By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai , Chairman World Forum for Peace & Justice If the United Nations is serious about restoring faith in the international system, it must do more than repeat the language of the Charter. It must demonstrate that its principles apply equally to the powerful and the weak. This has been an extraordinary week at the United Nations—extraordinary not only because of the crises confronting ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai ChairmanWorld Forum for Peace & Justice Protestors shout slogans and march on a street after Friday prayers in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Aug. 9, 2019. A strict curfew in Indian-administered Kashmir in effect for a fifth day was eased Friday to allow residents to pray at mosques, officials said, but some protests still broke out in the disputed region despite tho ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi fai, Chairman World forum for Peace & Justice Washington, D.C. Seven years ago, on August 5, 2019, the Government of India revoked Articles 370 and 35A of its Constitution, ending the limited autonomy that Jammu and Kashmir had enjoyed since India's independence. To New Delhi, the move represented national integration and constitutional reform. To many Kashmiris, it represented someth ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai The United Nations Security Council's high-level debate on July 23, 2026, on "Strengthening the Mechanism for the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes" served as a timely reminder that diplomacy remains humanity's most effective instrument for preventing war. Convened as a follow-up to Security Council Resolution 2788 (2025), unanimously adopted during Pakistan's presidency of the Council ...

By Asif Haroon Raja 9/11 and the Post-9/11 Era The events of 11 September 2001in the USA fundamentally transformed Pakistan's security environment. Although Pakistan joined the US-led coalition against terrorism and served as the principal frontline state throughout the two-decade-long War on Terror, it simultaneously found itself under sustained pressure from multiple directions. While facilitating coaliti ...

By Asif Haroon Raja  On 27 June 2026, at 8:10 p.m., a suicide attack was carried out on the Karachi Transport Company of the Sindh Rangers. Immediately after the explosion, five armed terrorists stormed the premises. According to reports, all five terrorists were killed, while the identities of six other terrorists have not yet been established. The attack resulted in the martyrdom of two security personnel ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Visit of Iran's President Pezeshkian to Pakistan Asif Haroon Raja Diplomatic Breakthrough in Talks Negotiations in Switzerland continued for approximately 18 hours. The outcome emerged in the form of a joint communiqué, under which a basic agreement was reached for a period of 60 days. Technical teams will now engage with one another to address and finalize the remaining issues. Pakistan ...

B y Dr Fai (The following aide memoire was given to Ambassador Rizwan Saeed Sheikh Sahib, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States in Washington, D.C. in person. The submission of this memorandum is guided by two primary objectives. First, it seeks to emphasize that most of the demands put forth by the Joint Awami Action Committee are well-founded and merit a fair and amicable resolution. Addressing these ...