Introduction The root cause of evil in our society like religious intolerance, extremism, social, moral, economic, political misconduct, polytheistic rituals and many other problems is due to the abandonment of the Qur’an.[1] Bad practices are spreading rapidly in our society without any check while many of the Ulema, (religious scholars) instead of playing their pivotal…
Dear Readers, Pakistan’s Senate approved a law in Jan 2020 that allows the government to extend the term of the country’s Army Chief. Previously, extensions were granted to several Army Chiefs, either by themselves when ruling the country, or by a civilian prime minister. It certainly is rare for an Army Chief to say: ‘I…
Lieutenant General B.S. Raju heads the 15th Corps of the Indian Army this formation is responsible for security along the Line of Control (LOC and operations inside) Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. In the interview with BBC Hindi on April 15, Raju said that the Indian Army had “received intelligence inputs that Pakistan is pushing a…
(Combined effort of PATHFINDER GROUP Task Force) Miscellaneous Two Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were killed and four others, including an officer, injured in an attack by militants in Mand Redeeg area of Kech District in Balochistan on March 27, reports The Express Tribune. According to official sources, unidentified militants opened fire on FC personnel when…
Despite relentless critique by the opposition bent upon making political capital out of potential catastrophe, and virtually in confront the media “sold” out on selling misinformation, distortion of facts and spreading lies across a broad swath of the masses, force multiplied by a truly irresponsible social media. PM Imran Khan’s govt is still coping well…
The rapid spread of the coronavirus over the past few weeks has forced most governments to lockdown on day-to-day public life. Globally, the only things spreading faster than the virus is fear itself and the use of digital services. In a way, the virus and screen time going out of control together. Around the world,…
The East West Institute (EWI) along with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung conducted an extremely successful two day panel discussion in Colombo, Sri Lanka on the water crisis titled “Water Security and Disaster Management in Asia”. The EWI is a conflict resolution organization with headquarters in New York. The participants discussed strategy, progress and possible solutions for…
Sesame Street is a children’s educational programme and has served generations. One of the most famous Muppets on this long running show is the Cookie Monster who is best known for its voracious appetite and for eating almost anything, including inedible objects! After finishing off everything, it still wants more. Thus, if you give a…
Today, in 2020, we face another war, one being fought worldwide and against something quite unfathomable called the “unseen” enemy. We had no previous defence strategy for it. Cities, towns and entire countries have fallen victim to one of the most widespread viruses in the world. What started as a small news clip about the…
Human spirits never die. Most recently on April 4 2020 the Chinese government observed national day of mourning which was a vivid reflection of its holistic policies towards economics of humanity. Economics of humanity has multiplier effects which pay back its unlimited dividends for centuries to come. It also upheld the philosophy of Confucius which emphasized correlation…
