The 1971 Tragedy of Dhaka – Myth and Reality By: Naeem Ahad on December 16, 2020ehind the myth of 3 million’, Dr M Abdul Mu’min Chowdhury, is a native of Sylhet and now lives in England. He is one of the writers who has done nothing less than tear through the fabric of fables to solve some mysterious myths that have been formed around the creation of Bangladesh. Among them is the […]
In Loving Memory of Our Heroes By: Anum Siddique on December 16, 2020December has started, wrapped by freezing cold; days are flint-grey still…!! hidden behind the scene of smog. What I am able to gaze outside from windowpane, the shadow of skyrocketing buildings and naked trees. I was completely wondered how everything look likes calm, the only voice my ears were able to listen the steps crunching […]
Genocide: a tale of Indian Muslims By: Attiya Munawer on December 15, 2020Indian Muslims have been victims of Hindu prejudice since the founding of Pakistan and now their genocide continues. International experts and genocide research organizations have also expressed concern over the genocide of 200 million Muslims under the patronage of the Indian government. However, Human rights expert Tina Ramirez says persecution of Muslims is worsening their […]
BJP’s reluctance to listen to agitating farmers is sign of anarchy By: Chanchal Manohar Singh on December 14, 2020The ongoing agitation by the aggrieved farmers from different states of India in support of their demands and apathetical approach of the national media in colouring them anti-nationals is certainly a mismatch in a democratic society. Media has been ridiculing farm subsidies, which most capitalist countries including the USA and many countries of European Union […]
A Hostile Middle East By: Shaniyaal Shahid on December 7, 2020Pakistan has long since relied on cooperation from its allies in the Muslim bloc of the global status quo. Contingent on its inception as a Sovereign Islamic Republic, the Nuclear Spearhead of the Muslim World has been striving to create strong ties within a Muslim alliance. Although his predecessor, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, organized the Second […]
THE GHAZI SAGA By: Raashid Wali Janjua on December 3, 2020“Each year he grows more restless, the salt flows through his veins/ But the depths are for the young, not the old with many pains.” – Soul of a Submariner by John Chaffey,The above couplet sums up the self-immolating temerity of those silent prowlers who risk death and discomfort by moving intrepidly across the ocean […]
Reversing the Biodiversity loss on Earth on December 3, 2020Biodiversity is the diversity of life on Earth. It’s such a hallmark of nature that varies with the variability of living species like microorganisms, plants, animals to coral reefs, forests, rainforests, and deserts with their specific existence on Earth. Today, we are experiencing biodiversity loss and it is estimated that in the last five decades, […]
Islamic Republic of Iran confounds USA and Zionists By: Mohammed Khaku on November 30, 2020The killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the top nuclear scientist comes at a delicate time and so close to Biden taking office on Jan 20th, 2021. Many report indicate that this assassination plan where coordinated efforts by Trump, Netanyahu and Mohammed bin Salman to increase tension with Iran to derail Biden to return to the 2015 JCOPA -Iran […]
WORLD AIDS DAY 2020 By: Dr Ghulam Nabi Kazi on November 30, 2020As we observe the World AIDS Day this year in Pakistan, under the shadow of the second phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and another silent pandemic of Tuberculosis, let us do so with a resolve to ensure continuity of priority health services, come hail, rain or sunshine. While Pakistan acquitted itself admirably in the first […]
MANIFEST DESTINY OR LEBENSRAM By: Dr Saulat Nagi on November 26, 2020“If the persona of the world is Donald Trump, do we really want to be like that”, David Harvey inquires. “Is that the kind of human being we want to be” – if so, “as species being, we are transformed into something ugly”. Does Donald Trump personify a sickness or a mere symptom of a […]