Abstract The International Code of Conduct for Information Security (ICCIS) is an international effort to develop norms of behaviour in the digital space, submitted to the UN General Assembly in 2011 and in revised form in 2015 by member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). According to its sponsors, the Code is intended to…
Truly independent and impartial the World Economic Forum (WEF) is not tied to any special interests or groups. WEF’s Annual Meeting at Davos presents a unique once-a-year opportunity bringing together the world’s most prominent politicians, Heads of State and/or government, business and industrial leaders, policy makers, academics and scholars, scientists, philanthropists, social workers, media personalities,…
When the Indian media and parliament were belittling Pakistan over Jadhav’s meeting with his mother and wife, they should have also taken stock as to how India treats its own prisoners. Indian MPs need to go through the memoirs of journalist Iftikhar Gilani who was arrested for several months on false charges of spying. Gilani…
Terrorist Activities in Pakistan Suicide bombings/ attacks On February 3, 11 Pakistani Army soldiers were killed and 13 wounded in a suicide bombing near a Pakistani Army camp in Kabal area in Swat District, reports Dawn. Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility for the attack. According to reports, the suicide bomber blew himself up in…
20 January 2018 marks the 28th anniversary of the military invasion and brutal killing of civilians in the city of Baku, Azerbaijan by the forces of the former Soviet Army on 20 January 1990. Black January stands for martyrdom and human courage, resistance and denial of aggression which led to restoration of independence of Azerbaijan…
The emergence of non-traditional security threats in the international system has raised serious issues of religious extremism and sectarian violence across the globe. In order to stay away from the contemporary wave of religious extremism, the Muslim states around the world, including Pakistan, are designing every possible measure to manage their internal affairs. Moreover, in…
Introduction When freedom is not respected, it results in conflict, war, human rights violation and peace is compromised. In this era of freedom and liberty, every member of humanity enjoys freedom of faith and freedom of religion, as long as the religious beliefs of one community do not threaten the freedom and peace of others….
Dear Readers, When the panama papers Disclosures reverberated worldwide in April 2016 the global media has field Day. It was no different in Pakistan as the massive leaks revealed three of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s children owned offshore Companies and assets that were not shown on his family’s wealth statement. The electronic media went berserk…
Context For many Presidents Trumps’ decision to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem came as a surprise. However, the changes in the political, economic and security landscape of the Middle East have been pointing in this direction for a number of years now. PoliTact had noted this trajectory in July 2015 as…
India’s quest for enhancing its role in regional politics of South Asia by fighting with territorially adjoining nations has showed some terrible faces of New Delhi. Because the geostrategic thrust of Hindu leadership tried to establish bilaterally cordial and strategically robust relations with states beyond South Asia, it forces New Delhi to pursue an anti-neighborhood…
