Malik Muhammad Ashraf

Unlike Koyoto Protocol, the Paris Agreement signed on April 22, 2016, is the first universal, legally binding global climate accord under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The agreement makes it obligatory for the parties, particularly those responsible for the emission of the bulk of greenhouse gases, to make efforts to keep the temperature […]

As per the press release of ISPR, TTP terrorists targeted security forces in Spinwam, North Waziristan, on Saturday and martyred four Frontier Corps soldiers and one Levies sub-inspector. The attack occurred just one day after the prime minister, in an interview with Turkish TV, had said, “We are in talks with some of them on […]

Admittedly, Pakistan has played a pivotal role in the conclusion of a peace deal between the US and Taliban, which eventually paved the way for the exit of US and NATO forces from Afghanistan and getting the intra-Afghan dialogue started. It remained inconclusive due to the flurry of developments that have again catapulted the Taliban […]

Last Wednesday, in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan, the National Command Authority (NCA) expressed confidence in the command and control systems as well as security measures in place to ensure the comprehensive security of strategic assets of Pakistan. The forum reiterated maintaining full spectrum deterrence in line with the policy of credible […]

A report prepared by the UN Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team and submitted to the Security Council in July had pointed out Al-Qaeda’s presence in at least 15 Afghan provinces, primarily in the Eastern, Southern and South-Eastern region. It also noted the existence of other terrorist outfits like Daesh, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and […]

Climate change triggered by the increased emissions of green-house gases is undoubtedly the biggest challenge facing humanity in the twenty first century. Admittedly, the failure of the international community to check the continued rise in temperature caused by the emission of green-house gases, can lead to catastrophic consequences. Therefore, as repeatedly reiterated by the UN […]

The sudden fall of Afghanistan in the hands of the Taliban has come as a surprise, even for the US. The US administration expected the three-hundred-thousand Afghan Army, which it had trained and equipped with all kinds of weapons to resist the onslaught of the Taliban while the dialogue for political reconciliation continued. This was […]

Prime Minister Imran Khan has launched the first phase of Single National Curriculum (SNC) for class I to V, which will be taught in all educational institutions including government and private schools as well as in the seminaries with a view to bring them into the mainstream by providing modern education to their students. The […]

All efforts by the regional and international stakeholders for peace in Afghanistan seem to be going down the drain as fighting between Afghan forces and the Taliban intensifies. As I write these lines, the Taliban have reportedly captured five provincial headquarters including Shebergan, capital of Jawzan province, home town of the war-lord Abdul Rashid Dostum. […]

My motivation to write on the subject matter stems from a letter written to me by a female assistant professor from Quetta, whose son is suffering from Cerebral Palsy, since his child-hood. Cerebral palsy is a group of disorders that affect a person’s ability to move and maintain balance and posture. The boy is now […]