This last week of August 2020 in Karachi was extremely hellish with Karachi receiving more rain this year than ever recorded in its history. At first the usual places flooded (as it does each year) and of course came with people playing the usual political blame game. But as the thunderstorms hit continuously almost everybody…
As the neighbor’s help threw a bucket of garbage water out of the window, it added to the misery amidst the chaos of living in a community that happens sometimes. The admin, when requested, simply looked away and ignored my request to stop it. Not a single person dared to do anything about it as…
The PR business is the most happening and lucrative business these days, especially in the age of social media, a wondrous world made up of brands, influencers, bloggers and all things seemingly happy and shiny. However, a dark side emerges as always as competitive streaks run a bit amuck in the game. Something once held…
Context With the normalization of ties between UAE, Bahrain and Israel, the so-called ‘Outside-In Approach’ to the Middle East Peace Process is now in full swing. Most GCC and Arab nations are on the way to normalizing their ties with Israel. This was predicted as the regional situation dramatically shifted during the war against extremism,…
“A real friend is one who takes the hand of his friend in times of distress and helplessness”. Afghan proverb In September 2020, Afghan government and Taliban representatives met for the first time publicly in Qatar to start intra-Afghan dialogue. There were a lot of hurdles between the first step of signing of the agreement…
“And verily We have raised in every nation a messenger, (proclaiming): Serve Allah and shun false gods. After that, Allah guided some of them while deviation proved true against the others….”(Qur’an;16:36) Introduction: The root of affirmation of ‘Islamic Faith’ is based on the conviction upon unity of God (Allah) (Tawheed). The six ‘Articles of Faith’…
The term surveillance capitalism explains the notion of an updated economic system in the digital world where various data modification techniques attract the corporate sector from different corners of the world. The leading corporate sectors of different states start using various individuals’ data belonging to a specific country or specific community for profit-making purpose. Under…
President Donald Trump is desperate for inking an early agreement with the Afghan Taliban, on the edge are his Nobel Peace Prize and second Presidential term. Taliban are in no hurry, in their calculus, a decade or two here and there do not matter. The stakes of Afghanistan’s peace talks are extremely high. Failure, said…
Pakistan has been plagued with child abuse, rape and sexual assault cases for years and yet nothing much of substance has been done to curtail this social degeneration! The recent episode being the rape of a woman driving late at night with her three children from Lahore to Gujranwala. Her car ran out of fuel…
PROLOGUE Climate change has become a global phenomenon. The United Nations (UN) has constituted Inter Governmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC) and 155 countries have signed the Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC). Climate change is mainly manifested by global warming, an issue about which the UN is extremely conscious about and is actively engaged…
