By ELISABETH BECKER This week, the adhan (call to prayer) can be heard throughout Germany and the Netherlands. Sometimes, it joins with the sound of church bells, an unfamiliar and evocative symphony, as religious institutions offer support not only to their constituents, but to whole, shaken societies. For the first time in history, both countries have allowed the adhan to regularly penetrate public space. ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The major countries intervene in the internal affairs of the small countries under the guise of various pretexts. In this regard, Hans J. Morgenthau opines: “The true nature of the policy is concealed by ideological justifications and rationalization. Therefore, the ideology provides a mask behind which the ulterior motives are concealed…there is a close relationship between interest and i ...

From the Self-Quarantined ‘Solitude’ A Soldier’s ‘Lone Long Walk’ [caption id="attachment_17934" align="alignright" width="275"] Soldier - Siachen Sector[/caption] By F Z Khan Outside my self-imposed solitude, the fear of coronavirus has gripped, around the globe, as the demon has started wreaking havoc across continents. Messages on social media and talk shows on TV have added dread and scare to further sp ...

posted by Zaheerul Hassan Dr Subramanian Swamy, a senior leader of the ruling party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and a member of India’s parliament, has said that Muslims are not equal citizens since they pose a threat to the world. He was speaking to journalist Isobel Yeung when he slammed over 200 million people of his own country; Muslims. He was supposed to justify an ongoing human rights crisis in In ...

نغمہ حبیب بلوچستان قدرتی معدنی ذخائر سے مالا مال رقبے کے لحاظ سے پاکستان کا سب سے بڑا اور آبادی کے لحاظ سے سب سے چھوٹا صوبہ ہے۔ صوبے کا زیادہ تر علاقہ بنجر اور غیر آباد ہے۔ آبادی 2017کی مردم شماری کے مطابق ایک کروڑ تیس لاکھ چوبیس ہزارچار سوآٹھ افراد پر مشتمل ہے جبکہ چھتیس افراد فی مربع کلومیٹر آباد ہیں۔ بتیس ضلعے اور چھیاسی یونین کونسل ہیں۔ قومی اسمبلی میں اسکی تیس نشستیں ہیں جبکہ صوبائی اسمبلی میں پینسٹھ ا ...

نغمہ حبیب اس وقت ہزاروں لاکھوں پاکستانی دنیا کے دوسرے ملکوں میں مقیم ہیں اور اپنے اپنے میدان کار میں بہترین کام کرکے پاکستان کے لیے نام کما رہے ہیں۔ کئی ڈاکٹرز،انجینئرز،بزنس مین اور سائنسدان خود کو اپنی خداداد صلاحیتوں اور شبانہ روز محنتوں سے ان ملکوں کے بہترین پروفیشنل ثابت کرچکے ہیں بلکہ سیاست میں بھی سرگرم عمل ہیں اور یورپ کے کئی ممالک کی پار لیمنٹوں تک پہنچ چکے ہیں۔ ان محب وطن پاکستانیوں نے وہاں کئی فلا ...

By Sajjad shaukat On February 11, this year, some media entities pointed out that Counter-Terrorism Wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had issued summoned to the Pakistani Journalist and activist Gul Bukhari-a critic of the military. At present, she is living in the United Kingdom. Afterwards, a circulated document on the media said that FIA’s Counter-Terrorism Wing had initiated 35 inquiries ag ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan economy has most of the time been at the brink of collapse and was repeatedly bailed out by world financial institutions. Whenever the economy showed signs of progress and climbed up to reach the stage of take-off, it crashed mysteriously. Our economic managers had to make a fresh start from a scratch. They have been playing snake and ladder game and never bothered to carry out ...