Bombs Blasts/IEDs Two school teachers were killed in a motorcycle bomb explosion in Damadola area in Mamond tehsil (revenue unit) of Bajaur District on June 4, reports The News. Locals said that Abdur Rahman, a teacher of a private school and resident of Bara Damadola, and Ismail, a Government schoolteacher and resident of Lar Kanday…
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic all the nations across the globe are engulfed in a war like situation. The pandemic has at large shaken the global geopolitical and the socio economic fabric of the world. Countries and the global leaders are levelling their best to overcome the pandemic outcomes however no big successes have been accredited…
The 1962 war between India and China was triggered by the unresolved border dispute between the two young republics that became independent nations in 1947 and 1949 respectively. Australian Journalist Neville Maxwell had been working in New Delhi as correspondent and observed at first hand the drama that ended with a crushing Indian defeat. In…
One of the most impeding characteristics in Pakistani society is the striving of people to do favours and to get favours in return, whether in cash and/or kind. To live life in Pakistan one needs patronage and/or protection for simple things like going to an office and applying for whatsoever. Even for access to a…
Bombs/IEDs At least one person was injured in a blast on an imambargah (Shia place of worship) in Shoorki area of Kurram District on May 5, reports Dawn. The injured person, who reportedly worked as a caretaker at the imambargah, has been shifted to a local hospital. The building of the imambargah collapsed from the…
The advent of a new type coronavirus with quite unprecedented characteristics such as high contagiousness, long incubation time stretching to 14 days which necessitates the isolation time of two weeks-has put the world in a fix. By the time the danger was recognized the virus had already spread across borders, regions and oceans. Patients who…
The World Bank describes how cash transfers are considered to be ‘central in mitigating the impact of the upcoming recession’, and that doing this will ensure that consumption by the poorest segments of the population contributes to local economies. The main suggestion for the government on this issue would be to not just give them…
This year the holy month comes to us with double difficulties: The social distancing, curfews and closure of shops, though hopefully loosening in the near future, is already putting people into a difficult situation. With May and June the hottest months in Pakistan, people without adequate access to cooling or sufficient water could face health…
United Nations Secretary General while lamenting bigotry stated that “We’ve seen a surge in Covid-19 related anti-Muslim attacks”. Most of these attacks are taking place in India under the patronage of government. Right now, India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi is following overtly racist and sectarian policies. Modi’s actions are not only eroding India’s own…
Humans are living in a more unsafe and insecure world in contemporary times. aside from the traditional military issues and nuclear threats, developing Pakistan is beset by some serious non-traditional security threats. These threats are water scarcity, population explosion, low human progress, rising food insecurity, climate change, unpredictable recurrent natural calamities, widespread infectious and fatal…
