Context After numerous promising starts and hard stops, the Afghan peace process is once again making progress. The initiation of intra-Afghan peace process is now almost certain despite the hick-ups related to the release of last tranche of Taliban prisoners held by the Ashraf Ghani’s government. While many challenges have been overcome, several intricate obstacles…
A webinar was held on 20th august 2020 under the auspices of the Karachi council on foreign relations (KCFR). Ikram Sehgal, chairman KCFR chaired the Webinar. Moin Fudda, Senior Member KCFR moderated the webinar. The moderator welcomed all the participants and the chief Guest, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, advisor to the Prime Minister on finance…
“Do not mix truth with falsehood or hide the truth knowingly”(Quran;2:42) Introduction God created the universe and humanity is here to live in obedience to God with freewill. He has granted freedom of choice to the human through intellect, reason and guidance, resulting in individual responsibility and accountability.[1] God sent the messengers to each community…
INTRODUCTION General Proliferation of covid-19 since December 2019 has engulfed the whole world with unprecedented chaos hitherto unknown to humanity. The humankind has never witnessed such a crisis situation from the time of its creation on a dimensionless scale. Widespread psychological stress and strain among the peoples of the world with underlying unabated fear and…
(Combined effort of PATHFINDER GROUP Task Force) Bombs Blasts/IEDs At least 39 people were injured in a cracker bomb attack on a rally of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town of Karachi on August 5, reports Samaa TV. The Kashmir rally was on its way near the Baitul Mukarram mosque when an unidentified person threw a…
The son of Waleed, one of the most respected of Quraish clan elders in the time of our Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), Khalid showed early prowess as a more than ordinary soldier, being physically very strong, aggressive in nature and extremely courageous. at the Battle of Uhud, the first of his two battles against the Muslims,…
Imagine this: two alpha students fighting in the playground, the whole school is distracted, teachers are running around to separate the two, it is a difficult and challenging time for everyone. In the geo-political arena, this is similar to how trade wars work! What is a trade war? A trade war happens when one country…
Mr Liaquat H Merchant is a very prominent barrister currently residing in Karachi, Pakistan. He is the Managing Trustee of the Jinnah foundation as well as being the President of The Jinnah Society. Moreover, he is the grand-nephew of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founding father of Pakistan. A family tree shows Mr Merchant as being…
The genesis of the 1965 War lay in the Indian effort to take over Kashmir soon after independence by inducing the Maharaja of Kashmir to accede to India rather than to Pakistan contrary to the spirit of the independence agreement. This perfidy was seemingly planned by the British Viceroy of India Lord Louis Mountbatten (and…
On 13th August, 2020 UAE and Israel signed an US-brokered agreement that has come to be known as the ‘Abraham Accord’, implying that the three parties represented the three Abrahamian religions Islam, Judaism and Christianity. The announcement released following a joint call between President Trump, the Emirati crown prince and the Israeli prime minister describes the…
