Bomb/IED BlastsA tribal elder was killed and five others, including a Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader, were injured on November 8 after their vehicle was targeted with a remote-control bomb near Chamrok Chowk in Khuzdar town (Khuzdar District) of Balochistan, reports Dawn. Police said the bomb exploded when PPP leader Abdul Latif Shahwani was travelling…
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…
Nizam-e-Maikada Bigra Hua Hai Is Kadar Saqi; Usi Ko Jaam Milta Hai Jise Peena Nahi Aata (Anand Narayan Mulla) [The configuration is so disfigured that only those who do not possesses a remedy are accessed with it) Ten cents for the poet, as it navigates the truth in case of Pakistan-Afghanistan relations all these decades….
Law cannot function in vacuum; operating for society it is influenced by its mores and attitudes. As an instrument of social change, the law thus never can be static, it has to change constantly alongwith the changes in the society. Since judges interpret and redefine the laws through their judicial decisions, the Judiciary plays a…
“Let China sleep; when she wakes, she will shake the world”. Napoleon 1817 In the last two decades, United States and China have emerged as competitors for political and economic influence especially in the Indo-Pacific region. This has invariably influenced the military posture of both countries to secure economic gains. Most strategists are of the…
Muzaffar Warsi, a Pakistani poet, lyricist and a scholar of repute, wrote: “AAB TOU BANDE BHI KHUDA BANDOON KI TAQDEER LIKHAIN; DEY WOH TAQAT MUJHE INN SABB KA LIKHA MEIN KATOON. PAWOON HOTE HUYE, KAB TAK CHALOON BESAKHIYOON PAR; KAB TALAK DOOSRON KA BOYA HUA MEIN KATOON.” (Now even humans are deciding the fate of…
Bomb/IED BlastsOn September 30, at least two people were killed and dozens injured in an explosion in a sweet shop the main market of Kohlu district, reports Express Tribune. Later, Baloch Liberation Army (BLA)’s spokesperson Azad Baloch, through social media, claimed responsibility for the incident which said it targeted a ‘secret agency hideout’ killing two…
Context Alarmingly, US witnessed four 1-in-1-thousand years rain events over the summer. One of these events was in late July in Saint Louis when 9.04 inches of rain fell during a 15-hour storm. Around the same time, 14 to 15 inches of rain came down in Kentucky over a 5-day period. In early August, Southern…
The arrival of Narendra Modi in Indian politics as the 14th prime minister of India inaugurated a new debate in international academic circles. It dragged the attention of global intellectual communities toward Indian domestic politics, where an overwhelming wave of violence has jeopardized the status of non-Hindu communities in India. All across Indian society, the…
Dada One of the oldest commercial entities of the Memons is the Dada Commercial House. Long before the formation of Pakistan, the ancestors of present day proprietors established a group of trade and industrial enterprises in India, Burma, South Africa and countries of Near East. When Pakistan came into being in 1947 Dadas were among…
