Visits of Turkish President & UN Secretary General-a whiff of fresh airon February 21, 2020Despite Indian claims of having isolated Pakistan, Islamabad continues to receive regular visits by high dignitaries, belying the hollow Indian brag. Each visit is like a whiff of fresh air, since it addresses different issues and brings laurels for Pakistan. The Royal visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to Pakistan in October 2019 […]
Lionizing extremismon February 14, 2020While the world has gradually started taking cognizance of the reaction of university students against the draconian anti-Muslim laws of CAA and NRC promulgated by Modi and the crackdown on the protestors, Hindu extremists are adulating extremism. The Hindu Mahasabha has announced that the organization would felicitate the accused in Jamia firing case. The outfit […]
Middle East Peace Plan-deal of the century?on February 8, 2020US President Donald Trump has come up with a peace plan for the Middle East, which he is hailing it as the “Deal of the Century”. While Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister greeted it, Netanyahu’s challenger Benny Gantz also signaled his party’s agreement with Trump’s proposal, the Palestinians have rejected it. Let us take […]
‘Muck Fodi’on February 1, 2020“Muck Fodi” is the title of a hit song rendered by Kashmiri hip-hop artist The Preacher aka Shayan Nabi, composed in response to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s 2019 election campaign slogan Ab Ki Baar, Modi Sarkaar. The Mumbai rapper A-List aka Ashwini Mishra composed the song, “Muck Fodi” in which he throws down verses about […]
India’s 71st Republic Day-looming disasteron January 23, 2020January 26 is commemorated as India’s Republic Day, the date on which the Constitution of India came into effect in 1950 replacing the Government of India Act (1935) as the governing document of India. Every year, this day is celebrated with pomp and splendour but this year, it has become the victim of a self-inflicted […]
Bushfires in Australia threaten life and bio-ecologyon January 16, 2020Currently this scribe is touring Australia and has had the opportunity to observe the life-threatening bushfires from up-close and here is my two cents worth on the topic. Bushfires in Australia impact extensive areas and cause property damage and have accounted for the deaths of 800 people in Australia since 1851, and millions of animals. […]
The Occident’s unfair censure of Chinaon January 11, 2020China’s meteoric economic rise has been viewed with awe and envy by the West. Instead of competing with its prudent pecuniary progress, following the “Tall Poppy Syndrome,” the West finds it opportune to drown Chinese fiscal prowess in a deluge of false accusations. China’s soft underbelly has been the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, which was […]
A very expencive cup of teaon January 4, 202027 February will go down as a Red-Letter Day in the history of Pakistan and its air force. On 14 February 2019, a convoy of vehicles carrying security personnel on the Jammu Srinagar National Highway was attacked by a vehicle-borne suicide bomber at Lethpora in the Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir, India. The attack resulted […]
Impact of BJP losing Jharkhand electionson January 2, 2020Amidst massive anti-government protests against a contentious new citizenship law Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party BJP has lost a key state legislature election. The polls at Jharkhand were held amid protests calling for the revocation of the controversial citizenship law, which critics say is the latest effort by Modi’s government to marginalize […]
21st Century’s gory second decade concludeson December 27, 2019The second decade of the Twenty First Century has finally concluded. For Pakistan it brought numerous challenges, trials and tribulations, many of which continue. On January 27, 2011, Raymond Allen Davis, a former United States Army soldier, private security firm Black Water employee, and contractor with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), killed two reportedly armed […]