Case for a National Policy and a new Law for Animal RightsBy: Ambassador G R Baluch on May 30, 2020The Lone elephant Kavan kept in captivity by Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation in a zoo was given emancipation for setting it free into its natural habitat by the Honorable Islamabad High Court in its historical decision upholding the rights of the animals. The court held that animals in captivity at the Mrghzar Zoo in Islamabad have […]
Who should decide the moon sighting?By: Zafar Aziz Chaudhry on May 29, 2020The sighting of moon had been a matter of constant dispute over several years in the sub-continent due to which Eidul Fitr used to be celebrated in different parts on different dates. Sometime it resulted into armed clashes between various sects, which made the solemn occasion a matter of fear and anxiety endangering human lives […]
The rot within!By: Huzaima Bukhari on May 29, 2020“All you got to do is look around. This country’s getting worse and worse and more and more immoral, and we’re rotting from within”-Terry Bradshaw-American football quarterback. According to Benjamin Wittes, a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, who works principally on matters concerning American Law and Security: “It is possible for […]
Slut-shaming the deceased — A new low for Pakistani societyBy: Makhdoom Shahab-ud-Din on May 29, 2020For connoisseurs of popular showbiz or the fashion industry, a celebrity is the nucleus of their entertainment experience. Despite recent changes in the Pakistani mediascape, female stars and models are somewhat continuously lambasted and often hurled at with slut-shaming. Not being a critic of their work and being a critic of their personal life is […]
Mufti Muneeb moonfighting Fawad ChaudhryBy: IKRAM SEHGAL and DR BETTINA ROBOTKA on May 29, 2020Pakistan has always taken the matter of moonsighting very seriously. However the moonsighting controversy is not Pakistan-specific, moon-fighting goes back to the 8th and 9th centuries when Imam Shafi put his trust behind science, Imam Ahmad Bin Hanbal required sighting of the moon physically. The Quran doesn’t mention details about this point but the Hadith […]
India exposedBy: Col (R) Muhammad Hanif on May 29, 2020In the post-cold war and post 9/11 scenarios, the US started looking at China as the next competing power that could challenge its superpower status. Hence, the US started pursuing a policy of containing China’s peaceful rise by consolidating its cold war alliances in the Asia Pacific region, and choosing some of the new allies, […]
Prioritising our national security pivot via defence spending?By: Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi on May 28, 2020Undeniably, the traditional core of Pakistan’s national security is justifiably emblematic of our defence spending which remains paramount to sustaining a credible deterrence accompanied by the uncompromising response to our defence and geopolitical challenges posed to our western and eastern borders. Pakistan’s defence policy/ military spending has largely remained India-centric. The exponential increase in India’s […]
HEC guidelines for assessment and examinationBy: Muneer Ahmed on May 28, 2020Being a responsible organization at the national level, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) has involved university leadership in a number of consulting meetings for developing guidelines for engaging students in teaching and learning activities in this pandemic. Like the HEC was engaging university leadership on various matters, the same approach is expected from the university […]
Pandemic tests scientific organizations’ potentialBy: Muhammad Aftab Alam on May 28, 2020Corona pandemic, on one hand, is shattering the nerves of countless organizations fighting for their survival all over the world. On the other hand, however, it is also testing the true potential of scientific organizations because people look up to them in these testing times for leading rescue and relief operation. Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission […]
From patriotism to humanity: China leading the fight of the COVID-19By: Sabah Aslam on May 27, 2020The outbreak of the novel coronavirus has not only impacted human and social life in terms of disease and infection but also created a controversy in the international media and social network to the point that some western media fell into the trap of racism and xenophobia showing an unusual and an inhuman reaction, instead […]