Basic question about democracy today is as to how established democracies around the globe are changing under the conditions of globalization of politics? If the 50 states of the Union (USA) lived pleasantly together under a federal constitution and if the forever fighting Europeans could unite in the European Union, what are the rea- sons…
The annual Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2012 was held in Beijing, China. Heads of the states rigorously reviewed the regional security issues and emerging movers & shakers elements in world power politics. China the 2nd largest economy of the world hosted the summit for the third time since its inception. It played remarkable role…
IntroductionA Canadian mathematician & theologian Dr. Gary Miller was active in Christian missionary work, but he soon began to dis-cover many inconsistencies in the Bible. In 1978, he happened to read the Qur’an expecting that it, too, would contain a mixture of truth and falsehood. He discovered to his amazement that the message of the…
Unprovoked shooting down of a Turkish Air Force (Tu AF) RF-4 Phantom aircraft by the Syrian air defence system on June 22 has sent shock waves across the world. Syria, already mired in multiple crises of serious magnitude has certainly added another one to its menu. Downing of Turkish jet has triggered a chorus of…
The large scale clashes between the Syrian Army and the fighters of the Free Syrian Army-FSA in Damascus since five days, and the death in the suicide bombing of five top Syrian Generals and cabinet ministers at the National Security HQ’s is a turning point in the struggle of the Syrian people to bring an…
The Holy Prophet once said, “The best women in all the world are four: the Virgin Mary, Asiya the wife of Pharaoh, Khadijah Mother of the Believers, and Fatimah, daughter of Muhammad (PBUH).” Hazrat Fatimah was the fifth child of The Holy Prophet and Hazrat Khadijah. She was born 5 years before the prophet-hood of…
Whenever a country is facing some serious problems and if the Government in power consists of well meaning, intelligent and sincere persons then they can always find ways and means to overcome these problems if not fully then at least to the extent of survival of the country and its people. While watching the conditions…
The Peoples Party led government at the centre made history while presenting fifth budget in the National Assembly. As usual, the government projected it business, people and investment friendly budget. While the opposition termed it fudging of figures and a futile exercise. On the contrary, most of the business houses and chambers of commerce in…
IntroductionA few salient features of the treatise “ON WAR” by Von Clausewitz, one of the greatest philosophers of war, are being mentioned briefly in this article. It will be, mostly, con- fined to the nature of war, theory of war, strategy and combat as covered in the first volume of the book. Von Clausewitz has…
Children are a priceless gift of Almighty Allah and are the most important aspect of life for parents. Nourishment and upbringing of children is an important responsibility of parents as such parenting is challenging task that requires patience and perseverance. Apart from other factors, environment plays a pivotal role on the behaviour of the children….
