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…
1. BACKGROUND 1.1 World Environment Day (WED) is held every year on 05 June under the auspicious of United Nation Environment Program (UNEP) at global level. The aim of WED is to promote mass awareness for environmental protection and prevent stress and strain on the environment. One theme is assigned for each year, for 2021 it…
Around February, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) gave the green light to the use of Sinopharm as an emergency vaccine manufactured by Chinese Pharmaceutical companies. Even before this approval, the Chinese Government had initiated its supply and donations of Covid vaccines, masks and kits to so called “friendly” nations, but it is clear that…
