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Evil of Terrorism
Ishtiaq Ahmed
London: Suicide is deemed Haram in Islam and there are no two opinions about it. Murder is equally haram. Islam considers murder to be the most heinous crime against a person.
Therefore, let’s have no remorse for the…
Pakistan versus Democracy
Mohammed Ajeeb
London: Yesterday when I was browsing through my archive I came across a quite lengthy article which was written by me about 10 years ago and published in the International Daily News London in two instalments. It…
Back To lanterns
Asem Mustafa Awan
Islamabad: The entire country was submerged in darkness, but according to the Minister for Energy, Khurram Dastagir, this was ‘business as usual’, a minor glitch and nothing to worry about but a ‘voltage fluctuation’.…
No One Above The Law
Ishtiaq Ahmed
There is always some level of sleaziness, political corruption, misuse of privileges, bending of rules and personal aggrandisement in government circles across countries and nations. It shouldn’t be but it is the case.
The…
A Nation With Insolvency, Political Upheaval
Mohammed Ajeeb
Islamabad: Both the external and internal debts of Pakistan have reached an all-time high, and foreign exchange reserves have plummeted to rock bottom. On all accounts, the economy of the country is in a perilous state,…
Endemic of Water
Editorial Pictorial
Asem Mustafa Awan: These three siblings walk for miles on daily basis to obtain water. They have grown up carrying these containers because the most precious natural resource of clean water is denied to them. Their…
Asem Mustafa Awan: These three siblings walk for miles on daily basis to obtain water. They have grown up carrying these containers because the most precious natural resource of clean water is denied to them. Their… Opportunity or Poisoned Chalice
Ishtiaq Ahmed
At a meeting co-hosted by Islamabad and United Nations and attended by 40 private donors and financial institutions, a massive package of 10 plus billion dollars was announced to help the victims of recent floods.
This…
Dignity on sale for a bag of flour
Editorial Pictorial
Asem Mustafa Awan: They are poor. They are hungry. They have very little money even to buy a bag of flour. They suffer
Pak Youth: An Opportunity Not Burden
Pictorial Editorial
Shazia Mehboob: The young man in this picture is Saifur Rehman, a 2nd-year student at a technical institute in Haripur, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
The youth had a dream to become a software engineer but the inability of his…
Shazia Mehboob: The young man in this picture is Saifur Rehman, a 2nd-year student at a technical institute in Haripur, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
The youth had a dream to become a software engineer but the inability of his… ECP must come up to the mark
Asem Mustafa Awan
President Arif Alvi has sent back the Islamabad Local Government Amendment Bill without his signature. In the Bill, the government has made amendments including increasing the number of union councils, which will…