The protracted election dispute which resulted in the bizarre reality of two men taking oath of office as President reached a resolution on May 17 when President Ashraf Ghani gave his chief rival, Abdullah Abdullah, the leading role in the country’s peace process with the Taliban and the right to appoint half the cabinet. Pakistan…
Abstract US ballistic missile defense is aspired with geostrategic ambitions that could be seen as increasing its outreach to checkmate her rivals which in turn also provide leverage to partners of Washington to interplay with strategic stability. In this equation India gets an ideal placement that not only fits fine into the geostrategic outreach of…
Introduction: It has been established earlier that the Quran denies existence or belief in any other scripture or book except Quran 6:19, 38, & 114-116, 39:23, 45:6, 77:50, 7:185). The prophetic traditions and narrations found in Hadith books also conform to this Quranic Command, because Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) has also been reported to have banned Hadith writing…
1 litre of milk costs about a third of the average wage, 1 kg of powdered milk eats up approximately half and a loaf of bread is almost a quarter. Prices double nearly every 15 days! Even the revised IMF year end inflation projection for the country is 200,000%! Over 3 million people have immigrated,…
Last month, the PM Imran Khan announced the country’s biggest emergency cash program, with a value of Rs 144bn, to disburse Rs 12,000 to approx. 12m beneficiaries. The World Bank has praised the PTI government’s EHSAAS welfare program, and its effectiveness in providing aid under the critical threat environment formed by the sharp spike in…
Pakistan is passing through the most critical time in history due to the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). During the past few months, the government has decided to invest its full potential to fight with this health challenge. The outbreak of coronavirus in Wuhan city and its spread outside of China has posed a serious…
Abstract The course of bioscience has taken the whole world by surprise particularly in the aftermath of COVID-19 conspiracy theories. The pandemic is real though, what made us skeptical is about its origin. Is the virus byproduct of bioscience experimentation or is the world facing another natural outbreak? From scientific explanations to propaganda warfare, the…
After more than a quarter of a year, the global pandemic continues with little indication that the threat from the very efficient and deadly virus is diminishing. To a large extent, the novel virus remains a mystery with increasing hope being placed on deployment of a vaccine, which according to the most optimistic estimates is…
Introduction The root cause of evil in our society like religious intolerance, extremism, social, moral, economic, political misconduct, polytheistic rituals and many other problems is due to the abandonment of the Qur’an.[1] Bad practices are spreading rapidly in our society without any check while many of the Ulema, (religious scholars) instead of playing their pivotal…
Lieutenant General B.S. Raju heads the 15th Corps of the Indian Army this formation is responsible for security along the Line of Control (LOC and operations inside) Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. In the interview with BBC Hindi on April 15, Raju said that the Indian Army had “received intelligence inputs that Pakistan is pushing a…
