Bells of peace are ringing in Kabul as United States signs a long awaited peace declaration with Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. It was a farcical drop scene as it was the same Talibanwhich Washington dislodged from Kabul after toppling their government soon after 9/11. By the time this agreementwas signed, the moneyspent by the United […]
ICE BERG AHEAD
Ice berg ahead! The sailor shouted from the crow’s nest. It was late when the warning came. The deceptively concealed and seemingly benign ice berg tore across the hull of ship in such a manner that the people on-board never realised the damage which ultimately led the unsinkable to the bottom of the sea. While […]
Resisting the intolerant
Those who have read Iqbal-e-Lahori, can never ignore his expressive, powerful and stirring poetry through which our founding father besides guiding the nation on numerous aspects, has also stripped off the cloak to expose the real character of a Mullah. Iqbal’s uncompromising rejection of mullahs, their interference in the society, their domination of the religious […]
Once upon a nation-state
Once upon a good time there was a concept of a solid nation state holding good for about two centuries. However, the first two decades of the 21st century saw the tight fixture of nation-state being unwound, ravaged, challenged, and stretched to test the mettle it is made of- a proof of time. This happens […]
The fourth scenario
In my earlier column “Rapprochement of convenience” (published July 15, 2019), I mentioned a report titled “Mapping Global Future Report of National Intelligence Council”. It was produced by ‘National Intelligence Council – 2020 Project and published in 2004asthe council’s third unclassified report. The document was thought to be a reasonable forecast which gave an excellent […]
Tax and governance
Why are we taxed? Well, because governments have developmental and non-developmental plans and both require funds for execution. In non-developmental expenditures government has to spend on social sector for those who cannot afford even the bare minimum necessities of life. Islam has set a golden principle in taxation, “it is taken from rich and spent […]
The killing trend
Assassination of General Qasim Soleimani was the best plan for Americans. His killing was both legitimate as well as necessary.That is how Donald Trump and his confederates are trying to convince Americans and world at large.The company (a synonym used for CIA) was planning thispreemptive attack since long.It must have taken few months of planning […]
Slow but on correct course
On 30 October 2019,Kingdom of Thailand became the latest country to publish and adopt their National Action Plan (NAP) on Business Human Rights (BHRs).Thai government started to work on the BHR NAP in 2016, almost at the same time when government of Pakistan announced its own NAP on the subject. Few days back I was […]