It sounds paranoid to expect miracles in this age of 5G. At a time when the global economy is nosedived and even developed countries are in a fix, owing to a relentless pandemic, Pakistan has swung a surprise out of the blue. Its economy is talking. It is in a takeoff mode and to the…
I don’t remember from recent and past memory that any Pakistani leader has such a clear and decisive answer to any foreign based media outlet when asked about Pakistan’s cooperation post-US and NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan. The interview clip got viral catching attention throughout from the world media and the world leaders. This was a…
The designs of great power politics have started revolving around Washington-Beijing strategic competition where American state officials have translated the Chinese economic rise as a potential threat to Washington’s global standing. The American perception of perceiving China as a potential threat is inherited in Washington’s global geostrategic interests, which instructs all US state authorities to…
Introduction The Riba issue can be been resolved on the basis of guidance from the Quran,[1] the final criterion to judge right and wrong[2] which has clarification of everything[3] guidance and mercy and glad tidings for Muslims. The Quran[4] is the Only, Last, Complete, Protected Divine Book of Guidance, without any doubt[5], all other books[6]…
Pakistan is an example in dichotomy! And the social sphere is not beyond the same reproach, we treat others as we ourselves don’t want to be treated. This is true for all strata of society from immediate family to clans to national leaders. Two recent examples push this notion firmly into the spotlight. The rationale…
1. BACKGROUND 1.1 World Environment Day (WED) is held every year on 05 June under the auspicious of United Nation Environment Program (UNEP) at global level. The aim of WED is to promote mass awareness for environmental protection and prevent stress and strain on the environment. One theme is assigned for each year, for 2021 it…
Bombs Blasts/IEDs Militants targeted an FC vehicle with an improvised explosive device (IED) at Turbat town (Turbat District), leaving two FC soldiers injured on May 31, reports Dawn. An Army soldier, Waqas Ahmed was killed on June 2, after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) exploded near a military check post in South Waziristan tribal district’s Kaniguram…
After the killing of more than 240 people in Gaza, and 12 in Israel mostly civilians the 11-day-long conflict between Israel and the Palestinians finally ended with a ceasefire on Friday, May 21, but fears of a fresh escalation continue to haunt the region. Like in the past, this latest bout of fighting basically proved…
My father was posted from GHQ to East Pakistan Rifles (EPR) in early 1962 as Sector Commander EPR Sylhet Sector. This Sector comprised the Districts of Sylhet, Comilla, Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts with HQs at Sylhet. I was then 16, studying in Murari Chand (MC) College Sylhet when my father went to command the…
Around February, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) gave the green light to the use of Sinopharm as an emergency vaccine manufactured by Chinese Pharmaceutical companies. Even before this approval, the Chinese Government had initiated its supply and donations of Covid vaccines, masks and kits to so called “friendly” nations, but it is clear that…
