Early and accurate diagnosis is a public health imperative for both diseases of epidemic proportions in Asia Pacific: tuberculosis (TB) and lung cancer. But since TB of the lungs (pulmonary TB) imitates lung cancer in many aspects including risk factors, symptoms, signs and radiographic findings, of

Goodman Makanda, who lives in Khayelitsha - outside of Cape Town in South Africa - was diagnosed with multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) in November 2013, when he was 30 years old. As if this was not enough, after 3 months of treatment, he was told in January 2014 that his MDR-TB had escalated to extre

The idea that the dispute over the status of Jammu and Kashmir can be settled only in accordance with the will of the people, which can be ascertained through the democratic method of a free and impartial plebiscite, was the common ground taken by all the three parties to the dispute, viz., the peop

With the formal end to five and half month of the Russian brief military intervention in Syria. Many analysts are busy drawing Russian Profit and Loss account in Syria. Since beginning Russia maintains the stand that its operation will last for limited time and there is no intentions of extensive mi

Nationalism or Racialism - series 29: Patriotism - IV
Now after 68 years, it is happening more worse than past history with Christian political and religious leadership. We admit that our political leaders are powerless due to the system of Pakistan's law for minorities. They are selected not el

I met Lucy in Khayelishta (near Cape Town) on the bright sunny morning of 4th December 2015 - just two days after she had celebrated the 10th birthday of her lovely daughter. A cured multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB survivor, her face glowed with the happiness and pride of winning her battle against tw

It took less than 50 months for hope to die in Maldives. It was heady days in 2008 when after 30 long years, Maldives, known for its beautiful islands and beaches, came out of the clutches of an authoritarian regime and took the first baby steps towards becoming a democratic state. There were jubila

The freedom of the Indian sub-continent (now comprised of Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan) did not come easy. Its foundation is built on the blood of the Khaksars as well as Allama Mashriqi’s teenage son, who were killed in the struggle for independence. Mashriqi, his immediate, family, and the Khak

On 3rd March 2016, at Kasur Brick kiln Olakh Bonga a young man named Mohammad Imran s/o Mohammad Ghafoor was murdered brutally by the manager of the Brickkiln owner named Muhammad Tufail Alias Pervaiz who slaughtered Mohammad Imran brutally and abducted Sonia who was recovered by the Police from the

The aftermath of Mumtaz Qadri’s execution was obvious and I am sure the government would have done all its calculations before taking its final decision.
Although all the legal process and procedures have been fully observed, the head of the council of Islamic ideology (CII) chairman Maulana Moham

Sub:- (i)- Kanhaiya can become national leader through J&K / Kashmir (ii)- Speaking against AFSPA and rapes of women in J&K by security forces, not enough (iii)- Martial deficiency of India is the main reason behind all the problems in J&K (iv)- Kanhaiya should demand retrieve of POK (even militaril

Introduction: The Regular Abuse of Pakistan’s Controversial Blasphemy Law
Blasphemy laws have always been a controversial subject for discussion in Pakistan. These laws have put hundreds of members of minority communities behind the bars. It has commonly been observed that section 295- A/B/C of the

Over the past few days stories of Pakistani minorities’ suffering have been reverberating in the UK’s House of Commons, House of Lords, and the British and international media. A debate about Pakistani minorities’ suffering was held in the House of Commons on February 11. On 24th February the All Pa

India's draft National Health Policy 2015 was riddled with privatisation bid and it is no surprise that 2016-2017 budget too takes that agenda forward. Also earlier this month Indian government indicated its intent to exit from hospital 'sector' (along with Air India). The vision of universal health

The United States and Russia are backing a cessation of hostilities agreement in war-torn Syria which has been accepted by most of the parties involved in the conflict. This is the second ceasefire plan recently which calls on the warring parties to stop fighting but specifically excludes the Islami