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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 21st century is marked as an era of snackable content. Everything has been designed to ease and attract the customers. Snackable content ranges from short, attention-grabbing and emotional videos on Instagram or Snapchat to short, sweet and extremely filling book reviews on Blinkist or Good Reads. These are just a few anecdotes to feature […]
It is a common observation that regional and global scenario is changing in the wake of China’s resurgence. Both China and United States of America (USA) are trying to assert their dominance over each other. In this context, U.S. is flexing its muscles at multiple levels to create deterrence in the Indo-Pacific region. From abashing […]
I observed the people hailing and chanting the police encounter of child rapists and murderers, carried out under the supervision of CPO Faisalabad. Although it is quite self-satisfying to see the execution of such brutal and inhuman perpetrators but in a larger scenario, it presents a very dark picture of a flawed and crooked justice […]
Institutions around the World: In a famous book, “Why Nations Fail,” Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson have focused on the causes of the failure of different nations around the world. They have asserted that institutions around the world, be they political or economic are mostly of two types i.e. extractive and inclusive. Countries with […]
The world is in crisis. With industries closed, markets deserted, vehicles plummeted and almost every activity on halt, the planet Earth is trying to take some rest. Covid-19 has hit the world quite hard. The scenario is grim as the world has not an optimum solution to the pandemic. Since, 11 March, when Covid-19 was […]