Pseudo-intellectuals criticize Turkish dramason May 22, 2020Audiences in Pakistan have become enraptured by Turkish drama series Dirili?: Ertu?rul (Resurrection), which had premiered on Turkish Television Channel TRT-1 on December 10, 2014. The show is based on the history of the Muslim Oghuz Turks and takes place in the 13th century. It centers around the life of Ertu?rul, the father of Osman […]
India Defense Chief urges end to foreign-made weaponson May 15, 2020India’s Chief of Defense Staff General Bipin Rawat, in an exclusive interview to Times of India, insisted that India must stop buying and depending on foreign-made weapons and instead start manufacturing its own. Rawat was echoing his Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet slogan: “Make in India” and trying to make it come true. Bipin Rawat’s […]
PTI government willing to debate 18th Amendment revisionon May 9, 2020Despite the country being hit by the pandemic COVID-19, the government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is continuing its relief efforts but is also considering the commencement of a debate on striking down the 18th Amendment to its Constitution. In past 12 years, Pakistan has observed that provincial Governments are enjoying full autonomy and power because […]
Indians-internationally acclaimed financial scam artistson May 1, 2020The financial and visa frauds/cheating schemes planned and manifested by Indian diaspora have been revealed. Indians have attained mastery to exploit loopholes in the policies, the student visa scams, duping millions of dollars through fake ‘Call Centers’ in US and their latest presentation in Canada is ensnaring Canadians through fake tax network scam. Canadian people […]
The debate over lockdownon April 25, 2020Nearly every country, which has been afflicted by the Coronavirus Pandemic, is engaged in the debate over lock down. Some are holding lengthy discourses, as to when to impose the lockdown while others are wondering over the duration and extent of lockdown. Those countries, where the lockdown has persisted over three weeks, are contemplating on […]
Government efforts to combat COVID-19 rethinking requiredon April 17, 2020The government has launched multi-pronged effort to combat COVID-19 but policy level decisions be implemented on priority to have visible dividends. Disjointed efforts may lead to paralysis at execution level. National Policy for ensuring Compulsory Vaccine Regime on its discovery must be adopted. A flexible policy for gradual opening of industrial / business sector be […]
Keeping up with the joneseson April 10, 2020Owen Bennett-Jones, who has been reporting for BBC for over three decades and is the author of the renowned non-fiction book, Pakistan: Eye of the Storm, published by Yale University Press, continues to write on Pakistan. His fiction thriller Target Britain is also based on Pakistani origin terrorists. Owen has spent time as BBC’s foreign […]
PNS Yarmook-a force multiplier for PNon April 5, 2020Pakistan Navy (PN), which has been entrusted with the sacred task of defending Pakistan’s maritime frontiers, has recently commissioned a state-of-the-art 2300 Tons Corvette Pakistan Navy Ship (PNS) Yarmook. The corvette is the first of two manufactured by the Dutch ship manufacturing company M/s Damen Shipyards, which built the corvette at its yard in Galati […]
Japan rakes up old issues despite COVID-19 threaton March 27, 2020Japan has 1291 confirmed cases of patients suffering from COVID-19, suffered 44 deaths so far, has been forced to postpone Olympic Games 2020, yet it is bent upon raking up old issues. On 24 March 2020, the Japanese government approved new school textbooks renewing the claim that Senkaku Islands are Japan’s inherent territory. Chinese Foreign […]
From Kashmir’s forced lockdown to COVID-19 lockdownson March 22, 2020Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) was placed in a state of lockdown on 5th August 2019 after India abrogated Articles 373 and 35A of its Constitution, annexing Kashmir and Ladakh illegally to its Union Territory. The Muslims of IOK were brutalized and curfew as well as shutdown of communication facilities paralyzed them. Despite requests of restraint […]