Recently, we saw Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman emerge as a strong proponent for climate justice. The UN Climate Change Conference COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, saw her as a vocal advocate standing for Pakistan. Calling other countries to rethink their lifestyles, highlighting the vulnerable position of Pakistan and its inability in tolerating this dystopia,…
Pakistan now sits on a cusp of several security concerns. The political upheaval has caused a domino effect which has set into motion too many factors (and people) to control. If amongst this chaos, bad statements and angering old allies have not made the year any less exciting; in came the apocalyptic floods and the…
Georges Clemenceau, a notable French politician (1841-1929), was apt as he said, “War is too serious a matter to entrust to military men.” But in the case of the Russia-Ukraine war, it seems it is politicians at large who are failing in reading the bigger picture of peace and security, as the erstwhile bloc politics…
ContextFrom time to time there is a need to ascertain the status of global Balance of Power, is it in equilibrium or moving in the favor of one or the other power. While the global Balance of Power and the associated Spheres of Influence are not the only construct to assess power dynamics–they are the…
The elections of 2014 in India changed the fate of Indian politics by bringing the rule of a religiously fanatical political party into power and placing the entire Indian nation under the influence of Hindutva politics. The election results granted victory to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and made Narendra Modi the fourteenth prime minister…
Introduction Trade routes have determined the economic strength of a country or empire for centuries. In the distant past the main trade routes crossed Eurasia on land (Silk Route) – the share of sea trade was less. Starting with the 15th century, the trade shifted clearly in favor of trading through the oceans. Naval dominance…
Suicide BombingsA Policeman and a child were killed, while 24 others including 20 Policemen were injured in a suicide blast targeting a Police truck in Baleli area of Quetta, in the morning of November 30 (Today), reports Geo TV. According to Quetta Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIGP) Ghulam Azfar Mahesar, “the explosion took place…
Consider these eye-watering statistics: inflation galloping at double digits, steepest rise in interest rates for 33 years, a two-year recession to look forward to, unemployment nearly doubling by 2025, longest downturn since records began! This is not the outlook for a developing, third world nation. It is the economic forecast for one of the developed,…
In his poem “the Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, the classic English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge gave the message that has become a metaphor for killing the innocent and what follows once the sin is done. It became known as “killing the Albatross”. It is alluring that these metaphors of classic literature remain relevant even…
So tell the tale — perhaps they will reflect. [Koran 7:176] The Word IslamThe Arabic word ‘Islam’ means “to turn oneself over to, to resign oneself, to submit.” In religious terminology it means submission or surrender to God, or to God’s will. The Koran uses the term and its derivatives in about seventy verses[1] but…
