1. PROLOGUE 1.1 Nature of Coronavirus-19 Generally speaking the virus is a non-cellular microorganism. It contains genetic substance (DNA or RNA). A virus particle is surrounded by protein coating. Coronavirus is a family of viruses. It is crown like in shape and varies in characteristics from region to region. It is one of the fastest proliferating viruses….
The stock market crash of October 1929 sent Wall Street into a panic, wiping out millions of investors. Lasting from 1929 to 1939, it reached its lowest point by 1933 making some 15 million Americans were jobless and nearly half of the country’s banks had failed. Over the next several years, consumer spending and investment…
Leaving aside all the conspiracy theories on the virus that have been deleted from my WhatsApp, the lockdown of Italy and the rest of the European countries was inevitable and necessary when by mid-March the number of infected persons listed in Italy jumped from a few hundred to thousands within days and have continued to…
The US peace deal with the Taliban contains many elements that do not conform to patterns of successful peacemaking. Approach of negotiating withdrawal followed by an initiation of peace process does not have many precedence in the contemporary statecraft. However, this unusual method may not necessarily fail. Taliban-led violent events are still taking place in…
On 29 February 2020, the United States and the Taliban signed an agreement in Doha, Qatar, it is wrongly called a peace agreement. It is not a peace agreement but outlining a set of rules that highlight gradual U.S withdrawal and simultaneous Taliban political ascendency in Afghanistan. Both sides reached at the crossroad in 2020 after a…
The global demand for fresh water resources has escalated dramatically over the last few years, especially in light of rapid population growth and widespread urbanization across the globe. Moreover, as the impacts of climate change and stresses of resource scarcity gain further traction, societies are increasingly hard pressed to find effective and sustainable solutions to…
The relations between states always witnessed various changes based on major events that compelled the leaders of the nations to redefine their positions in the political landscape of the world. The outbreak of wars, the signing of treaties, creating alliances, and the outbreak of epidemic diseases proved to be the turning points of world history….
More than seventy years into independence Pakistan continues to be bedeviled by major socio-economic challenges, to its credit many have been overcome but not all problems have been resolved. The major threat of terrorism was effectively dealt with by the Pakistan Army and other law enforcement agencies (LEAs) at a huge cost in men and…
Q) Sir, to start off please tell us when you took over as Inspector General (IG) Islamabad? A) I took over as IG Islamabad on 3rd of Nov 2018. Q) And before that what was your assignment? A) Previously I was serving as IG Motorways and before that as Additional IG Operations, Punjab Q) What…
The escalation of the number of infected and dead caused by corona virus are accompanied by growing restrictions for the public are bound to create panic among our population. Relatively new terms like ‘pandemic’ or ‘quarantine’ are new for many and details of their meaning have not been properly explained to the larger public with…
