Dear Readers, A good man who was far ahead of his time, my father, Abdul Majeed Sehgal was certainly destined for far better things than what he apparently achieved during his lifetime. Since he died a contented person, he must have done better than we thought he did or perhaps his ambitions were limited, aspiring…
The purpose of this trilogy of articles was to find out why antisemitism is a misnomer and anti-Zionism would be the right substitute for it. It is because the demand for a country called Israel in the place Palestine where Arabs have been living for centuries is part of the Jewish mythology that has been…
It is not or not only the hatred of Jews that is causing the intractability of the conflict in the Middle East. It is the existence of the state of Israel, the character of the state and the history of its creation. As most people may know Israel is a modern creation. The early history…
If anyone wants to call anyone names be precise, at least one expects this from those considered educated! During an interview dealing concerning the recent Israeli attack on Gaza Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told CNN anchor Bianna Golodryga that Israel is losing “the media war, despite their connections.” The anchor then asked the Pakistani…
Dozens of bombs and constant shelling by self-propelled guns targetting the densely populated coastal areas of Gaza was the response to the Palestinian organization Hamas firing dozens of rockets at Israel. This in itself was a reaction to the extreme right wing Jew extremists entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque given cover by Israel police, later they…
Dear Readers, It seems we are just not ready to learn any lessons from past mistakes, we continue repeating them again and again and keep hoping for different results but each time we get the same result and life goes on. Demanding the expulsion of the French Ambassador to Pakistan against publication of blasphemous images…
The third wave of corona has Pakistan in its firm grip. While in Europe and in the rest of the world including neighbouring India it has been rolling for quite some time, Pakistan had so far been doing quite well. Now the number of infections is rising, it seems it cannot be stopped with just…
The largest country in South Asia; India today reaching from the Himalayas in the north to Kanya Kumari in the South, is globally the second most populous country after China and the seventh largest country by land area. Both Bangladesh and Pakistan differ from India despite having a common history, culture and languages. To a…
The new US Administration’s starting position bodes ill for the US-Taliban “Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan,” concluded in Qatar’s capital Doha about a year ago while not many are surprised that it has not ended the four decades plus long war so far it is becoming increasingly questionable that it ever will. The major…
Despite all new technologies and so-called ‘progress’ the “third industrial revolution” capitalism claims it has provided, it has failed in more than one crucial field of life (the destruction of natural resources, climate change, etc.) mainly having failed to eradicate or even check poverty. Despite all lip service and social programs, poverty is rising everywhere…
