Ukraine War Reparations on November 16, 2022Amid the sensation of late news about Russia-US secret talks in Ankara on Monday by a private agency Kommersant, the UN General Assembly approved a resolution calling for Russia to be held accountable for violating international law by invading Ukraine. The resolution has asked Russia to pay reparations for widespread damage to the country and […]
New Twists in Ukraine War on November 9, 2022The Ukraine war is escalating unprecedentedly. Seems that both warring countries are all out to ruin each other while 197 countries are participating in the 27th UN Conference of Parties (COP27) on climate change in Sharm Al-Shaikh (Egypt). Once again, after the Afghanistan War, Russia is fighting all alone to defend its geopolitical interests in […]
Ukraine War: The Black Sea Dark on November 2, 2022This Monday has been another merciless day for Ukraine. Russian missiles struck critical energy and water infrastructure across Ukraine; leaving behind power outages and limited water supply in large parts of Kyiv, reported Al-Jazeera. The Ukrainian capital’s mayor noted, “Forty percent of Kyiv residents have been left without water, and 270,000 apartments remained without electricity […]
Ukraine War’s Impact on the West on October 26, 2022245th day of the Russia-Ukraine war. Its impact has gripped the region and the West. No exaggeration, the global economy has nose-dived since the conflict was fueled by the “friends” of Ukraine. Even the rich European states are crumbling to energy and food crises. Inflation is rising day by day. Essential commodities are increasingly going […]
Off-the-Cuff on the US on October 18, 2022Pakistan is passing through historic extremes from climatic disasters to political frustration and chaos. The country is surrounded by strange challenges too, mostly posed by its own “friends”, and enemies within. President Joe Biden’s “off-the-cuff” statement on Pakistan”s nuclear arsenals a couple of days back has once again sparked debate and doubts about the country’s […]
OGDCs Blind on Climate Change on October 15, 2022Recent Pakistan Floods are the worst revenge of nature. It’s a disastrous impact of Climate Change, mostly a man-made phenomenon. World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates of losses and damages cross over US$ 40 Billion. We could get a fraction of it so far in aid for rescue and relief. No hardcore assurances, […]
Beyond Ravage on Eastern Ukraine on October 11, 2022The Kremlin-leaning Eastern Ukraine has become the main target of the war after Russia announced the annexation of four captured parts of Ukraine; Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson. A severe fight is on for Kharkiv, a city in northeast Ukraine. More US military shipments have arrived to support the Ukrainian government. NATO, a military alliance […]
Annexation or Reunification on October 5, 2022Last Friday (September 30, 2022), President Vladimir Putin announced Russia’s ‘reunification’ of four Ukrainian parts with Russia while both countries have been fighting since late February this year. The US and the West have shown their anger over the “annexation” of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson by Russia, a region that makes up 15 per […]
Building-up Camouflaged Narratives on September 28, 2022Not new or strange. We are living in the age of “processed information” that is communicated systematically to develop a manipulated or camouflaged narrative in a country, region or globally. The build-up of a manipulated narrative usually serves some political, military or socioeconomic vested interests of some hierarchies. The size and scale of the processed […]
Beyond the SCO Samarkand Declaration on September 21, 2022Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was warmly welcomed by all participating heads of state at the Samarkand SCO meeting. It shall be more than enough for the PTI extremists to understand that it’s the designation of a government/state that is obliged with a warm welcome, not a person. The PTI-Imran Khan balloon of over-estimation as […]