Sweden’s ‘humanistic pragmatism’ on held KashmirBy: Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi on December 10, 2019King Carl Gustaf of Sweden, during his current visit to India said that his country had been observing the situation in Jammu & Kashmir for years, and indicated that the mandate– of the United Nations Military Observers Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) –was too constrained for Stockholm to take a closer look at the […]
Kashmir’s forced marriage to IndiaBy: Maryam Mastoor on December 10, 2019India is a home to multicultural population of more than 1 billion. In the previous years, Indian constitution’s democratic and secular statusappeared as a founding stone of Indian polity. However, since 2014, under the leadership of second-time prime minister of India, Mr. Narendra Modi, the constitution of India that ensured the freedom of minorities and […]
The Israel lobby and the Middle EastBy: Mobeen Jafar Mir on December 10, 2019“Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war,” warned John Adams, one of the founding fathers and subsequently, the second president of the United States (US). Long gone are the days when the American Revolution was correlated with a beacon of hope for the wretched nations all around the world.There could be myriads of reasons […]
The Afghan messBy: Harlan Ullman on December 10, 2019The Washington Post just published a story about a secret and highly critical government report on the seemingly endless war in Afghanistan. The report shows that both the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations were both lied to and lied about the intervention that began eighteen years ago. As the French might say, this […]
On the horns of FATFBy: Sabbahuddin on December 9, 2019In simplest expression, Pakistan is struggling hard to avoid being placed on the FATF (Financial Action Task Force) black list. Having unable to satisfy the FATF previously, Islamabad has now submitted a report comprising explanation to nearly two dozen questions posed byFATF earlier. As learnt that the report prepared by Pakistan explains punitive actions against […]
Still the vulnerableBy: Shaguftta Gul on December 9, 2019A very important news was highlighted on social media the initiation of Digital Pakistan with the arrival of Tania Aidrus, who quitted lucrative Google job to make Digital Pakistan a reality let’s hope for the best, meanwhile some news channels aired the news of Post mortem of the twelve year girl who girl was declared […]
Health workforce shortage crisisBy: Dr Maria Ahmed Qureshi on December 9, 2019Despite a respectable social image health professionals enjoy, Pakistan is in the middle of an acute health workforce shortage which is growing and will reach to 700,000 by the year 2030 – this includes a colossal deficit of 58,000 physicians including specialists. How to overcome this shortage crisis would be a massive task for the […]
Pakistan goes digitalBy: Muhammad Omar Iftikhar on December 9, 2019The capability of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf to make promises and falling short has been witnessed several times. The Digital Pakistan initiative by the PTI must not take a U-turn. Perhaps to ensure that they stand true to their words, the government – upon the request of the Prime Minister – decided to bring in an […]
OIC — the silence of our friendsBy: Maheen Ahmad on December 9, 2019Eight years ago, the OIC formally changed its name from the Organization of Islamic Conference to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.This was not meant to bejust a semantic shiftbut instead,reflective of the desire of the Muslim Ummah, to cooperate more proactively in better representing the 1.8 billion Muslims around the world. It could be argued […]
Shireen Mazari and human rightsBy: Yasser Latif Hamdani on December 9, 2019No one gave Shireen Mazari the memo that she is neither the Foreign Minister nor the Defence Minister of Pakistan. She holds the portfolio of Human Rights Minister. The Human Rights in that Ministry pertain to the human rights of the hapless citizens of Pakistan and has no nexus with whatever else is happening elsewhere. […]