Law cannot function in vacuum; operating for society it is influenced by its mores and attitudes. As an instrument of social change, the law thus never can be static, it has to change constantly alongwith the changes in the society. Since judges interpret and redefine the laws through their judicial decisions, the Judiciary plays a…
“Let China sleep; when she wakes, she will shake the world”. Napoleon 1817 In the last two decades, United States and China have emerged as competitors for political and economic influence especially in the Indo-Pacific region. This has invariably influenced the military posture of both countries to secure economic gains. Most strategists are of the…
Muzaffar Warsi, a Pakistani poet, lyricist and a scholar of repute, wrote: “AAB TOU BANDE BHI KHUDA BANDOON KI TAQDEER LIKHAIN; DEY WOH TAQAT MUJHE INN SABB KA LIKHA MEIN KATOON. PAWOON HOTE HUYE, KAB TAK CHALOON BESAKHIYOON PAR; KAB TALAK DOOSRON KA BOYA HUA MEIN KATOON.” (Now even humans are deciding the fate of…
Bomb/IED BlastsOn September 30, at least two people were killed and dozens injured in an explosion in a sweet shop the main market of Kohlu district, reports Express Tribune. Later, Baloch Liberation Army (BLA)’s spokesperson Azad Baloch, through social media, claimed responsibility for the incident which said it targeted a ‘secret agency hideout’ killing two…
Context Alarmingly, US witnessed four 1-in-1-thousand years rain events over the summer. One of these events was in late July in Saint Louis when 9.04 inches of rain fell during a 15-hour storm. Around the same time, 14 to 15 inches of rain came down in Kentucky over a 5-day period. In early August, Southern…
The arrival of Narendra Modi in Indian politics as the 14th prime minister of India inaugurated a new debate in international academic circles. It dragged the attention of global intellectual communities toward Indian domestic politics, where an overwhelming wave of violence has jeopardized the status of non-Hindu communities in India. All across Indian society, the…
Dada One of the oldest commercial entities of the Memons is the Dada Commercial House. Long before the formation of Pakistan, the ancestors of present day proprietors established a group of trade and industrial enterprises in India, Burma, South Africa and countries of Near East. When Pakistan came into being in 1947 Dadas were among…
Wazir AliInitially incorporated as The Hyderabad (Sind) Vegetable Oils and Allied Industries Limited at Karachi on 27 June 1953 as a Private Limited Company by the Group Chairman, Syed Wajid Ali Shah, WAZIR ALI INDUSTRIES LIMITED’s plant was situated in Hyderabad. Within a short span of time, the TULLO Company, alongwith DALDA its main competitor…
So tell the tale — perhaps they will reflect. [Koran 7:176]The Koran and The Messenger Introduction The book, “The Vision of Islam” by American Professor couple Dr. Sachiko Murata and Dr. Professor William C. Chittick [Shamas-ud-din Chittick] covers the four dimensions of Islam as outlined in the Hadith of Gabriel, practice, faith, Ihsan/ spirituality, and…
Rarely a recent conflict has been more replete with lessons for the policy making elite than the Ukraine-Russia war. This marks the end of the optimistic bonhomie of the 90s and definitively starts another era of a new Cold War between the US and its allies on one side and Russia and China aligned nations…
