“A real friend is one who takes the hand of his friend in times of distress and helplessness”. Afghan proverb In September 2020, Afghan government and Taliban representatives met for the first time publicly in Qatar to start intra-Afghan dialogue. There were a lot of hurdles between the first step of signing of the agreement…
“And verily We have raised in every nation a messenger, (proclaiming): Serve Allah and shun false gods. After that, Allah guided some of them while deviation proved true against the others….”(Qur’an;16:36) Introduction: The root of affirmation of ‘Islamic Faith’ is based on the conviction upon unity of God (Allah) (Tawheed). The six ‘Articles of Faith’…
The term surveillance capitalism explains the notion of an updated economic system in the digital world where various data modification techniques attract the corporate sector from different corners of the world. The leading corporate sectors of different states start using various individuals’ data belonging to a specific country or specific community for profit-making purpose. Under…
President Donald Trump is desperate for inking an early agreement with the Afghan Taliban, on the edge are his Nobel Peace Prize and second Presidential term. Taliban are in no hurry, in their calculus, a decade or two here and there do not matter. The stakes of Afghanistan’s peace talks are extremely high. Failure, said…
Pakistan has been plagued with child abuse, rape and sexual assault cases for years and yet nothing much of substance has been done to curtail this social degeneration! The recent episode being the rape of a woman driving late at night with her three children from Lahore to Gujranwala. Her car ran out of fuel…
PROLOGUE Climate change has become a global phenomenon. The United Nations (UN) has constituted Inter Governmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC) and 155 countries have signed the Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC). Climate change is mainly manifested by global warming, an issue about which the UN is extremely conscious about and is actively engaged…
Quite clearly, the inadequacy of IAF’s Su-30MKI and MiG-29 twin-engine fighters in the air superiority role led to the decision to acquire the Rafale, ostensibly a more modern and capable multi-role fighter. While both Russian fighters are highly maneuverable in a visual dogfight, as evidenced in several IAF exercises with RAF Typhoons and USAF F-15s,…
The erstwhile “Lion of Kashmir” Shaikh Abdullah dynasty is not well reputed amongst the Kashmiri people. As long as Chief Minster ship of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K) is within the family, they lick the boots of whosoever rules New Delhi. The moment the mantle passes on to someone outside their family, they…
The recent news of the country officially opening up has brought up some rather interesting viewpoints. all seemingly fair given the fact the world is passing through the stages or going to be living with COVID-19, the global pandemic. That, or until a cure or a vaccine is discovered. The decision could not have been…
Recently, I was turned away nicely but firmly from the entrance of a shopping mall/ supermarket as the person with me could not be let in due to SOPs; him being a senior citizen. I didn’t mind as those were the rules, so we went elsewhere. In another part of the city, a pack of…
