Ikram Sehgal

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 […]

Today is the first anniversary of India’s single-handed introduction of the way they think the Kashmir problem would be solved. On 5 August 2019, the Government of India revoked the special status of special autonomy, granted under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution to Indian-held Jammu and Kashmir-a region administered by India as a result […]

Beautifully situated on the shores of the Bosphorus straits connecting the Marmara Sea to the Black Sea and regarded as the border between Europe and Asia. Istanbul is one of the most important cities of Eurasia, a transcontinental metropolis of 15 million today. Founded around 660 BC as “Byzantine”, it was renamed in 330 AD […]

Mass poverty and pandemics are both facts of life that involve millions of people at the same time. The same can be said for relief measures thereof – they have to cater to millions of people after those have been identified at the same time. In a country like Pakistan with over 200 million people […]

The anti-racism movement, “Black lives Matter” (BLM) has created a global outcry from several quarters. While in the US, the place of origin of the anti-racism wave, a responding movement ‘All lives matter’ has taken off, British Pakistanis have taken notice of the slogan in order to draw attention to the plight of the Kashmiris […]

The corona pandemic and the new social movements created by it has stirred up – apart from racism – another critical topic: “colonialism” and how to deal with colonial history. With pandemics isolation fostering frustration, the dispute has turned violent in many places. Protesters rallied in Columbia to demand the Confederate flag’s removal from South […]