Syeda Sultana Rizvi

Initially, the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) focused only on Theoretical Physics but after a decade, a wider range was included with emphasis on branches of physics more relevant to the needs of the developing countries. The physics of condensed matter, plasma physics, the physics of the oceans and the earth, applicable mathematics; physics […]

As the results came trickling in on Tuesday, Israel’s incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hurriedly announced on social media that the people of his country had chosen him as their premier for the third time. However, this blatant affirmation of victory was, in the eyes of political commentators, a pathetic effort to veil an unexpected […]

January 29 was an important day to be celebrated by Pakistanis for being the birthday of a person whom Pakistan as well as many other countries are hugely indebted to for his immense contribution not only towards scientific knowledge but also for establishing leading institutions for scientific developments in Pakistan and abroad. He used his […]

On November 21, 1996, with the death of Dr Abdus Salam, not only did we lose Pakistan’s only Nobel laureate, a physicist and a mathematician par excellence but also a man whose passion and deep love for the Quran and Pakistan were manifested in both his words and deeds. The spirit of his legacy is […]

Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai, though could not win Nobel Prize this year, has added a laurel in the cap of our young and courageous nation by becoming youngest woman nominee for this award. Malala has emerged as the most influential and powerful girl child of the world who is acknowledged for her courage globally. Many people […]

The process of normalisation in the global, regional and internal perspectives needs well-considered and pertinent concepts of diplomatic manoeuvrability through internal consultations among stakeholders first. In international relations the emotional concepts of ‘loyal friends’ and ‘forever foe’ have no room. These days, states are only ‘rivals’ constantly manoeuvring relations with other states to promote their […]

Pakistan turns 67 today but this young nation with all its strengths and achievements is challenged with putting in place most essential elements of a fair state: peace, justice, law and order. The teachings of tolerance and sanctity of human life propagated by our Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and promoted by Pakistan’s founding father Muhammad […]

What happens on the streets of Britain raises concerns in Pakistan for a number of reasons, but more importantly for the fact that more or less everyone in Pakistan has relatives living in the UK, either as immigrants or students. The killing of a serving British soldier on a busy street in Woolwich area of […]