From a very young age, we grasp the concept of seasons – spring, summer, autumn, and winter – along with basic weather phenomena like rain, clouds, storms, and earthquakes. It is with time we learn the deeper complexities of weather and its environmental impacts. We learn about how the months transition into seasons and how…
Pakistan is grappling with the devastating consequences of climate change, from unprecedented smog levels in Lahore to catastrophic floods that displace millions. While smog, with its record-breaking Air Quality Index (AQI) of 1,600 in Lahore has sparked a public health crisis, the gendered impacts of climate change become starkly apparent in flood-hit regions. Women bear…
Pakistan is going through a wave of terrorism waged by militant groups such as the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) cross border terrorism, Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) as well as sectarian clashes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. These attacks have intensified and it appears that enemy proxies are utilizing maximum resources to achieve their aims….
COP 29, the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is currently taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan from November 11th to December 20th, 2024. These meetings are crucial as they bring together world leaders, policy makers, and civil society from all across the world to discuss global climate action. The…
In a congenial environment members of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) gathered during its 35th annual summit in Lima, Peru from November 15 to 16, 2024, including the US and China, the first major global summit since U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory. The communique issued after the meeting was quite invigorating for the world…
Recent events have put the nature of foreign policy in the spotlight once again. There has been a glut of noise – especially from the esteemed social media brigade – against foreign policy options that lack emotions, empathy and morality! Generally social media opinions are nonsensical at best but this one is worthy of discourse….
AngelsAs already discussed in a previous article that there are many kinds of angels—some who perform simple functions, and others who perform more complex functions. They need at least two wings, corresponding to their knowledge and their activity. But their activity may be subdivided into many different types. Notice that the verse says, “God increases…
The 23rd Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of Government Summit was held in Islamabad from 15 to 16 October 2024 with the theme “Strengthening Multilateral Dialogue; Striving towards a Sustainable Peace and Prosperity”. Key agenda points included regional security, counterterrorism and improving security, fostering connectivity networks, trade, investment, economic opportunities and climate change…
In Jan 2005, almost 20 years ago, my first book “Pakistan’s Defence and Nuclear Doctrine” was published, launched by Mohammad Ijaz ul Haq (then Federal Minister for Religious Affairs) and Major General (Retd) Rahat Latif. The compilation during that period was the need of the times in order to boost our morale since the US…
Afghanistan has been a war zone since the time of its inception. It is called the “Graveyard of Empires” given the fact that several foreign powers have been unable to achieve military victory in the modern period. Contemporarily, Afghanistan is under Taliban rule after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. Taliban are known to have suppressed…
