Within an hour or so of the suicide attack on an Indian paramilitary convoy in Pulwama on Feb 14 in Indian Held Kashmir (IHK) that killed 40 Indian soldiers (many of them Sikhs), near hysterical Indian news anchors and Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) hard-core cadres went berserk blaming Pakistan. Egged on by the jingoistic media…
To highlight the connecting of the global with the local and therewith Pakistani’s problems and solutions in the light of global developments, the Karachi Council on Foreign Relations (KCFR) held an event in Karachi on Feb 24, 2019 with the former Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar as the Chief Guest. This dialogue was facilitated in strategic…
One of the major companions and helpers of corruption an illness eating away the substance of the Pakistani state, its institutions and its people is perjury. The meaning of perjury is to lie in court under oath, the giving of false evidence is already a criminal offence in Pakistan punishable by law. According to the…
(First Article in this Series) Previous op-eds in this series made a strong recommendation to reboot Pakistan’s national security framework and for three underlying reasons. One, to align with the adage, strike when the iron is hot. Two, and more crucially, because this is fundamental to Pakistan’s continued existence. Three, any further public policies will…
BJP is following a systematic approach to push Indian Muslims against the wall. From symbolic to substantial, countless items are part of strategy too box. From beef ban to not fielding a single Muslim candidate in state elections of the Uttar Pradesh point towards the same objective to deprive Muslims of their legitimate political, economic…
Cylinder blast or gas leak injuries are common in the developing world where the majority of affected people are from the lower and middle-class population. In the developed world due to their good preventive measures and public awareness these incidences are very less. For the last few years we have seen a rise in these…
Saquib is the Managing Director for SAP in Pakistan. SAP is the market leader in enterprise application software. Since joining SAP in 2017, Saquib has significantly expanded SAP’s footprint in Pakistan, exceeding growth targets and hiring local talent to enable the digital transformation of customers in both the public and private sectors. Saquib Ahmad has…
Dear Readers, Surrounded by threats and challenges both internal and external, Pakistan’s security patterns of internal challenges include bad governance, corrupt and fragile institutions, political instability, weak economy, etc. A principle challenge is militancy and extremism that has taken thousands of innocent lives. We live in a hostile neighbourhood where Pakistan’s relations with India, Afghanistan and…
Bomb/IED attacks Two soldiers of Army bomb disposal squad (BDS) were killed and three others sustained injuries in a landmine blast in the Jarobi Darra area in Baizai tehsil (revenue unit) of Mohmand District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 28, reports The News. The sources said the BSD personnel were conducting a search when their…
Introduction The very popular favourite claim of orientalists and islamophobes is to accuse Muslims for conversion by force using the expansion of Islamic empires and vast military conquests in support of this claim. Cherry picking technique is employed to quote verses from scripture, which is deceptive and misleading. The world at that time was much…
