By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai When the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council opened in Geneva on February 23, 2026, the tone set by global leaders was unusually stark. Their warnings were not rhetorical flourishes. They were an alarm about a world in which the very foundations of human rights—carefully constructed after the devastation of World War II—are increasingly under strain. Ambassador Sid ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, Chairman World Forum for Peace & Justice The United Nations Commission on Human Rights held sixty-two sessions in Geneva until it was replaced in 2006 by the Human Rights Council (HRC). The Human Rights Council is now holding its sixty-first session in Geneva, Switzerland under the presidency of Ambassador Sidharto Reza Suryodipuro of Indonesia, from today, February 23 to March 3 ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai Crimes against humanity represent one of the most serious affronts to human dignity and collective conscience. They embody patterns of widespread or systematic violence directed against civilian populations — including murder, enforced disappearances, torture, persecution, sexual violence, deportation, and other inhumane acts that shock the moral order of humanity. The United Nations ...

bY Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan's Frailties Until the first decade of May 2025, the national atmosphere was weighed down by uncertainty and apprehension. The negative effects of elite capture, political polarisation and political instability fanned by PTI after its ouster from power, made the economy frail. The parliamentary, judicial and constitutional crises, widening gulf between the rich and poor accentuat ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai India is celebrating its 77th Republic Day to honor a constitution that came into force on January 26, 1950. Yet for the people of Jammu and Kashmir, this celebration has little meaning. The world’s largest self-proclaimed democracy has never extended the same democratic rights to Kashmir that it celebrates elsewhere. Just two years before India adopted its Constitution, the United Na ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai The principle that an occupying power does not become the sovereign owner of the territory it controls is well-established in international law. An occupier’s role is temporary administration, not ownership, domination, or the rewriting of the political identity of a people. Yet in Kashmir today, we witness a troubling departure from this foundational rule — one increasingly expressed ...

By: Ehsan Ullah and posted by Rida Zaheer A recent article titled “It Is Over” by Zorain Nizamani has gone viral across Pakistani social media as though it announces a generational verdict and a political obituary. It declares that the era of the “boomers” is finished, that Gen Z has rejected the country’s institutions, and that Pakistan’s future now stands in moral and structural opposition to its present ...

Posted By Rida Zaheer 03 January, 2026: Pakistan Air Force has again attained an edge over her adversary Indian Air Force after successfully conducted the flight test of the indigenously developed Taimoor Weapon System, marking another significant milestone in the advancement of national aerospace and defence capabilities. Taimoor Air-Launched Cruise Missile is capable of engaging enemy land and sea targets ...