Author: Tarkeen-e-watan (Tarkeen-e-watan )

Pakistan’s Wheat Policy: From “Bumper Crop” to Emergency Imports – A Cycle That Must End.
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Pakistan’s Wheat Policy: From “Bumper Crop” to Emergency Imports – A Cycle That Must End.

The Federal Government of Pakistan has reportedly decided, on the recommendation of the Ministry of National Food Security and Research, to import one million tonnes of wheat to meet the requirements of the provinces and ensure the availability of wheat across the country. This decision has once again exposed a fundamental contradiction in Pakistan’s wheat...

Austerity for the Poor, Prosperity for the Powerful: A Tale of Two Governments.
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Austerity for the Poor, Prosperity for the Powerful: A Tale of Two Governments.

The Federal Government’s latest cabinet decision has laid bare one of the most disturbing contradictions in Pakistan’s governance. At a time when the country is confronting an unprecedented fiscal crisis, a public debt exceeding Rs90 trillion, soaring inflation, shrinking economic opportunities, and a rapidly declining standard of living, the government has chosen to reward the...

Kashmir, the UN and the Pursuit of Peace
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Kashmir, the UN and the Pursuit of Peace

Dr. Ghulam Nabi FaiChairmanWorld Forum for Peace & Justice July 23, 2026 The United Nations Security Council’s high-level debate on July 23, 2026, on “Strengthening the Mechanism for the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes” served as a timely reminder that diplomacy remains humanity’s most effective instrument for preventing war. Convened as a follow-up to Security Council...

Pakistan’s Transit Corridors: Strengthening Iran’s Supply Chain Resilience.
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Pakistan’s Transit Corridors: Strengthening Iran’s Supply Chain Resilience.

An NSTN Perspective Recent disruptions to global supply chains have highlighted the importance of diversified logistics corridors. For Iran, supply chain resilience depends on having multiple international gateways that reduce reliance on any single port or transport route. Pakistan is now well positioned to become one of those strategic gateways. The Government of Pakistan has...

Livestock: Pakistan’s Most Effective Pathway Out of Poverty.
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Livestock: Pakistan’s Most Effective Pathway Out of Poverty.

Poverty remains Pakistan’s greatest socio-economic challenge. Millions of families struggle every day to meet their basic needs for food, healthcare, education, and shelter. Despite numerous poverty alleviation programmes, subsidies, and cash transfer schemes introduced over the past several decades, rural poverty continues to persist. The challenge before Pakistan is therefore not simply to provide temporary...

The Inconvenient Mandela—and the Inconvenient Question of Kashmir: When Will Words Become Action?
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The Inconvenient Mandela—and the Inconvenient Question of Kashmir: When Will Words Become Action?

Dr. Ghulam Nabi FaiChairmanWorld forum for Peace & Justice July 21, 2022 The United Nations marked Nelson Mandela Day at its headquarters in New York on 20 July 2026, although the international observance falls each year on 18 July—the date of Mandela’s birth. Established by the United Nations in November 2009 and first observed in...

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