PM launches Pakistan’s first $500 mn Green Eurobond to finance Diamer, Mohmand dams By: Web Desk on May 31, 2021Prime Minister Irman Khan on Monday formally launched the country’s first Green Eurobond, called Indus bond, by Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) to meet the financial needs of the construction of Diamer Bhasha and Mohmand dams. The bond has been floated for 10 years to raise $500 million at a competitive price of about […]
What is the issue of ‘adverse reactions’ and should I take a Covid vaccine shot? By: Behzad Taimur on May 30, 2021Since 2020, the biggest problem the world faces has remained the Covid-19 pandemic. Over time, it has both caused disease and death as well as crippled economies and normal life. It has become increasingly clear that neither harsh steps like nationwide lockdowns nor more maverick experiments with “herd immunity” are going to succeed at digging […]
Who wears the PML-N trousers? By: Hassan Naqvi on May 28, 2021Regardless of who lives at the palatial Jati Umra estate, the well-guarded fort of the PML-N has been home to a deafening silence for decades. Not a single tidbit of gossip about Sharif family dynamics has ever escaped those thick walls. However, the cracks began to appear in the facade earlier this week. A journalist […]
What happened on Capitol Hill was white supremacist terror By: Mohammed Khaku on January 9, 2021Make no mistake these armed Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol are violent rebels. These white supremacists embrace the same politics of Hitler’s Germany. Our lawmakers have allowed them to carry weapons to our government buildings and defended their possession of military style weapons as some kind of Constitutional right. The violent pro-Trump rioters […]
Choosing the right path in politics! By: Attiya Munawer on December 31, 2020The political climate in the country continues to heat up and the intensity of political confrontation is gradually increasing. Then, the question arises as to what will be the outcome of the country seemingly reaching a dead end due to the escalating confrontation between the government and the opposition, and how much irreparable damage will […]
Threat to independent judiciary By: S. A Haidri on December 28, 2020Judicial system of AJK comprises of two superior courts(in addition to subordinate courts) namely High Court and Supreme Court to be the highest court of appeal. Under Article 42 of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Interim Constitution, Supreme Court consists of one Chief Justice and 2 Judges, whereas in view of Article 43 of Interim Constitution […]
Faith and Religion: An Objective Observer’s Perspective By: Jamil Mogul on December 25, 2020The word, faith, which is a noun, means “confidence or trust in a person or thing”; “belief that is not based on proof”; “belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion”; “belief in anything, as a code of ethics, standards of merit, etc.”; “a system of religious belief”; “the obligation of loyalty […]
A day with agitating farmers at Shinghu Border By: Chanchal Manohar Singh on December 21, 2020Despite fake narratives and disinformation campaigns launched by the section of national media, apparently under the explicit patronage of power holders, the strong-minded and resolute farmers do not appear to cow-down the intimidation attempts, including branding them as anti-nationalists, Khalistanis, tukde-tukde gang, and communists seeking support and guidance from Pakistan and China. Probably in the […]
Reconstruction of not a failed idea but a society By: Muhammad Ali Ehsan on December 17, 2020In his great texted history of Peloponnesian war, the ancient Athenian historian and general Thucydides some 2500 years ago wrote that “it was the rise of Athens and the fear that this instilled in Sparta that made war inevitable.” The fight for political supremacy that we are witnessing in Pakistan is no different. The giants […]
Pakistan’s Golden opportunity to strengthen its global image By: Attiya Munawer on December 17, 2020Weakening Pakistan’s security has been an important part of India’s agenda. Based on the same agenda, India has not openly accepted Pakistan’s independent and sovereign status till date and has resorted to various tactics to attack its security. India also threatens Pakistan’s security on the borders on the basis of its aggressive intentions and for […]