Category: Insight

Climate Change Could Damage Thousands of U.S. Bridges, Engineers Say

Bridges built after World War II are susceptible to temperature variations, making them more likely…

Pakistani-Turkish Group Ibn Sina Launches Joint Health Project

“The Ibn Sina Alliance aims to lead with health diplomacy to work as a bridge…

INSIGHT: Valuable Takeaways from Japanese Premier Abe’s Negotiation Tactics

Advantages and Disadvantages of Leadership Styles – Negotiation Strategies from Japanese Shunto; The Opposite of…

Indian Navy Slashes Procurement as Protests and a Weakening Economy Spell a Rocky Road Ahead

DESPARDES Report — Indian Navy(IN) is scaling back its modernization programs, as financials and economic…

News of Interest (NOI)

The Propaganda Multiplier: How Global News Agencies and Western Media Report on Geopolitics

“What the agency does not report, does not take place” INSIGHT — It is one…

Terrorism Fallout: Rise in Psycho-Social Toxicity in Pakistan

Terrorism and over sensationalized media coverage by private TV channels behind the rise in psycho-social…

State-run Gas Utility Unable to Find ‘Qualified Professional’ to Fill Top Slot

DESPARDES — State-run public utility Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGCL) has failed to attract competent…

Pakistan Supports an Afghanistan That is at Peace With Itself: Intra-Afghan Dialogue in Islamabad

Overarching such initiatives are Prime Minister Imran Khan’s statement — after being elected — that…

British Pakistani Entrepreneur Invests in After-School Math, English Education Startup

DESPARDES — Karachi-based Ed-tech startup Dot & Line have successfully closed their seed round with…

‘Pakistan, Iran Borders are for Peace and Friendship’

DESPARDES — Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Zarif, on…

‘People Say They Won’t Pay Taxes as They Did Not Vote for Imran Khan’: Razzak Dawood

“What is to be done with all this going on? Should we give up or…

Increasing Violence, Turmoil in Kashmir Since PM Modi’s 370 Move

DESPARDES (UPDATED) — Kashmir has been experiencing increasing amounts of violence and turmoil since New…