PPC Section 325: Criminalisation, not Medication on September 10, 2021Pakistan Penal Code, Act XLV of 1860 applies today, in 2021, exactly as it did back when introduced by the British. One can state with reasonable assurance that the proportion of mental illnesses was way less then than now. As a direct result, the number of suicide and attempted suicide was way less then, than […]
Focusing on Plastic on August 23, 2021Plastic can be a deadly weapon to destroy the environment. How? Plastic decomposes over a long time. During the time it undergoes the process, it continues to release toxic substances into the environment. If plastic trash bags are burnt, they cause serious air pollution. Even today, 422 million tonnes of plastic are being produced each […]
Will Good Governance be as Easy for Taliban as Taking Over? on August 16, 2021The fall of province after province in Afghanistan at mercurial rate has exposed and laid bare the claims about the capabilities of Afghan forces as fake. It has collapsed like a pack of cards upon US and Allied forces exiting the land they had occupied. As this article is being written, Taliban have just entered […]
Afghan refugees in Pakistan on August 6, 2021Richard Armitage, former secretary of state, was bull’s eye when in 2002, he said that Pakistan was never important to the US in its own right. It was important, he said, because of third parties. This statement comes true yet again in 2021. The US wishes Pakistan to keep its borders open for incoming refugees […]
Stability in Afghanistan is an elusive concept on July 9, 2021Defining the future of Afghanistan after post-exit U.S forces is a difficult proposition. The Biden government has started withdrawing its forces, and the aim is to move it to zero troops this year. “This is not condition-based. The president has judged that a conditions-based approach. . . is a recipe for staying in Afghanistan forever. He has […]
What next in Afghanistan? on July 2, 2021The recent offences by Taliban have led to capturing of ten more districts out of the forty by them. The U.S top commander issued a warning that continued such offences may lead to counter offences by U.S in the form of airstrikes. This will be stepping up the game of offences and counter offences. For […]
Increasing drugs culture in Pakistan on June 28, 2021Over years, drug use in the younger generation has spiked up drastically in Pakistan. Hash, Dirty Hash, weed (different types of Marijuana) Ecstasy, Crystal, Cocaine, Ice…… are now available more easily and to a younger market. Oxygen is another relatively new addiction. It is a subject people will not want to discuss, to accept their […]
New narrative needed to counter Islamophobia on June 15, 2021Four members of a family were killed in Ontario recently. Their attacker hit them with a pick-up truck. It has been declared a targeted killing. It is “[b]ased on information collected during the course of the investigation, we believe that this was an intentional act,” London Police Chief Steve Williams told the media. “We believe […]
Momentary ceasefire between Hamas and Israel on May 22, 2021The fact that the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was violated with Israel attacking Masjid Al Aqsa within hours of Egypt negotiating a settlement between the two shows just tenuous peace is for the people of the area. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had stated that he was “determined to continue this operation until its […]
US withdrawal will test the region’s fault lines on May 8, 2021Biden’s commitment to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan by September 11 comes without any strings attached. There are no conditions, such as placing responsibility upon the Taliban to ensure that no non-state actors (like Al Qaeda) take refuge in the country and/or use Afghan soil against the US and its allies in any form. The […]