Dr. Huma Baqai, Rector MITE & Moderator: Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim. Good afternoon, Assalam-o-Alaikum and it is absolutely heartening to see a houseful on a Sunday afternoon, which is probably indicative of your commitment to this very critical, important initiative. When I walked into the hotel this morning, there was this lady standing there, and I asked her…
In the eighteenth century, Jews were a tiny minority in India when the Honorable East India Company (HEIC) was expanding its land acquisition in that country. There were three groups of Jews in India. Cochin Jews of Malabar (now Kerala); a mix of an ancient group and later arrivals from Spain after Christian reconquest in…
The Taliban 2.0 regime has stayed put in power for more than a year. As they marked their one-year rule on August 15, 2022, it was a muted affair. The mood in the capital, Kabul, was dull and there was hardly anything to cheer for the militia leaders, who are longing for recognition to this…
Context As great power competition has gradually picked pace, it was assumed that the Campaign Against Extremism has subsided. In fact, US has admitted that this campaign has distracted it from preparing and dealing with global adversaries such as China and Russia. However, recent events have demonstrated that the character of the campaign has changed…
Commodore Sadeed Malik: Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim. I am Commodore Retired Sadeed Malik. I am the Chief Executive Officer of Karachi Council on Foreign Relations. It’s an honor and a great pleasure, Excellency, to welcome you. As desired by you that it should be just an informal meeting, so we only have the members of the Board Of Governors….
Contemporary Indian politics under the government of Narendra Damodardas Modi has added a new chapter in the history of Indian politics, which has witnessed the prevalence of various ideologically fanatical political trends under different political regimes of New Delhi. The changing faces of governments remained effective in suppressing the rights of the non-Hindu segments of…
Bomb/IED Blasts A Police constable was killed while five others, including three Policemen, were injured in a blast at a checkpost near Chamtar area of Mardan District on July 7, reports Dawn. District Police Officer (DPO) Irfanullah Khan said that the explosion took place at approximately 10:45am. The DPO said unknown “terrorists” planted a device beneath…
Introduction It was established in Part-1, (previous issue of DJ) that the age of Hazrat Ayesha (RA) has been misreported due to historical, reporting error and poor memory of the narrator. Quoting unreliable/doubtful/abrogated Hadiths is blasphemy, derogatory, and taken offensive by Muslims. It is time now that the Muslim scholars publicly announce abrogation of this…
According to CGAP, it is estimated that around 1.2 billion adults worldwide were able to gain access to formal financial accounts for the first time between 2011 and 2017, which represents a 35% growth over a six-year period. This tremendous feat was achieved due to the efforts of players other than banks such as mobile…
Introduction Without addressing “financial inclusion” on a war footing it will be impossible to close the gap between the haves and have-nots with respect to benefitting from the banking system. Their lives must be brought into the financial comfort zone by access to services, products and commodities presently available only to limited number of citizens…
