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Our country is celebrating its 75th independence, better known as the diamond jubilee. However, the question of liberty still remains unsolved. The country has been put at crossroads due to the misuse of state institutions and bureaucratic hindrances. Law enforcement agencies extract their authority from a statute conferring those powers to its officials. What if […]
Today, a very distressing murder incident happened at Peshawar Judicial Complex. A very sad incident indeed, as a human lost his life; irrespective of his beliefs and allegations leveled against him. It was an extrajudicial killing which took place over the blasphemy issue. Tahir Ahmad Naseem was shot six times during a hearing in his […]
Salman Qadir, son of late Abdul Qadir-the great leg spinner of Pakistan, once told me that I could be a good batsman than a bowler. But, the unyielding me, who just wanted to bowl fast, told him about my least interest in batting. The only passion for which I had started cricket in my late […]
US has recently blocked Pakistan’s move in UNSC to designate India as a terror backer. Pakistan proposed to enlist three persons in the terror list. Amongst them, one is Venu Madhav Dongara, an Indian contractor who has been working in Afghanistan for a while. Pakistan has blamed Dongara of sponsoring weapons to TTP. Pakistan applied […]
The first Hagia Sophia was originally built as a Basilica for the Greek Orthodox Christian Church under Costanius reign during 360 A.D. However, its function has changed several times in the centuries to come. It was burned to ground in 404 A.D during riots against Emperor Arcadius as a result of political conflicts within emperor’s […]
President Mahmoud Abbas declared on 23rd of June, that the Palestinian government is terminating all security agreements with Israel and the United States. The declaration came in response to a proposed Israeli plan to annex around 30% of the occupied West Bank in July. As per the plan, Israel would keep nearly all of its […]
Everything is ephemeral, so are we and our Earth. Some of us die in war, some of the diseases, and many on the roads. Surely, all shall die. Similarly, the Earth is meant to fall apart, not from disease or war, but due to us-the very saviours of it. Stopping its destruction is out of […]
The spectre of Covid -19 is wreaking havoc across the world. Mankind is finding it difficult to grapple with the decimating situation. Hitherto, the virus is taking a toll on human beings. International financial markets have crashed. Millions have lost their livelihood. The virus is also inflicting a mental toll on the people. However, Covid […]
According to Jess Cohen who is the social media manager in jump 450 media “social media is powerful, it has the capability to influence elections, ignite change, create celebrities, incite violence, develop relationships, produce love, and make people laugh.“ In this context, I want to add that TikTok (a social media application) is wreaking havoc […]
South Asia remains a region of immense strategic importance despite being politically uncertain, economically-least integrated, socially and ethnically tense and demographically dense. Both the nuclear rivals India and Pakistan belong to this region; possessing wide range of capabilities not only limited to conventional capabilities but other sophisticated nuclear technologies having their own strategic implications. The […]