Malik Muhammad Ashraf

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 […]

RSS, a right-wing Hindu nationalist paramilitary organization widely regarded as the parent entity of BJP, the ruling party in India, was founded in Nagpur on 27 September 1925. Its initial objective was to provide character training through Hindu discipline and to unite the Hindu community to form Hindu Rashtra (nation). It promoted the ideals of […]

Currently, Pakistan is confronting the onset of the fourth wave of coronavirus pandemic, characterized by the spread of delta variant. The rate of infections has again risen to a higher trajectory. From 1.69% in June 2021, the rate has gone up to 5.3% as per the facts of July 19, which is indicating the resurgence […]

All culprits that executed the bomb blast in Johar Town, Lahore on June 23 were arrested by the law enforcement agencies within four days of the incident. The investigations of that dastardly occurrence point to Indian involvement. In a presser held to reveal relevant details, Prime Minister’s Advisor on National Security, Moeed Yousaf, sat alongside […]

Notwithstanding the fact that Pakistan has implemented 26 out of 27 action plans given by the FATF, it remains in the grey list. It has also been given a new six point action plan to remove deficiencies in Mutual Evaluation Report in order to secure exit from the list. Foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi reacting […]

Prime Minister Imran Khan in an interview with Jonathan Swan of Axios on HBO, lamented what he called western hypocrisy on the Kashmir issue and rightly so. For years Kashmiris have been dying in J&K due to Indian atrocities while, the international community has turned a blind eye to it. According to All Parties Hurriyat […]

Managing an economy is an arduous undertaking, more so for the developing countries which are affected by the internal ground realities as well as the external factors due to the global connectivity. It is indeed very difficult for the cash-strapped economies to meet the aspirations of the people, who expect miracles not realising that miracles […]

On June 5, Pakistan, for the first time had the honour of hosting World Environment Day 2021, in partnership with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), under the banner of “Ecosystem Restoration”. The virtual conference also featured special messages from Chinese President XI Jinping, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres as […]