A mere day have passed to the death of the imminent lawyer and fearless lawyer Asma Jahangir whose departure has come at a time when Pakistan needed her the most.
The fragile human rights situation in our homeland needs as many advocates as it can get. And who better than Ms. Jahangir, whose stood

Terrorism is a syndicate-based activity; its business is to induce fear and, in order to generate that fear, terrorism, like any other business, requires money. Terrorists need financial support to carry out their operations - to acquire weapons, to fund travel, to run training camps, to recruit new

Glaring failure of global political order (through UN) in Maldives (ii)- Total breakdown of law & order in Maldives shouldn’t be ignored by India (ii)- India was requested for intervention but GOI clueless what to do in Maldives (iii)- GOI paralyzed due to lack of clarity about global political orde

As soon as I set foot inside Suansawan Care Resort for the elderly in northern Thailand, I was immediately struck by its spacious, sylvan and tranquil surroundings. Set in Maerim valley, 20 km away from the Lanna province of Chiang Mai, this retirement facility is owned and managed by 66 years old B

The recent Paigham-e-Pakistan fatwa is being considered a historic step and some are even calling it the second most important document after the constitution of Pakistan.
The Fatwa was signed by 1829 leaders and has been prepared with the support of major state institutions, leading madaris and re

Jingoist Hindus not realizing India may be further dismembered and Hinduism may not survive (ii)- Indian Muslims are suspect and may assist in realizing unfinished agenda of Islam to rule & convert Hindus of India (iii)- India should not overly depend on support of other countries (iv)- Indian Milit

The recent protests in Iran rang a warning bell for the ruling theocracy in Tehran. What started in Iran's second largest and holy city of Mashhad, over rising prices, transfigured into widespread, unprecedented protests against the theocratic regime in towns and cities across the country. The earli

Encirclement through Quad & ASEAN bound to constrain China to bring India under communist umbrella (ii)- India has gone too far in its anti –China (and anti-Pakistan) policies on the meaningless support & goading of USA (iii)- Anti-rule-of-law & poverty-loving India seems to be poised to repeat hist

15 years after India and Pakistan signed another truce for cease-fire, the Line of Control (LoC), the military controlled de-facto border between the two adversarial forces, has seen more hostilities and skirmishes than actual peace. As a result, a total of 881 ceasefire violations were witnessed al

Poor people also have right to celebrate their festivals but only when they endeavor to come-out of their poverty and demoralizing condition, otherwise such so-called celebrations are nothing but cruel vulgarity (as it is cruel to suffering members of the family). Same apply to poor & sinking nation

This Christmas Eve, January 6, Coptic Christians celebrated mass during the grand opening of the brand-new state-built Nativity of Christ Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in the state’s new administration district of Cairo. Those in attendance rejoiced the occasion while many rural villagers had no local c

The recent rape and murder of 7-year-old Zainab Ansari in Kasur, has resulted in anger and grief throughout Pakistan. The girl reportedly went missing on January 4 when she left home but never returned.
Her body was found on a rubbish pile five day after her disappearance. The initial post-mortem e

Truth is one, Sages call it by various names, the Rig Veda, one of Vedanta’s most ancient texts, declared thousands of years ago.
We are all seeking the truth, Vedanta asserts, and that truth comes in numerous names and forms. Truth—spiritual reality—remains the truth though it appears in different

Instead of complaining to their appointing authority the President, the 4 Supreme Court Judges (SCJs) went to media (ii)- By acts of commission 4 SCJs committed criminal contempt by scandalizing Supreme Court of India (SCI) (iii)- Chief Justice of India (CJI), not initiating contempt proceedings aga

The association of many educated young people with violent extremist outfits in recent years, has deflated the myth that only impoverished illiterate individuals fall prey to radicalization. Such cases have been reported not only from Asia, Africa and the Middle East, where most of these terrorist o