A plea bargain lifeline for Nawaz SharifBy: Saad Masood on April 15, 2019Bahria Town has finally reached a settlement allowed by the Supreme Court of Pakistan with regard to public land use. There are whispers meanwhile in the power corridors that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif can go abroad once he has reached an appropriate bargain with the National Accountability Bureau.Two questions arise here. One, why is a plea bargain such a bad thing if the NAB … [Read more...] about A plea bargain lifeline for Nawaz Sharif
Climate change and the 2020 presidential raceBy: Dr Shaukat Ali Mazari on April 14, 2019Democrats and Republicans are going head to head on climate change science debates and policy making. Democrats believe that climate is a manmade global problem, whereas Republicans tend to take an opposing view. The President of United States, Donald Trump is known for giving controversial and sometimes conspiratorial statements on climate change and global warming. Trump stated "The concept of … [Read more...] about Climate change and the 2020 presidential race
Thailand — government and politicsBy: Iftikhar Ahmad on April 14, 2019Thailand is a kingdom in which the form of government is constitutional monarchy. The sovereign powers belonging to the people, whereas the King is the supreme head of state, exercising the sovereign powers through the National Assembly, the Cabinet and the Courts. Basically, the form of Thai government is similar to that of the British and Scandinavian constitutional monarchies, which rule … [Read more...] about Thailand — government and politics
A greater message that followed the Christchurch shootingBy: Haya Fatima Sehgal on April 14, 2019On the 15th of March 2019 a 38 year old woman stepped onto a podium to speak and address not only her own country but the world. As the planet turned to watch the news about the aftermath of a brutal attack on the Muslim community at Christchurch mosque by a white male terrorist, it was taken aback by the message she carried. The woman was none other than Jacinda Ardern, the Prime Minister of New … [Read more...] about A greater message that followed the Christchurch shooting
NaurozBy: Akbar Ahmed on April 14, 2019other joys will comeother springs to followother mouths will sing their songsother eyes form their tearslook for me with my friendslook again and look in vainlook for my shape and formlook again and look in vainslowly spring will tip-toe into fail to find meperhapsfail to place my new formto pass on as a forgotten friendto other peopleand … [Read more...] about Nauroz
Going beyond the photographs of stunted brain cellsBy: A Masood Abbasi on April 13, 2019The first speech of Prime Minister Imran Khan took many unexpected turns, and one of them was when he showed the photographs of stunted brain cells. Since then stunting has become a buzz word, and a lot of people are quoting the rate of stunting in the country to shame a political opponent. Many people have criticized the current federal government for not preventing stunting so far. However, most … [Read more...] about Going beyond the photographs of stunted brain cells
Article 35A conundrumBy: Masud Ahmed Khan on April 13, 2019During the time of Raja Gulab Singh, the official language of the court was Persian. Jammu region had accepted the impact of Urdu quickly. With the passage of time Urdu became a literary language than Persian. An influx of urdu speakers mostly Punjabi Muslim from across subcontinent came to Kashmir and took up different jobs/appointments at the court. This step of Maharaja created bitterness among … [Read more...] about Article 35A conundrum
Thar coal power plant-II inaugurated: Shaheed Benazir Bhutto’s vision for energyBy: Dr Abdul Razak Shaikh on April 13, 2019The Thar Desert contains one of the largest untapped coal deposits in the world.The size of lignite coal reserves in the Thar Desert was estimated at 175 billion tons in 1992 and is spread across 9,100 sq k. The Thar Coal Power Project started electricity production in the month of March 2019 with 330MW of power provided to the national grid and second 330 MW connected on 10th April 2019. The … [Read more...] about Thar coal power plant-II inaugurated: Shaheed Benazir Bhutto’s vision for energy
The white genocideBy: Muhammad Abdul Qadeer on April 12, 2019A 28-year-old Australian whose assault rifles bore anti-Muslim and White-supremacist slogans killed 50 Muslim worshippers last month at two mosques in New Zealand where they had gathered for Friday prayers. What made this atrocity more devastating was the fact that the shooter filmed the attack using a head-mounted camera, live streaming the assault to Facebook.This was one of the most lethal … [Read more...] about The white genocide
Julian Assange: a decade of stunning leaks of US secretsBy: Paul Handley on April 12, 2019The US government has regarded WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as a dangerous national security threat ever since he and his organization opened a decade-long effort to expose US secrets -- from military files to embarrassing Democratic Party emails during the 2016 election.But Assange's indictment on narrow charges of hacking conspiracy Thursday seems to concede that his activities, as … [Read more...] about Julian Assange: a decade of stunning leaks of US secrets
