Tag Archives: Pakistan

What message Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit to Turkey carry for other Muslim countries?

Certainly Imran Khan has made mistakes;  but he happens to be our only hope for the future.  Will the good of Pakistan and the Armed Forces be served with the likes of Nawaz and/or Zardari or their proxies in power? If the answer to this question is yes from those who hold the interests of Pakistan dear to their heart, then only God can help us.

The sale of J-10s is being viewed Beijing's effort to help Islamabad counter India's air superiority after it recently inducted 35 French-made Rafael fighter jets. India and Pakistan are also bolstering their conventional submarine fleets with French and Chinese assistance.

For Super Bowl LVI, three songs performed by four Black American female vocalists will offer a musical suite of unity in the face of division.

Another Russian attack on Ukraine would jeopardize talks between Washington and Moscow on strategic stability and a follow-on agreement to New START.

This isn’t the first time that American forces have targeted the head of terrorist organizations, nor the first time they have been successful.

2022 will be an election year and the prelude of election activities has been visible at party conventions. It will be a year that sees more businesspeople enter the political arena and more politicians develop private sector alliances. It remains to be seen what new promising faces in politics emerge.

In talks on the Russia-Ukraine crisis, Europeans have been reduced to demanding consultations with their American partners. Americans are happy to oblige but, so long Europeans are unable to form a unified front or even present many ideas, those consultations will not have much effect on US plans.

The Indus River, its five tributaries and an established canal system provide a potential of a 30,000-kilometer corridor for inland water transport. According to the Asian Development Bank, one liter of fuel moves 24 tons through one kilometer on the road, 95 on the rail, and 215 kilometers on water. The cost of developing waterways is 80% lower than the cost of constructing motorway highways with negligible annual maintenance costs. And still Pakistan is not exploiting this natural resource.

In all, 947 Muslims were accused of blasphemous conduct in Pakistan so far. This works out to be a staggering 68 per cent Muslim citizens framed under the blasphemy laws. The rest 32 per cent include Christians, Hindus, Ahmedis and Sikhs inter alia.