The book “The New Confessions of an Economic Hit man” written by John Perkins is a delineated treatise on the tactics that powerful countries employ covertly to control developing and underdeveloped. John Perkins is an American writer. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from one of the high-ranked American institutions, Boston University. Having […]
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How American democracy will be shaped in 2023?
Washington is bracing for a new era of divided government likely to bring governing showdowns, shutdowns, withering political investigations, and the opening shots of the 2024 presidential race. How American democracy will be shaped in 2023? Here’s what we think will shape the year: A House Republican majority, in which radical conservatives now have disproportionate […]
Will democracy still be thriving in 2023?
2022 was the year democracy bounced back. But will the worst political system apart from all the others keep up its lead in the year ahead? Will democracy still be thriving in 2023? In the US last year, midterm election voters repudiated Donald Trump’s election-denying extremist candidates; now the former President’s reelection campaign which is based […]
Time for a shift: Reflection on Pakistan’s foreign policy and the necessity for reform
With the United States’ strength eroding, other actors, particularly China and Russia, are attempting to supplant the United States long-established un-polarity. The international order is shifting from unipolarity to multipolarity, and so Pakistan must adapt to the global arena. Though Pakistan has been a US ally for many decades, from fighting a war against the […]
30,000 jobseekers fill stadium in Islamabad to take police force test
The pitch was devoid of athletes. No one was observed bowling or kicking a ball. In Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, however, there were more than 30,000 spectators seated in the largest stadium. It was a warning of Pakistan’s dire unemployment situation. Announcements on a microphone brought cheers from the large crowd of aspirants that had turned […]
US TV news star Barbara Walters dies at 93
Barbara Walters, the intrepid interviewer and program host who led the way as the first woman to become a US TV news superstar during a remarkable career, has died at the age of 93. Walters, who created the popular ABC women’s talk show The View in 1997, died at her home in New York, Robert Iger, chief […]
Shariati’s ‘return to self’ rejection of sectarianism, ethnocentrism
“The son of famous Revolutionary sociologist Ali Shariati, an Islamic thinker, and author believes a ‘return to the self’ would not mean ethnocentrism for Shariati, but rethinking native traditions.” The role of Dr. Ali Shariati, in employing new human sciences (especially history and sociology), for a scientific and realistic understanding of the national and religious […]
International institutions and the economy of Pakistan
The US has magnificently succeeded in influencing the two largest institutions in the world: the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, which are employed as a tool in their enlargement plan; to further US economic neoliberalism-based foreign policy. Since 1950, Pakistan has been a member of the IMF. IMF gives Pakistan loans; therefore, […]