A weak economy, growing poverty, educational crises and many more has never stopped us from creating additional problems. The recurring one recently being when the month of Ramadan would start and accordingly when Eid would bring an end to that holy month of fasting. What if the moon is not sighted everywhere at the same…
“Spying is a like a game of chess. Sometimes you have to withdraw, sometimes you have to sacrifice one of your pieces to win preferably a knight rather than a king or queen”. John Rhys-Davies Pakistan army spokesperson announced on 30 May 2019 that two army officers and one civilian were tried by a Field…
Context As the direct peace talks between the US and Afghan Taliban move along the sixth round of talks took place in Doha. Meanwhile questions are being raised regarding the prospects of success. Any negotiations have to con sider the positions of various stakeholders. More importantly, first the stakeholders have to agree to talk and then…
SINCE the signing of Pakistan’s IMF deal, the opposition parties, along with some motivated media houses, have gone berserk about how miserable the economy of Pakistan is supposed to be and how the government has sold the country out to the IMF. Among those who gathered for Iftari in Islamabad the other day were those…
Asad Umar as Finance Minister (FM) was anathema to the Opposition. Led by the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) they ganged up to orchestrate a vociferous campaign calling for his ouster. Unrelenting in their attacks every single decision by Asad was criticized day in and day out. Since he was neither…
The license of Telenor Pakistan and Jazz are due to expire later this month on 25 May 2019. Three days ago, Jazz approached the Islamabad High Court asking for “clarity” on the terms of its licence renewal that it says should be done “in an equitable, fair and transparent way.” By saying this they mean…
Cybercrimes are on the rise in the world and Pakistan is not an exemption. Innovations of technologies and human lust for easy money have trigged its intensity. With the dawn of virtual reality in terms of social media and border less connectivity through computers, the science and arts of cybercrimes have become more complex and…
While charting out a constitutional plan for the Muslims of India, the All-India Muslim League. proposed in the Lahore Resolution of 23rd/ 24th March 1940 that geographically contiguous units, as in north-western and north-eastern India (which were confusingly also called regions, areas and zones in the same breath), should form independent states in which the…
With an empowered generation speeding towards digitally displayed news, it takes just seconds to get viral through the touch of a button. The word ‘viral’ became a global phenomenon more than a decade ago in a world which has seen the rise and fall of many enterprises. Digitally expressed news, as rumor goes (pun unintended),…
During the last days of Ramadan 2018 the Supreme Court (SC) stopped FBR and Telco’s to charge any taxes from end consumer w.e.f. 14 the Jun 2018. Their Chief Justice main Saqib Nisar had taken Suo moto notice on the structure of the Eves in telecom industry. The media called the decision ‘Eid before Eid’…
