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 […]
Category: Current Issues
Changing Trends in the South Asian Region
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 […]
Hagia Sophia’s Brief History
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 […]
Israel’s Annexation Plan
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 […]
Is the debate on climate change outdated? Shall we worry?
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 […]
COVID-19, State of Pakistan and Pakistanis
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 […]
Strategic Stability in South Asia: Emerging Trends
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 […]
Federation’s fiscal woes and the NFC
The Article 160 of the constitution prescribes the formation of National Finance Commission (NFC) to manage economic distribution between federal government and provinces. The economic resources are disbursed through a divisible pool. The president of Pakistan has constituted the 10th finance commission for the above stated purpose. However, its composition and agenda items have disturbed […]
Social Media: a tool to spread Sponsored Narrative
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 […]
COVID-19 and Technology
We have been living in a digital world for almost two decades but none of us has ever imagined to use technology in a way that would reshape the contours of our daily life in such a great manner. After the corona virus outbreak, the impact of technology has monumentally increased. While the COVID-19 pandemic […]