Introduction One of the main demands of the religious scholars [Ulema] and Muslims is the elimination of Riba in Islamic Republic of Pakistan. According to the Quran, Riba is prohibited, which has been defined by scholars as: “all forms of interest are Riba and hence prohibited”. The Islamic finance contains many other prohibitions as well, such…
The Taliban are asking for a political deal, they are likely to be a leading partner in the forthcoming semi-inclusive political dispensation of Afghanistan. All eyes are focused on the US sponsored intra-Afghan dialogue, the international community awaits with bated breath whether there would, at all, be a treaty or the Korea model of ending…
1. PROLOGUE 1.1 Devastating Dimensions The climate change crisis has deepened beyond limits and is expanding at an unimaginable speed. Statistical, mathematical and computerized models have utterly failed to comprehend the underlying disasters and this poses an alarming and existential threat to Planet Earth. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has continuously…
Even by Pakistan’s highly desensitised standards, the recent case of underage sexual abuse takes the sorry tale of sordid events to a new low. The impact may not be profound even though it ought to be when you hear or read about such incidents. However, the existence of a sickening video makes it hard to…
From the old Great Game to the new, Afghanistan is once again at the helm of a bloody crisis. Decades of warfare, interference, divisions and political maneuvering has obliterated the fabric of progress, culture and development in the Afghan lands. As a background check, it all started with the British and the Russian Empires going…
The impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on modern warfare cannot be marginalized in the world of evolving digital infrastructures of states. The application of emerging technologies in the field of security and defense has created a strategic environment where leaders of various nations have started upgrading the conventional structure of armed forces. The quest for…
I don’t remember from recent and past memory that any Pakistani leader has such a clear and decisive answer to any foreign based media outlet when asked about Pakistan’s cooperation post-US and NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan. The interview clip got viral catching attention throughout from the world media and the world leaders. This was a…
The designs of great power politics have started revolving around Washington-Beijing strategic competition where American state officials have translated the Chinese economic rise as a potential threat to Washington’s global standing. The American perception of perceiving China as a potential threat is inherited in Washington’s global geostrategic interests, which instructs all US state authorities to…
Introduction The Riba issue can be been resolved on the basis of guidance from the Quran,[1] the final criterion to judge right and wrong[2] which has clarification of everything[3] guidance and mercy and glad tidings for Muslims. The Quran[4] is the Only, Last, Complete, Protected Divine Book of Guidance, without any doubt[5], all other books[6]…
Pakistan is an example in dichotomy! And the social sphere is not beyond the same reproach, we treat others as we ourselves don’t want to be treated. This is true for all strata of society from immediate family to clans to national leaders. Two recent examples push this notion firmly into the spotlight. The rationale…
