Suicide Bombings Police on May 30 shot dead an alleged suicide bomber when he attempted to gain entry into Nasirul Aza Imambargah (Shia place of worship) in the Mecongi road area of Quetta, reports Dawn. According to Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Abdul Razzaq Cheema, a Policeman was also injured when the bomber, reportedly…
The Republic of Uzbekistan has been initiating various diversified but integrated reforms in the country since 2016. H.E. Shavkat Mirziyoyev President of Uzbekistan introduced many result oriented reforms in every sector of macro-economy, exports, investments, foreign trade, currency management and tourism which has now stabilized its current status of one of the leading economies in…
Former President of Egypt Muhammad Morsi collapsed on June 17 just after having addressed the court. Speaking from the glass cage he was kept in during court sessions, he had warned that he had “many secrets” he could reveal, a judicial official said. In earlier court sessions he used to give angry speeches until judges…
The maritime scene in the Indian Ocean remains in a state of flux due to occasional tensions among the regional states. Conspicuous naval activity is indicative of the Ocean’s primacy among the other oceans of the world. “Strategic maneuvering” of the great powers, as claimed by the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies in its report…
Context As the alliances associated with the global balance of power remain in the heightened state of flux, the organizations through which these tectonic shifts are being manifested, such as United Nations, BRICS, NATO and SCO are critical to observe. An inquiry that goes along with this examination is to understand the purposes of these…
The First World War was a global conflict with millions of soldiers fighting in theatres all over the globe. All belligerents captured hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war (POWs). British, Prussian, Czarist, Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires mobilized native citizens as well imperial subjects for war. The Ottoman Empire was influenced by Prussian military system…
The grand old man was 89 when he lost the struggle against his cancer. The news about the demise of Ross Perot Sr. in Dallas came as a shock one is never ready and prepared for losing someone. His son Ross Perot Jr is one of my best friends. Born in modest circumstances in Texas…
Introduction This is the third article in the series of “Understanding Islam” through the book “Ta’rif-e-Aam bi-Din il-Islam”, [General introduction to Islam] written by renowned Syrian scholar Shaikh Ali Tantawi. He was among the few scholars who were educated in both secular and religious education. This is a simple book for everyone, Muslim or no-Muslims, written…
Immediately after the Pulwama suicide attack on 14 February 2019, in which a young Kashmiri lad blew himself up killing 40 Indian para-military troops, a cacophony of accusations were hurled against Pakistan. In a purported phone call, the caller claiming to be a representative of the Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) an internationally proscribed terrorist organisation was said…
The US-Iran diplomatic estrangement cannot be divorced from their hostile history which is full of various antagonistic standings and inflexible behaviour. The leaders of both countries remained reluctant in bringing flexibility in their diplomatic stubbornness. In the absence of diplomatically cooperative and politically friendly ties, officials of both states showed determination to support the hostile…
