Is marriage a celebration or a burden?By: Mawra Raja on January 23, 2020The meaning of marriage has become contested over the past few years in the academic scholarship of Pakistan. Some argue it to be a union between heterosexual adults for the procreation of children. Others contend it is a contract between consenting adults. And more recently it has been said to be a contract between two […]
When interests overshadow rightsBy: Sadia Sušic on January 23, 2020Various reports that emerged pertaining to China’s policy in Xinjiang were plainly dismissed and downplayed as “Western Propaganda”. However, the Xinjiang papers, which is a trove of more than 400 pages of recently leaked internal Chinese government documents, serves as a compelling proof that previous reports detailing Chinese crackdown against Uighurs bears truth, and goes […]
Towards reinventing peaceBy: Syed Zubair Ahmed on January 23, 2020The world is facing a formidable challenge of the international arms trade that needs to be drastically reduced. It can eliminate the weapons and forge arms-control regimes. The international weapons trade is believed to be morally wearisome and some argue that trade is essential in a dangerous world. The current picture depicts eruptive and disruptive […]
Corona virus surfaces in ChinaBy: Dr Abdul Razak Shaikh on January 22, 2020International airports are stepping up screening for passengers exhibiting symptoms possibly connected with the previously unknown corona virus that has infected nearly 200 people in China and caused two deaths there. Three major US airports – San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and John F Kennedy International Airport in New York […]
A truce in US-China trade warBy: Sun Xi on January 22, 2020“Nobody wants a trade war“, and so the trade conflict between the world’s two largest economies, the United States of America and the People’s Republic of China, just reached a truce almost after two years. On 22 March 2018, US President Donald Trump directed the United States trade representative (USTR) to start investigating China’s ‘unfair’ […]
Caught between the rapist and the honour killerBy: Ali Arif on January 22, 2020In a bid to restore the honour of their tribe, two men in the Bhong area of Rahim Yar Khan murdered two sisters after they had been abducted and subjected to rape by some influential landlords. According to local police, the deceased sisters were first abducted and raped by a group of men and later […]
Let us trust our local communitiesBy: Iftikhar Ahmad on January 21, 2020Quick fixes may not be possible. We need to improve the ailing society and economy. We know political instability, hate politics, greed, selfishness and distasteful behaviours are the road blocks. We need to think how the dream of a prosperous Pakistan can be realised. How could we achieve soft image of Pakistan? How could conflicts […]
State promotion of war crimesBy: Shahzeb Khan on January 21, 2020Just after celebrating New Year 2020, the world was stunned at the first big news of the new decade — America killing Iran’s top general. The January 3 drone assassination of Qasem Suleimani in Iraq, on Trump’s orders, steeply escalated US-Iran tensions and brought the Middle East to the brink of war. Soon afterwards, another […]
Multinationals exporting pollution to developing worldBy: Anam Masood on January 21, 2020Multinational Corporations (MNCs) are one of the strongest and most important players that are going to decide the future order of our world. These companies have long enjoyed a favourable climate for international collaboration and business. Unfortunately, the world is facing incredibly serious natural resources depletion and environmental crises. The Regional Risk for Doing Business […]
On child abuseBy: Mohammad Zubair on January 21, 2020Child abuse in Pakistan is deep rooted and prevalent in all strata of society, emerging from everywhere with no distinction of rural and urban, madrassas and schools. Without going into numbers this horrible crime is on the increase in Pakistan as per reports compiled by different NGOs and reporting in print and electronic media. But […]