deal

Taleesan Abdullah Pakistan, a nation on the brink of an energy crisis, has long regarded Qatar as the “backbone” of its energy sector. This is especially true in LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas). When the...
12 May 2026 / REGIONAL / Read more
Undersea Reckoning: Pakistan's Hangor and the New Arabian Sea Balance

Undersea Reckoning: Pakistan's Hangor and the New Arabian Sea Balance

Irfan Farooq On April 30, 2026, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari commissioned PNS Hangor, the first of the eight advanced diesel-electric submarines, in the principal berth of the People's Libera...
11 May 2026 / REGIONAL / Read more
Iran-Israel Conflict Spillover: How will the Pak-Saudi Defense Pack Manifest?

Iran-Israel Conflict Spillover: How will the Pak-Saudi Defense Pack Manifest?

Muhammad Zain ul Haq   “The Pak-Saudi defense deal primarily serves as a diplomatic and economic lever for Pakistan in the Middle East while limiting direct military engagement and potential conflict...
11 May 2026 / REGIONAL / Read more
AUKUS and the Transformation of Australia’s Maritime Deterrence Strategy in the Indo-Pacific

AUKUS and the Transformation of Australia’s Maritime Deterrence Strategy in the Indo-Pacific

Waqas Abdullah AUKUS resembles a submarine agreement. It isn’t. It is altering the Australian thinking on deterrence at sea. The agreement is propelling Australia out of a support role in US-led oper...
09 May 2026 / INTERNATIONAL / Read more
Labour Rights in Pakistan’s Informal Economy: Issues of Rights, Security and Protection

Labour Rights in Pakistan’s Informal Economy: Issues of Rights, Security and Protection

  Tooba Zar The informal sector employs about 72% of the labour force and lacks formal social protections. It includes domestic workers, daily-wage workers, agricultural labourers, and workers in sm...
02 May 2026 / ECONOMICS / Read more
Microfinance Without Interest: Can Islamic Microfinance Pull Pakistan Out of Poverty?

Microfinance Without Interest: Can Islamic Microfinance Pull Pakistan Out of Poverty?

Taleesan Abdullah      “28.9% of the population of Pakistan is below the global poverty line, which accounts for about 70 million people.” Pakistan is currently facing a hist...
02 May 2026 / ECONOMICS / Read more
Deterrence & Cost of War: Strategic Significance of the MILGEM-Class Corvettes in Maritime Power

Deterrence & Cost of War: Strategic Significance of the MILGEM-Class Corvettes in Maritime Power

Muhammad Zain ul Haq PN MILGEM-class corvette, aka Babur class, for PNS BABUR, being the first of its type, produced in collaboration with Türkiye under a contract signed between Pakistan’s Ministr...
02 May 2026 / REGIONAL / Read more
Around 2/3 of Lahore’s population is experiencing health Issues due to Smog

Around 2/3 of Lahore’s population is experiencing health Issues due to Smog

A survey was conducted by the Himalayan Research Institute, in collaboration with Climate Forward Pakistan, to understand public perceptions of the growing smog problem in Punjab, particularly in ma...
27 Apr 2026 / ENVIRONMENT / Read more