Today, in 2020, we face another war, one being fought worldwide and against something quite unfathomable called the “unseen” enemy. We had no previous defence strategy for it. Cities, towns and entire countries have fallen victim to one of the most widespread viruses in the world. What started as a small news clip about the…
Human spirits never die. Most recently on April 4 2020 the Chinese government observed national day of mourning which was a vivid reflection of its holistic policies towards economics of humanity. Economics of humanity has multiplier effects which pay back its unlimited dividends for centuries to come. It also upheld the philosophy of Confucius which emphasized correlation…
“And prepare against them whatever you can of (military) power and of war-horses, to frighten thereby the enemy of Allah, and your enemy, and others besides them, whom you do not know (but) Allah knows them.” Surah Al-Anfal (8:60) Al-Quran. It is the time of peace that determines the triumph or defeat in a war,…
Ordered to sit at home because of the coronavirus epidemic to avoid infection social contact has been outlawed. Apart from touching other people, we even start being afraid to touch door knobs, handrails and other surfaces. Cash money, anyway known to be dirty, is now suspected to be a carrier of the virus and able…
Suicide Bombings Bomb/IED Explosions At least nine persons were injured after an explosion occurred near the Levies Lines on Taj Road in Chaman town of Qilla Abdullah District in Baluchistan on March 7, reports Pakistan Today. The blast was directed towards Levies Risaldar Major Naseebullah who remained safe in the incident. He was travelling in…
1. PROLOGUE 1.1 Nature of Coronavirus-19 Generally speaking the virus is a non-cellular microorganism. It contains genetic substance (DNA or RNA). A virus particle is surrounded by protein coating. Coronavirus is a family of viruses. It is crown like in shape and varies in characteristics from region to region. It is one of the fastest proliferating viruses….
Leaving aside all the conspiracy theories on the virus that have been deleted from my WhatsApp, the lockdown of Italy and the rest of the European countries was inevitable and necessary when by mid-March the number of infected persons listed in Italy jumped from a few hundred to thousands within days and have continued to…
The US peace deal with the Taliban contains many elements that do not conform to patterns of successful peacemaking. Approach of negotiating withdrawal followed by an initiation of peace process does not have many precedence in the contemporary statecraft. However, this unusual method may not necessarily fail. Taliban-led violent events are still taking place in…
On 29 February 2020, the United States and the Taliban signed an agreement in Doha, Qatar, it is wrongly called a peace agreement. It is not a peace agreement but outlining a set of rules that highlight gradual U.S withdrawal and simultaneous Taliban political ascendency in Afghanistan. Both sides reached at the crossroad in 2020 after a…
The relations between states always witnessed various changes based on major events that compelled the leaders of the nations to redefine their positions in the political landscape of the world. The outbreak of wars, the signing of treaties, creating alliances, and the outbreak of epidemic diseases proved to be the turning points of world history….
