Ikram Sehgal

The Sharif family is attempting desperately to escape being held accountable for the unaccounted-for money they have stolen and whitewashed, and the properties they have acquired abroad especially in UK. To forestall the investigation against their money laundering, they are utilizing Nawaz League loyalists, allowing themselves to be used, they are as much culpable as […]

The obnoxious incident of disrespect for the Quaid-e Azam’s Mazar by Maryam’s husband Capt. Safdar, while she looked on smiling without any expression, has aroused both spontaneous protest and widespread indignation among all Pakistanis everywhere, i.e. except from die-hard Nawaz loyalists, who are the only ones refusing to condemn it. Violating the sanctity of the […]

Present public perception benignly ignores the fact that Pakistan’s economy was put in dire straits by the PML(N) govt. The PTI narrative was late in propagating this, PML (N) and PPP have taken full advantage of it. The acute fiscal and monitory problems were belatedly being addressed by this government when the current pandemic shatteredeconomics […]

One of the major problems in Pakistan is the amount of revenues collected do not match either the adult population count that can pay taxes and/or the needs of both those who can and those who cannot.State institutions are still weak, uncoordinated and more than often standing in each other’s way,with the administrative staff not […]

The total military expenditure in Afghanistan since the war began in 2001 is $822bn,this includes the US Department of Defense, State Department, USAID and other government agencies. The real costs might be much higher. The considerable human cost includes2,300 US soldiers killed and 20,660 wounded, not counting those traumatised who cannot find their place in […]

Pakistan Meteorological Department has confirmed that Karachi received the heaviest rain in a single day ever in its history when 231 mm rain fell in just 12 hours, the highest rainfall record over the last 90 years. Hub Dam water level crossed 338.5 feet, the highest level in 13 years. During August 2020 only, Karachi […]

A public research university under the administration of Pakistan’s Armed Forces. The National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) with its main campus in Islamabad, Pakistan was founded in 1991. Initially formed for the need by combining engineering colleges and schools of Pakistan Armed Forces, for the commissioned officers. Later, it was later converted into […]

On 13th August, 2020 UAE and Israel signed an US-brokered agreement that has come to be known as the ‘Abraham Accord’, implying that the three parties represented the three Abrahamian religions Islam, Judaism and Christianity. The announcement released following a joint call between President Trump, the Emirati crown prince and the Israeli prime minister-describes the […]

The son of Waleed, one of the most respected of Quraish clan elders in the time of our Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), Khalid showed early prowess as a more than ordinary soldier, being physically very strong, aggressive in nature and extremely courageous. At the Battle of Uhud, the first of his two battles against the Muslims, […]

Since its inception Pakistan is supposed to be a parliamentary democracy and a federation. But the rules of functioning for such a set-up have never been understood by the rulers. From the very beginning personal, family and group interests of the civilian rulers have ruled the roost and political parties have been created as a […]