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Two deserts, one lesson: Transformation through vision

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Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

Trump, Iran, and the Threat of War

03.04.2025 20

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

Trump’s head-on collision with judiciary

Trump’s head-on collision with judiciary

In every successful democracy, the strength of governance stems from a careful balance of powers. The United States, a global symbol of democratic...

27.03.2025 50

Business Recorder

Qamar Bashir

Trump Dismantles Education Department

23.03.2025 20

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

Trump and Ramadan

20.03.2025 50

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

China and India: Ready for Economic Global Dominanc

14.03.2025 20

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

China India and Global Dominance

13.03.2025 40

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

Trump-Putin duo all set to humiliate Europe

Donald Trump wants the Russia-Ukraine war to end as soon as possible. However, the President of Ukraine, along with the European Union and the UK, is...

07.03.2025 30

Business Recorder

Qamar Bashir

EU Founded for Peace, Now Engaged in War

05.03.2025 30

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

Trump’s Shift: Bully to Peacemaker

26.02.2025 20

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

Europe Parting Ways with the US

23.02.2025 6

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

Trump’s Trade Reset

20.02.2025 6

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

Trump’s war on institutions

President Donald Trump accused the US bureaucracy of massive fraud, waste, and abuse, citing an investigation led by Elon Musk that uncovered billions...

17.02.2025 20

Business Recorder

Qamar Bashir

Trump’s War on Institutions

16.02.2025 20

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

Balochistan’s war within

04.02.2025 20

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

Trump’s $8 Trillion Deportation Dilemma

29.01.2025 30

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

Trump’s fossil fuel push threatens Earth

The US Senate Finance Committee, during the confirmation hearing of the Treasury Secretary, fell short of showering praise and admiration for...

29.01.2025 50

Business Recorder

Qamar Bashir

US versus China: the battle for rare earth dominance

During Scott Bessent’s confirmation hearing for US Treasury Secretary before the Senate Finance Committee, significant concerns were raised...

25.01.2025 60

Business Recorder

Qamar Bashir

Trump’s return ushers in an unpredictable era

23.01.2025 10

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

Trump’s strategy to contain China

22.01.2025 30

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

Why Does Trump want to occupy Greenland?

President-elect Donald Trump has made his expansionist ideology loud and clear. Among his many controversial proposals, he has shown a keen interest...

17.01.2025 40

Business Recorder

Qamar Bashir

California wildfire: Will Trump reconsider Paris Accord?

16.01.2025 30

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

Will Trump Reconsider the Paris Accord?

15.01.2025 20

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

US and Europe: Preparing to deport Muslims

11.01.2025 40

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

Will Trudeau come back?

The handsome, serene, ever-smiling, and dashing Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, finally succumbed to the ever-increasing pressure on many...

10.01.2025 40

Business Recorder

Qamar Bashir

Vision 2025: futility or progress?

Pakistan’s Vision 2025, launched by the Ministry of Planning, Development & Reform, rightly outlines an ambitious roadmap to position the country...

09.01.2025 30

Business Recorder

Qamar Bashir

Vision 2025: Futility or Progress?

  Pakistan’s Vision 2025, launched by the Ministry of Planning, Development & Reform, rightly outlines an ambitious roadmap to position the country...

07.01.2025 50

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

Remarkable growth of Asian economies: China, Pakistan

AMONG news of an economic slowdown in China and economic challenges in Pakistan, I was surprised to notice the outstanding ratings of both...

06.01.2025 7

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

Trump Predicts Canada as the 51st State

The notion of the United States annexing Canada has recently gained attention, primarily due to remarks by US President-elect Donald Trump. During...

31.12.2024 5

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

Biden’s move undermines strategic stability in S Asia

AT a time while the whole Pakistani nation is profoundly aggrieved and concerned about Israel’s ongoing atrocities in Gaza, the outgoing Biden...

30.12.2024 6

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

US sanctions Pakistan over missiles programme

ON 19 December 2024, Deputy National Security Adviser Jon Finer expressed concerns about Pakistan’s development of long-range ballistic missile...

28.12.2024 50

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

China and US: Pillars of global prosperity

IN December 2024, the United States and China renewed their government-to-government Science and Technology Agreement (STA) with a five-year...

25.12.2024 10

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

Sunshine gold dethrones black gold

OIL has been a dominant force shaping global economies over the past two centuries, acting as both a maker and breaker of fortunes. Fluctuations in...

19.12.2024 10

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

Sunshine Gold Dethrones Black Gold

Oil has been a dominant force shaping global economies over the past two centuries, acting as both a maker and breaker of fortunes. Fluctuations in...

18.12.2024 4

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

US-China: Pillars of Global Prosperity

In December 2024, the United States and China renewed their government-to-government Science and Technology Agreement (STA) with a five-year...

16.12.2024 10

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

Syria: Trampled like grass

WHEN Israel was carrying out its military operations against Palestine, I initially believed that the scale and magnitude of Israel’s actions were...

11.12.2024 4

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

Is Trump’s threat to BRICS a hoax?

I recently contributed an article titled “Looming Challenge to Dollar Dominance,” and soon after its publication, the US President-elect Donald J....

07.12.2024 10

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

‘Golden Dream’

A young, pregnant woman from Lebanon fled to the United States – the “Land of Opportunity” – with her husband and family, escaping the horrors of a...

02.12.2024 4

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

The looming challenge to dollar dominance

EFFORTS to challenge the US dollar’s global dominance have been hindered by disparities in economic strength, reserves, infrastructure and...

29.11.2024 4

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

Looming Challenge to Dollar Dominance

Efforts to challenge the US dollar’s global dominance have historically been hindered by disparities among nations in economic strength, foreign...

26.11.2024 6

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

Trump’s Bureaucracy Cuts

The stunning results of the USA elections surprised both Democrats and Republicans alike. Trump’s unprecedented victory was accompanied by...

22.11.2024 4

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

Trump’s bureaucracy cuts: A daunting task

THE stunning results of the USA elections surprised both Democrats and Republicans alike. Trump’s unprecedented victory was accompanied by...

20.11.2024 6

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

Democrats and Trump

Being in the field a month before the elections, going door to door and meeting a diverse range of people – from rich to poor, from White to Black,...

16.11.2024 3

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

Trump trumped Harris

THE Working America organization deployed a force of 400 trained canvassers over a month, travelling in more than 60 vans with seven canvassers per...

10.11.2024 3

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

US elections 2024: Hinged and unhinged

IT is an exhilarating experience to be in one of the most pivotal states in the U.S.—Michigan, one of the seven key swing states that, alongside...

06.11.2024 6

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

American presidential election: hinged and unhinged

It is an exhilarating experience to be in Michigan, a key swing state of America which – alongside Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin,...

05.11.2024 10

The Express Tribune

Qamar Bashir

USA Elections 2024: Hinged and Unhinged

It is an exhilarating experience to be in one of the most pivotal states in the US – Michigan, one of the seven key swing states that, alongside...

04.11.2024 10

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

President Xi’s Shared Prosperity Model

President Xi Jinping, since assuming office, has been a driving force in elevating China to unprecedented heights, not only in the country’s...

03.11.2024 3

Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

26th Constitution amendment: A step toward or away from democracy?

SUNDAY, (20-10-2024), marks a significant moment in Pakistan’s legislative history with the passing of the 26th Constitution amendment by the...

22.10.2024 3

Pakistan Observer

Qamar Bashir

The PTI versus Yellow Vest protests of France

During my tenure as Press Minister in France, I witnessed firsthand the chaos of the Yellow Vest movement, which erupted in November 2018. The...

10.10.2024 4

Business Recorder

Qamar Bashir