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The rise of populism is quite noticeable through President Donald Trump‟s victory in US‟ Election 2016. Herein, Populism emerged on the political landscape of America and was wisely demonstrated by Do ... Read More

As the world would call it, China is the 2nd superpower in the world and this fact is making headlines. With this shift of power, China is being seen as reshaping the world order. While China negated ... Read More

Pakistan established an alliance with the United States of America soon after independence, the relation from then is problematic. Pakistan-U.S. relations comprises of mutual trust and distrust. Pak-U ... Read More

These days, the political leaders have started relying on digital media more than traditional media to reach their audience therefore making social media a very important tool in political communicati ... Read More

Public sector organizations have been accused of being inefficient in most parts of the world in the recent past. This paper is specially focused on the influence of political liberalism on efficiency ... Read More

Workforce Diversity is an undeniable challenge in the field of public administration. It is vital to do a systematic literature review to identify the gaps in context of South Asia, notably Pakistan. ... Read More

Afghanistan; the Heart of Asia, being located at the cross-roads of tri-regional junction offers a buffer as well as a test case for the Great Powers to showcase & prove their potential. India and Chi ... Read More

Over the years, Balochistan has swayed between obscurity and prominence but its geo-strategic significance has never slackened. Pakistan‟s largest province in terms of landmass it enjoys an important ... Read More

Pakistan has become water scarce and is ranked 8th most vulnerable country to the effects of Climate Change. Pakistan is water based economy, where about 91.6% of water is consumed in agricultural sec ... Read More

Bano Qudsia is an influential and one among the most celebrated Pakistani fiction writers. She has a special significance in normalizing the established regimes of gender in the Pakistani society. She ... Read More

Peaceful settlement of any conflict through negotiations is an ideal way of pursuing and resolving every course which is the ideal practice to be followed by the international community. However, in t ... Read More

Honour killing in Pakistan is a very critical issue which is being echoed throughout the world. Parallel to it are the governmental claims that this issue has been addressed, by enhancing the represen ... Read More

The rapid industrial technological advancement has created ecological challenges for human beings. The development concept used in a limited perspective with economic growth in practice but it is an i ... Read More

In the contemporary phase of international politics, national security strategy (NSC) is considered as a primary factor in the process of state-crafting. It addresses the key concerns; such as domesti ... Read More

The Kashmir issue is a primary source of resentment between India and Pakistan. It is considered the oldest issue on the schedule of the Security Council yet to be resolved. This divisive issue remain ... Read More

Women have always been treated as second grade citizen in Pakistan. Pakistan is considered the 3rd unsafe country for women to live. Pakistani women are facing problems in their private and public lif ... Read More

The world observed the transformation process of Continent Africa from Colonialism to independence with hopes and fears. In Cold War Era, the African states have been engaged by the superpowers, on st ... Read More

China has initiated its plan to become the world‟s next global power and to obtain influence over other countries. China through its soft power strategy wants to be able to influence countries and peo ... Read More

The purpose of this research is to analyze how a crucial incident of Pakistan’s recent political history - the Red Mosque military operation of 2007 has been reported and narrated by selected Western ... Read More

This study aims to explore the challenges to use open government data (OGD) among citizens . To meet the objective of the study, it used a systematic review by reviewing the published literature and f ... Read More

The strategic balance of the South Asia is maintained through two basic factors; first, Nuclear Deterrence which includes nuclear doctrines, missile development and nuclear weapons. Second important f ... Read More

Unveiled in 2013 by Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the One Belt One Road Initiative (BRI) aims at fostering economic integration in the Indo-Pacific Region and in Eurasia through infrastructural developme ... Read More

First of all, it may be pointed out that most of the states of South Asia have some kind of democratic form of government, whether it is a constitutional monarchy, as in the case of Bhutan and Nepal, ... Read More

Sufi Shah Inayat Shaheed (1655-1718) and his movement symbolized social justice, civil liberties and radical democracy at a crucial time in the Indian subcontinent, when the Mughal Empire was crumblin ... Read More

In Pakistan, democracy has been facing multiple challenges since its creation as a newly born state. In these difficult circumstances, the struggle of different political leaders occupies a vital plac ... Read More

Pakistan, like many post-colonial states, is still grappling with the issues encompassing the whole range of governance and the unresolved conflicts threatening the lives of millions of people. As a f ... Read More

Afghanistan‟s dependency upon international economic and military assistance has brought international involvement and instruction in its internal affairs. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 ... Read More

Pakistan is grisly facing the challenge of religious extremism, ethno-nationalist violence and jihadi culture for the last many decades. These threats are the outcomes of flawed policies adopted by th ... Read More

This study has questioned the very legitimacy and ability of United States to honor bilateral relations that it commits under strategic partnerships. The investigation makes the point that partner nat ... Read More

Parsi community of Pakistan is known for great contribution in the public welfare works, literature, industry and philanthropy. Moreover Parsis are considered one of the most hardworking and peaceful ... Read More

