With a coastline running almost 1,000 kilometres and a maritime zone larger than three of its provinces, Pakistan possesses a
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While the transatlantic slave trade dominates global memory, few know that Karachi was once a thriving hub for ‘black ivory.’
Published17 Aug, 202506:57am
As Pakistan and China mark a decade of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor, a Pakistani scholars’ visit to China helps its...
Published29 Jun, 202511:01am
While China has lifted nearly 800 million people out of poverty in the last seven decades, Pakistan’s poverty rate remains a
Published18 May, 202507:52am
A second edition of a book with an additional article delves into the prickly issues surrounding the state of Pakistan, in...
Published09 Feb, 202510:01am
With the opening of the lofty Karakoram Highway in the 1970s and its later co-option into the ambitious CPEC project, Pakistan
Published01 Dec, 202408:00am
In their early years, Pakistan and China had rather similar literacy levels. But while China’s education system has flourished
Published27 Oct, 202409:24am
A lot has been said and written in Pakistan about the China Pakistan Economic Corridor and its transformative potential. But how
Published02 Jun, 202407:51am
The Pak China Economic Corridor is considered the flagship of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. It has the potential for rem
Published18 Feb, 202407:20am
A stimulating book takes on the fallacies and flawed philosophies propounded by Pakistan’s elite in order to retain power over
Published07 Jan, 202407:14am
A book born out of an intellectual debate about the history of Pakistan grapples with questions about the country’s genesis...
Published26 Nov, 202309:17am
A career in the Pakistan Civil Service was once considered prestigious, but political and military interference and not keeping up
Published29 Oct, 202307:03am
Many developing countries, which were far behind Pakistan decades ago, are now emerging as regional hubs of higher education.
Updated01 Oct, 202302:15pm
A new book is a treasure of information on the historiographic literature produced during the mediaeval and Mughal period in Sindh
Published06 Aug, 202309:05am
Although Pakistan became the first country in South Asia to enact Right To Information laws, its progress on them and its...
Published09 Jul, 202308:15am
As Benazir Bhutto’s 70th birth anniversary approaches on June 21, Zahid Hussain’s book of interviews with the late former prime...
Published18 Jun, 202307:09am
