Indian Spices Under Fire on August 31, 2024India, which takes great pride in calling itself the biggest consumer and exporter of spices in the world, is currently in hot waters due to the detection of hazardous chemicals in their spices. Different products of two Indian brands, MDH and Everest-long revered as the major spice exporters in Asia, Europe and North America, have […]
Pawns of Chaos on August 30, 2024Recently, a series of coordinated attacks by the terrorists in different cities of Balochistan, left more than 50 dead, sending shockwaves across the country. The separatist insurgent group Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) took responsibility for the attacks. The event occurs at a time when the Ground Chief Commander of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is […]
Harbouring Terror, Ignoring Humanity on August 20, 2024Last week on Wednesday, the Afghan Taliban celebrated three years of their return to power by carrying out a military parade and brandishing its tanks and weapons. The celebrations are a mockery of the promises made in the Doha Accord. Three years on, Afghanistan continues to be a suffocating society for its women. Women have […]
Kabul’s Accusatory Rhetoric on August 14, 2024In the modern era, the nature of warfare is no longer limited to physical combat but has rather extended to the domain of narrative building as well. Countries around the world invest heavily in shaping a narrative that could potentially humiliate another country on the international front. Cognizant of the relevance of narrative warfare in […]
Bridging Nations or Breaking Trust? on July 27, 2024The phenomenon of immigration has existed for as long as human history, always driven by pursuit for better economic and educational opportunities. People moving across borders not only influence their own lives but also impact the host society as well as their own homeland. The diaspora community is considered as an ambassador of its own […]
The World’s Forgotten Conflict on July 20, 2024Every year on July 19, Kashmiris living across the globe observe “Kashmir’s Accession to Pakistan Day”. 77 years ago, at the time of the sub-continent partition, the Princely state of Kashmir ruled by the then ruler, Maharaja Hari Singh, was given the choice to decide the valley’s fate. Keeping in view the will of millions […]
Sainik Schools: Militarizing Minds with Hindutva on June 30, 2024The Sainik Schools are a system of public schools in India, established and managed by the Sainik Schools Society (SSS) under the Ministry of Defence. The purpose of the Sainik Schools is to prepare students academically, mentally and physically for entry into the National Defence Academy (NDA) and Indian Naval Academy (INA). Until 2021, the […]
Time for Kabul to Rein in TTP on June 26, 2024Almost a week ago, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s key figure, Abdul Manan alias Hakimullah, was killed in the Kunar region of Afghanistan. Abdul Manan is said to be closely associated with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s Malakand Chapter Commander Azmat Ullah Mehsood. As per the reports, Abdul Manan joined Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan back in 2007 and has remained involved in multiple […]
Justice for All on June 3, 2024Almost 77 years to the day Pakistan was founded with a vision of a religiously tolerant society, the country still grapples with the evil of religious violence. A recent incident in Sargodha exemplifies this ongoing challenge. A Christian man faced violence from a mob of religious people who attempted to lynch him upon accusations of […]
India’s Cowardly Tactics Against Yasin Malik on May 29, 2024For decades, India has been using cowardly tactics to silence the voices of Kashmiri freedom fighters. Under the leadership of Modi, this practice got further impetus. One among such voices is of 56 year old, Muhammad Yasin Malik. He was arrested back in 2019 and in 2022, he was given life imprisonment under trumped-up terrorism […]