Governance and ethno-nationalism has been closely interlinked in context of Pakistan. A strong central government endowed with all powers and authority to subdue the provincial governments has given b ... Read More

Water war thesis argues that water scarcity due to climate change and population surge has resulted in water disputes in different arid regions of the world. Absence of water treaties amongst co-ripar ... Read More

Civic governance is related to exercise of authoritarian activities to address issues related to society. The crucial factor which includes in implementing effective measures of civic governance is th ... Read More

South Asian region is now facing a new star because Space is an advantageous frontier for military uses. Space technology has two aspects on the name of security such as Militarization and Weaponizati ... Read More

The conundrum of Pak-Afghan border security is not new. It‟s among those contentious issues that became an impediment in the governance of both states. In recent times, this issue has emerged yet agai ... Read More

This paper aims to examine the role of youth in the promotion of good governance in Pakistan. It highlights the importance of youth for Pakistan‟s development. Almost 60% of the country‟s population i ... Read More

An idea of ‗Human security‘, as a people-centred issue, is concerned not only with the comprehensive protection of individuals from multifaceted and diverse political, economic, and social challenges ... Read More

The UN Nairobi Forward Looking Strategy defined peace as not only the absence of war, violence and hostilities; it means the enjoyment of economic welfare, social justice, human rights and fundamental ... Read More

Pakistan‟s reactive foreign policy attitudes and actions negate (or seem contradictory to) the core principle of realist paradigm, which says that intentions may vary independently without having any ... Read More

The paper examines the theoretical framework of the concept of middle class and the notion behind the Karl Marx‟s concept of class struggle and how the Marxist traditions are still prevalent in the fo ... Read More

The 2002 military standoff between Pakistan and India was triggered due to the attack on Indian parliament on Dec 13, 2001. For several month hundreds and thousands of soldiers stood eyeball-to-eyebal ... Read More

The crisis in Yemen is the latest of the trouble spots in a long list of flashpoints in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia and its allies initiated an air campaign against Yemen in 2015. The objective was ... Read More

Illuminated Qur’ānic Manuscripts are unique religious and intellectual cultural heritage of Muslim world. It is important to record these manuscripts, as they are not in a good condition. It is necess ... Read More

Over the last two decades, there is an increasing trend of structural reforms in the administrative system of South Asian countries. In this region, the traditional bureaucratic model of public admini ... Read More

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), is said to be aTakfiri group, is mainly grabbed from Sunni areas of Syria and Iraq. Some other Muslim states also have their participation in IS by different me ... Read More

Moscow and Islamabad underwent a transition to say bye to past and develop a strong and stable relationship on mutual benefits. This paper analyses the factors related to both states building their re ... Read More

This paper investigates the extent to which governance affect firms' cost of equity capital in Asian countries by employing a regression model on panel data of the 24 Asian countries over the period o ... Read More

The construct perceived organizational politics has become an inspiring catch-all in the eyes of researchers for a decade as it has many negative consequences for employees as well as for the organiza ... Read More

The distressing ethno-demographic conflict in Myanmar is a sordid reality of recent human history. The two ethnic groups; Buddhists and Rohingyas (mainly Muslims) living in North Westerly state (Rakhi ... Read More

Federalism is a form of state in which the component provinces and units under a political organization take part by sharing powers and functions through cooperative manners despite of having ethnic p ... Read More

This is admitted fact that the accountability mechanism and legal framework is based on Political will, role of civil society, presence of clean political and democratic governments and corruption fre ... Read More

The study endeavors to analyze the ontology of political empowerment of women with the role of female legislators from Lahore in the Punjab Assembly (2002-07). The selected era has a peculiar importan ... Read More

In Pakistan, women are considered as a stigmatized community and beholden to different social and cultural norms. Though they are almost half of the population but it seems that they are restricted fr ... Read More

During the last two decades tourism is considered as the building block of country overall growth. Pakistan tourism ranking among the world is at the lowest level. Despite the fact that Pakistan is co ... Read More

Shanghai Cooperation Organization remains a pivot of opportunities and challenges for Pakistan. Earlier this year, SCO‟s Qingdao declaration reinforced the Shanghai Spirit of mutual respect, mutual co ... Read More

The overt nuclearization of south Asia changed the strategic dynamics of this region and deterred India and Pakistan from indulging in any major wars. However, the possibility of limited war under the ... Read More

The groups of people based on religion, language or ethnicity living in a state but in lesser numbers are called minorities. The minority groups have been living in Pakistan amicably since independenc ... Read More

This research aims at revealing the linguistic realization of legitimation in the discourses of Zia and Musharraf during the Afghanistan wars for the periods of 1979- 1988 and 2001-2008. The data comp ... Read More

Availability of per capita water is decreasing in Pakistan very fast. No serious effort has been done after the commissioning of Mangla and Tarbela dams long ago. The efficacy of these dams is also fa ... Read More

The landmark United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) introduced „unique‟ provision of the right to child participation in its Article 12. This Convention, ratified by most states ... Read More