Barrister Iftikhar Ahmad

With an optimistic outlook, one could expect that the new administration of the United States under the leadership of President Donald Trump will work with Pakistan as close as the Republican leaders have been doing so in the past, starting with the Pakistan – United States relations during the Presidency of General Eisenhower. The former […]

US President Obama congratulated the president-elect, Donald Trump, and vowed for a peaceful transition of power. He rightly said, “We are now all rooting for his success”. The defeated presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, said that Donald Trump must be given a chance to lead. “I am sorry we did not win,” Clinton told supporters, calling […]

Stress, strain and a depressive state that people experience may be due to personal factors, but much can be explained in terms of what is happening around us that has implications for societies and nations. Muslims are particularly affected, and have consequently suffered tremendously. In the 21st century the challenges before the Muslim world are […]

In 1947, India and Pakistan, as one country, together struggled for independence from the British rile. In 2016, the two countries should respect each other and value each other’s independence. Road to peace and cooperation starts from understanding self and others. One needs to judge oneself prior to judging others. There are always political and […]

Like her bestsellers Bushworld and Are Men Necessary? Maureen Dowd’s recently published book The Year of Voting Dangerously is a keen analysis in dispatches from the “political madhouse.” In addition to her New York Times pieces “Portraits of the Lady and the Trump,” her new book includes essays on the characters in this year’s ‘psychodrama’. […]

How people think about people is important. God commands us to take care of our fellow humans. Islam is the faith of peace and brotherhood. Some forces are trying to prove it otherwise, making efforts to malign Islam and label Muslims as terrorists, extremists and a source of all evils. We need to understand the […]

Struggle against poverty, famine, disease and high infant mortality must be closely correlated with a general strategy toward social modernisation. A major condition for its implementation involves measures for population control. The United Nations and countries in Asia and Africa support population control programmes to meet challenges of overpopulation in terms of socioeconomic as well […]

Last week’s happenings indicate that dangers to world peace are still around the corner, and much needs to be done for cooperative co-existence, strategic decisions, integration and a death blow to terrorism and extremism. The new world order that we can visualise has to ensure human dignity and self-respect, and an environment free of hate […]

Sanity must prevail. The Afghan government should encourage a more peaceful approach and realise that it cannot afford to lose the support that Pakistan extends it to deal with militancy in the region. Breeding mistrust and resentment will not help. The construction at the Torkham border was a completely legitimate course of action for Pakistan […]

An objective assessment of educational sector reform must identify problem areas at different levels of education and give suggestions for improvement in terms of structure, organisation, functions and personnel. We are not paying attention to complex issues. What we say is that it is only a small percentage of the GNP, which goes into education. […]