Pakistani Army Chief General Raheel Sharif has proclaimed that: “I want to make clear to all enemies that the defence of Pakistan is invincible.” [General Raheel Sharif Full Speech On Pakistan Defense Day – 6th September 2016] Obtaining invincibility is a laudable goal. Throughout time, scientists have applied new technologies to achieve it, and as...
Category: Opinion
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Developers in Pakistan have High Hopes for its Real Estate Market
Pakistan’s burgeoning real estate industry is scuttling towards a promising future. According to market experts, Pakistan’s real estate industry will thrive in 2016 owing to a wide array of residential and commercial projects undertaken by renowned real estate developers. The rise of Pakistan’s real estate sector has been predicted by many informed voices, despite the...
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Pakistan is a lucrative market for international real estate developers
Pakistan has paid a heavy price in the war against terrorism in the form of loss to precious civilian lives, government infrastructure, and game changing international investment opportunities. At one point, it was seen that international investors were fleeing the country for stable regions to start businesses. The Pakistani regime, having realized the problems that...
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Silencing the dissent
Pakistani minorities under the leadership of Federal Minister for Human Rights, Kamran Michael are planning to celebrate Minorities’ Day on August 11. Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) former government had declared August 11 as minorities’ day; however, some minority groups chose to observe August 11 as a black day to register their protest over the abuse...
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The Great Success by Shah Walli Ullah RA
Savant, Iconoclast, Reformer and A Sufi Sheikh, Shah Walli Ullah RA made contributions to Islam in the subcontinent that can never be forgotten. His book ‘Fauz-ul-Kabir’ is one such decisive master piece. Quranic promise of sending people to defend its religion against innovators, hypocrites, and dissenters, has manifested itself throughout the history, time and time...
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Nusra Rebranding Old Wine in New Bottle
Jabhat-Al-Nusra Front, once al-Qaeda’s official branch in Syria, has cut ties with the parent organisation with the approval of al-Qaeda central leadership. Nusra Front is one of the largest and most effective rebel groups in Syria. It controls territory in the north, west and south of the country and commands approximately 6,000 to 7,000 battle...
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Pakistan: A People Republic or An Islamic Republic?
On Saturday, July 30th, 2016, I got an opportunity to become part of a thought-provoking conference in Hyderabad, the second largest city in Sindh. The conference was titled as Interfaith Youth Dialogue and Festival, arranged by a young social activist and past Pak-US exchange alumni, Dr. Rajesh Kumar. The session was led by some of the prominent personalities...
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Book Review: Yeh Raasta Koi Aur Hai
The legendary writer Iqbal Hassan Khan is a well-known figure of Pakistan Literary Circle and Pakistan Television Corporation as a Novelist and TV Drama writer. The above said book mostly consists over the post-split issues, which are discussed tremendously in the perspective of Pakistan’s independence. The comparative analysis of the post-independence reflects the cognitive and...
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The Psychology of Ideology and Religion
Two of the drivers of world affairs that manifest in the daily decisions that affect our lives are ideology and religion. Ideology is the term widely used to describe the underlying set of values, myths, ideas, attitudes, beliefs and doctrine that shape the behavioral approach to political, economic, social, cultural and/or ecological activities of an...
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Vikings and Arabs – The Welfare State
A fine day in summer, I sat amidst hundreds of Swedish students in the university hall to witness the fierce debate between Jonas Sjöstedt, now leader of the liberal left-wing party and Edward Riedl of the moderates. It was a debate before national elections of 2010 which brought the right-wing Islamophobic party, Sverige Demokraterna in...