COP-26 UK: Questions need answers By: Shakeel Ahmad Ramay on January 25, 2021COP-26 is going to be organized sense of hope and maturity. The hope is derived from the positive developments during the last few months. The worst opponents of climate change are vacating the power houses. World is coming out of COVID-19 with the realization that we can manage our lifestyle to check the rampant GHG […]
Senate standing committee on foreign affairs and human rights violation by India By: Dr Syed Nazir Gilani on January 25, 2021There is an ongoing debate on the manner of responsibilities of the Government of Azad Kashmir and on the manner of responsibilities of the Government of Pakistan in regard to the preparations at home and advocacy abroad leading to the UN supervised Plebiscite in the State of Jammu and Kashmir. Under the Karachi Agreement of […]
The changeover in the US By: Dr Zia Ul Haque Shamsi on January 25, 2021Every four years on 20th January, winner of the Presidential elections held in November of the previous year, is sworn in as the US President. He could be a new face or the sitting President who can return to White House for a maximum of one more term. This year’s 20th January and the events […]
Isn’t it time of introspection? By: M Alam Brohi on January 25, 2021The country is facing religious extremism, disinformation systematically disseminated by adversarial powers, escalating tension on eastern border, mounting foreign and security policy challenges,economic morbidity, and political instability. Aggravating these challengesis the agitational politics being carried on by the hotchpotch coalition of the opposition euphemistically called Pakistan Democratic Movement spearheaded by a Moulana who calls it […]
Biden inherits USA at war with itself By: Hafeez Khan on January 25, 2021Divisions within America have never been so intense since the American Civil War that nearly dividedthe North and South. The roots of this divide date back to the Emancipation Proclamation ending slavery by President Lincoln on January 1st, 1863as Civil War raged. It freed thousands of slaves each day in Confederate territory as Union troops […]
Donald Trump: The Unceremonious Exit By: Asad Tahir Jappa on January 24, 2021Only four years ago, Donald Trump rose like a phoenix and was sworn in as 45th President of America and the first ever without holding a public office before. Like Julius Caesar of William Shakespeare, he came, he saw and he conquered. He was unique, weird and brazenly bold in so many ways which majority […]
FBR: Unconstitutional “legislator” By: Dr Ikramul Haq on January 24, 2021In the last week’s column, it was promised that till February 15, 2021, deadline set by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), for seekingproposals from all stakeholders, some concrete measures will be suggested rather than “meaningless amendments in tax codes, imposing moreobligations on citizens as withholding tax agents,with no policy shift and administrative reforms”. Today’s […]
Deception in the name of governance By: Hina Butt on January 24, 2021It’ a bit rich of the selected prime minister to call for an open hearing of the foreign funding case after bending over backwards for more than six years to first have it not heard at all and then delay it for as long as possible. Perhaps, in the interest of transparency, he can start […]
Impact of the covid 19 pandemic on gender equality By: Nuzhat Ahmad on January 24, 2021The Covid-19 pandemicand the resultant economic fallout have affected gender equality in a negative way all over the world. A recent UN study reportsthat there is a strong adverse impact of the pandemic on the livelihoods of women, and it is feared that this disproportionate impact may “further compound pre-existing gender inequalities” in developing countries, […]
The world congratulates America inauguration ceremony of President Joe Biden By: Haya Fatima Sehgal on January 24, 2021President Joe Biden’sinauguration was pretty much awaited by the whole world. Not a single house, aware of International affairs, across our nation went without viewing theceremony. There was also no doubt to whether the rest of the world was watching or not. This time was a very different one than the rest, and millions around […]