Born on Dec 6, 1939 in Hazaribagh (India), one of seven brothers and four sisters, Sabir Kamal Meyer was educated at the prestigious Col Brown School in Dehradun alongwith his brothers. Their father, Sher Mohammad Meyer, was a businessman who provided logistical support to the Allied Armies in India but the partition of the subcontinent…
Bomb blasts/IEDs Two soldiers, identified as Sepoy Banaras Khan (23 years, resident of Orakzai District) and Sepoy Abdul Karim (23 years, resident of Khyber District), were killed in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion in Sarwekai area of South Waziristan District on October 27, reports ARY News. Targetted Killings At least four labourers of Punjabi ethnicity…
Blue Economy A Road Map for the Future Planet” by Dr. Abhijit Mitra, Dr. Nibedita Mukhopadhyay and Dr. Sangita Agarwal. Published by New Millennium Graphics at Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal in August 2021 This book draws upon the authors’ extensive expertise in science and oceanography to explore the utilization of ocean resources within the…
The contemporary debates on the changing patterns of great power politics focus on Asia Pacific politics and its growth under the shadows of international power politics. The contesting postures of great powers in the Asia Pacific region have attracted the attention of international academic communities, and it has resulted in a plethora of literature explaining…
Haya Fatima Sehgal’s recent book titled ‘Resilient Pakistan’ is a compilation of her articles published in various newspapers in a span of 5 years. Through the course of the book, the author has looked at different issues concerning the state of Pakistan through a socio-cultural lens. ‘According to the author, ‘resilient’ is the most fitting…
The entire world stands with the Palestinians. The onslaught attack on Gaza by Israel in 2023 has reached the voices of millions across the world. The entire world except for Pakistan is unable to distinguish between standing for the cause for Palestine and between the extremist group Hamas. A speaker at a talk forgot to…
“The quality of our lives depends not on whether or not we have conflicts, but on how we respond to them.” Thomas Crum Israel has a multi-layered missile defense system to counter rockets, artillery, missiles, and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). This national missile defense program is called Homa (Hebrew for Fortress, Wall), which is a layered, active defense…
Ikram Sehgal:I would like to share my thoughts on this topic of immense importance, foreign policy and security policy. Huma Baqai introduced the topic by saying, “Pakistan is located in a difficult neighbourhood and the kind of geography that we have had to tackle, which some call a blessing and others now say is baggage….
The recent escalation of conflict in the Gaza Strip has brought about a humanitarian crisis of staggering proportions. Key to this tragedy are the Israeli air raids that have devastated educational and medical facilities, culminating in a substantial loss of civilian life, including many women and children. The Israel war against Palestine has once again…
Good governance is of paramount importance for the prosperity of all nations regardless of being developed or under developed. In order to understand this mechanism, we need to explain comprehensively all the important dimensions of good governance out of which, the rule of law is of utmost importance. Good governance is seen as a key…
