Category: Columns

Shehersaaz and UN-Habitat jointly organized an event to mark the World Environment Day 2023 with theme “Solution to Plastic Pollution” at NUST University. A comprehensive discussion was carried out to highlight issues related to climate change. Country Program Manager – UN Habitat Pakistan, Jawed Ali Khan was the chief guest. He said that, “We have...

The Christian teenagers identified as Adil Baber and Simon Masih have been accused of blasphemy in Lahore. The allegations were levelled against them by the Police constable Zahid Sohail, soon after he had indulged in a fight with the young accusers on the 18th of May. According to the registered First Information Report (FIR) No...

I woke up in a hospital, with swollen eyes and sharp pain in my chest. With a million thoughts causing confusion, I asked my mom, “How is Bella now? Has she recovered? To which my mom replied, “Bella died an hour ago”. When my cat died, I felt a deep sense of loss. As if...

May 2023 marks the Silver Jubilee of the overt nuclearization of South Asia. In May 1998, India carried out a series of nuclear tests, and unlike in 1974 — when it used the euphemism “Smiling Buddha” to describe what it claims to be a peaceful nuclear explosion — it declared itself a nuclear weapons state....

Tragedy struck the Sangota Convent School in Mingora tehsil of Swat district as a police guard stationed at the premises was shot. It killed a young girl while injuring six others, including a teacher and fellow students. The constable responsible, identified as Alam Khan, has been apprehended, and authorities have assured the public that justice...

In a small dark room. Where you can hardly stand, a dim light hung in the middle of the room, and a tiny little window from which moonlight was passing through. A girl sat on the floor while her hands and feet were shackled with heavy chains. Her dark hair covered her bruised face, as...

Abstract The purpose of this study is to examine how India’s maritime ambitions under the Modi administration affect Pakistan’s security. The implications of India’s strategic maritime policies for Pakistan’s national security will be the subject of this article. Moreover, it will analyze the local elements in the Indian Sea and the potential for the struggle...

“It is a great failure of Pakistan’s state, government, intellectuals, and political elite that, from the inception of Pakistan to this day, they have not been able to establish an inclusive system that could ensure political and social rights for Pakistan’s religious minorities according to their marginalization in Pakistan. There is no such democratic system...

For once it had appeared that the stalemate could be broken through negotiations. The two sides sat across the table last week to find some middle way to end the impasse. Hopes were raised when the first round ended on a promising note. Both sides reined in their vitriol for a while. The next round was...