Floods – Washing Away the Future of Pakistani Children By: Khalil Ahmed Dogar on September 14, 2022Children are the biggest victims of any natural calamity whether it is earthquake, viral outbreak or flood. Recent generations of Pakistani children have experienced all these disasters, which caused loss of education, issues in access to healthcare services, loss of shelter or shortage of food supply due to their parents losing their jobs. Unfortunately, the […]
Defying the gravity? By: Reema Shaukat on September 5, 2022Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan despite warnings from various corners has catalysed the situation in Asia Pacific and with it has boosted the purpose of Quad and AUKUS. Although, the US administration also cautioned the Speaker to refrain from this visit yet they have been observed justifying it somehow. It appears that the visit […]
Gender disparity in medical profession By: Syed M Hamza on August 31, 2022There is a consensus amongst our people that educating women would lead to increase in women workforce, notwithstanding the patriarchal ethos of society. However, the facts suggest otherwise even if we look at the healthcare profession which is highly coveted in Pakistan. According to research, 70 % of the medical students are girls but out […]
Afghanistan and the Great Game 3.0 By: Haleema Khalid on August 30, 2022Afghanistan has always been at the epicenter of the ‘Great Game’. The Afghan humanitarian tragedy in consequence to forty-years’ war has been widely documented. Even then, after the globally acknowledged sufferings of the Afghans – with the political and economic axis of the globe shifting eastward – Afghanistan being at the crossroads of Eurasia still […]
Economic gains of Kazakhstan in wake of shifting supply chains By: Muhammad Rafiq on August 14, 2022The Russia-Ukraine conflict has triggered some major shifts in the supply chains of West Europe, Eurasia, Central Asia, Caucasus and South Asia. This shuffle of supply chain has considerable impact on the global trade and commerce. Kazakhstan has its gifted landscape with an extensive network of rail, road, air and marine corridors and can transcend […]
Child marriages violate children’s rights By: Gulnaz Dilmurad on August 11, 2022As of now, plenty of legislations have been done to prevent child marriages and highlight the issue across Pakistan. The Child Marriage Restrain Act, 1929, was the first legal act which is applied in Pakistan. It decides the ages of a couple for marriage. As per the act, the age for marriages are 16 and […]
Challenge of global food security By: Muhammad Rafiq on August 11, 2022Food security and stability have a positive link. Armed conflicts have always triggered food insecurity that affects beyond the battlefield. The activities aimed to grow, harvest, process, transport, supply and market food are impeded by the war and armed conflicts. The food system is unable to operate at capacity and the supply chain chokes. The […]
Religious tolerance: need of the hour By: Sehrish Khan on June 29, 2022It is no secret that the most beloved in the world to Muslims is the holy person of their beloved Prophet Muhammad Mustafa. Perhaps this is why whenever the enemies of Islam want to hurt the feelings of the Muslim Ummah and dare to insult the glory of our beloved Aqa, they would find not […]
Bloodstained side of BJP’s fascist regime By: Muhammad Ibrahim Nadeem on June 28, 2022The regime of the current ruling party of Republic of India has never been able to isolate itself from the controversies with respect to rights of minorities, especially Muslims in the so-called secular state of India. Hindutva, a term we hear so commonly, closely connected with BJP’s controversial rule, yet the majority of the world […]
CPEC – a journey for economic development & social prosperity By: Syed Ali Nawaz Gilani on June 21, 2022The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) a flagship project of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s dream Belt & Road Initiative (BRI), commonly known as a source of economic development for social development and prosperity. The collective value of projects under the auspicious of CPEC is more than US$ 62 Million. The initiative intends to further improve […]