A session on “Digital Financial Inclusion” was held as part of the Pakistan Pavilion at the World Economic Forum on 19th January, 2023 at Davos, Switzerland. It was held under the auspices of the Virtual Remittance Gateway, a company of Pathfinder Group. The event was moderated by Salman Ali, CEO, VRG. Mr. Zarrar Sehgal Chairman…
The bi-annual naval exercise, Pakistan Aman 23, has again communicated to the world Pakistan’s vision for keeping the South Asian oceanic politics peaceful and stable in terms of evolving regional power politics of a nuclearized subcontinent. This naval exercise aims to promote regional cooperation, enhance interoperability among participating navies, and foster peace and stability in…
Pakistan Navy just concluded Aman 2023 naval exercises with multinational naval participation. Naval vessels, aircraft, special operation forces, marines, and sailors from around 50 countries participated in the five-day multinational exercise hosted by the Pakistan Navy in the Arabian Sea. The eighth edition of the naval exercise, called AMAN 23, was held from February 10…
So tell the tale — perhaps they will reflect. [Koran 7:176] Islam and ImanIn the hadith of Gabriel, the Prophet said that faith was “that you have faith in God, His angels, His books, His prophets, and the Last Day, and that you have faith in the measuring out, both its good and its evil.”…
On 30 January 2023, at least 93 people, including 27 policemen, were killed and 221 others were injured in a suicide blast inside a mosque in the Police Lines area of Peshawar, reports Geo News. The suicide attacker was present in the front row during the Zuhr prayer (the second prayer offered at twelve noon)…
The popular view of the global audience about the Ukraine War is faulty at best. This war is being pinned on Putin as a source of all evil and the Western media is hyping the narrative against Russia, posing it as an expansionist, imperialist, and oppressive force that is killing innocent Ukrainians, but the truth…
A number of authors from across the globe have examined the history of the post-partition subcontinent because the British colonial retreat from the subcontinent laid the foundations of the enduring India-Pakistan rivalry and added another chapter in the history of the subcontinent. The partition ended the colonial era and initiated a multilevel hostility between two…
Ever increasing terrorism activities, check. A hapless security apparatus, check. Economic meltdown, check. Luckless population at the mercy of wolves, check. Major stakeholders blaming each other, check. Into the abyss, check! “Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you”. Nietzsche’s quote…
The Prophet’s Heir is the biography of an exalted companion of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), his cousin, friend, confidant and son-in-law Ali ibn Abi Talib. Hassan Abbas has written an excellent biography of Ali in the English language that covers all aspects of Ali’s life; this was published by Yale University Press. This work brings to…
Context Since the complete withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan in August 2021, it was assumed that Pakistan’s war against extremism had come to an end. There was a perception that the installation of Afghan Taliban in Kabul would make Pakistan’s regional influence grow. Besides, the nation was blamed for supporting the Taliban and providing…
