Gloria Steinem an American journalist and socio-political activist says “law and justice are not always the same. When they aren’t, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it”. Witness any court case and this will become obvious the losing party almost always cries injustice! Scores of lawyers and their clients can be…
A Webinar was held on 2nd June, 2021 on “Portugal Pakistan Relations and Future Aspirations” under the auspices of Karachi Council on Foreign Relations (KCFR). Chairman KCFR Ikram Sehgal hosted the session. The Plenary speaker was HE Paolo Neves Pocinho, Ambassador of Portugal. Commodore (Retd) Sadeed Anwar Malik, Secretary General and CEO KCFR opened proceedings….
1. Significance of QIBLA 1.1 QIBLA is the direction towards which The Muslims pray to Almighty Allah (SWT). It is noteworthy that the mosque was the first building established on the Planet Earth by The Holy Prophet Adam (May Allah peace be upon him). It was rebuilt by The Holy Prophet Ibrahim (May Allah peace be upon…
(Combined effort of PATHFINDER GROUP Task Force) Bombs Blasts/IEDs A policeman was killed and eight other people, including three Policemen, were injured in a motorcycle bomb blast in the main market of the Qila Abdullah town (Qila Abdullah District) on April 28, reports Dawn. According to the Police, the bomb strapped to the motorcycle parked…
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…
Dear Readers, The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the world in ways not seen since the 1918-1920 Spanish Flu. Unfortunately, disinformation campaigns targeting health crisis communication during this pandemic seek to cripple the medical response to the novel coronavirus and instrumentalize the pandemic for political purposes. Vaccination from COVID-19 remains one of the key targets of…
CONTEXT Like most other countries around the world Pakistan was in a wait and see mode on how its relationship with the United States would be impacted with the arrival of the Biden administration. Pakistan’s omission from the initial list of invitees for the first international summit on climate change, being hosted by President Biden…
