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Horror at Sea: 100 refugees dead in Mediterranean waters
A UNHCR file photo shows a boat carrying refugees and migrants drifts on the Mediterranean Sea shortly before rescue by the Italian Navy in 2014. © Italian Navy/Massimo Sestini The 2018 has begun disastrously for refugees trying...Jan 11, 2018 1012 0 -
Afghanistan: Then and Now
Kabul in 1950s or 1960s with modern transport system Photo: Public Domain/Wikipedia Afghanistan and Pakistan have been part of American news cycle for more than 16 years now since the U.S. invaded the country in 2001 after the September...Jan 9, 2018 3588 0 -
‘Literature can strengthen human bonds across cultures’
Feelings of the time slipping by and expectations of good times ahead merged creatively as the Society of Urdu Literature hosted its last session of 2017 in the afternoon of December 31, just hours before the...Jan 8, 2018 2112 2 -
UN says Afghanistan should not miss Kabul Process opportunity toward peace
Afghanistan-Pakistan border, Photo: CIA The United Nations envoy for Afghanistan has underscored the need for the landlocked country to achieve a political settlement with the armed opposition, pointing to an upcoming February meeting between the parties...Dec 22, 2017 1598 0 -
UN General Assembly resolution rejects change in U.S. stance on Jerusalem
UN Photo/Manuel Elias Pakistan and India were among countries that backed a United Nations General Assembly resolution Thursday, rejecting the recent U.S. move to recognize Jerusalem as Israeli capital. The resolution received 128 votes to nine...Dec 21, 2017 887 0 -
How I found out the “Angels Within”
As a publisher, author, philosophy professor, and avid theater buff, I attend, on an average, twenty-five movies a year. It would be reasonable to estimate that I watch double that amount, on cable television, in a...Dec 16, 2017 3603 0 -
Does the court verdict boost Imran Khan’s election prospects?
Photo: Jawad Zakariya via Wikimedia Commons Pakistan’s Supreme Court rejected a petition on Friday to disqualify opposition leader Imran Khan from becoming member of the parliament, making him eligible for a fight in the people’s court...Dec 15, 2017 1193 0 -
The House of One – Pleading interfaith harmony amid divisive rhetoric
On November 11th, 2017, I was shocked as slogans calling for an “Islamic Holocaust” were chanted at parades commemorating Poland’s Independence Day in Warsaw. That such horrific words were evoked in the capital of a country...Dec 15, 2017 2581 0 -
Marking the Universal Human Rights Declaration in times of conflicts
Syrian Children taking refuge behind a door – Photo Courtesy UNUCEF Since the end of World War II, international diplomatic forums have been advocating a strong case for human rights for all. Yet, seven decades after...Dec 10, 2017 1191 0 -
When will the rulers learn that overstay is another name for ignominy?
Tahrir Square in Cairo February 2011, Photo: Jonathan Rashad/Wikimedia Commons Mugabe’s ignominy in Zimbabwe ending a 37-year misrule is reminiscent of Pakistan’s own political history. Overstay has been the core problem. And not knowing when to...Dec 1, 2017 1027 0
