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Often pseudo intellectuals, liberals and proponents of anti-army sentiment make exaggerated claims while referring to the army’s budget, foreign policy and its welfare organisations. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/36LfqBF

There are times when no news is, in fact, big news. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3r7bVgr

The secret of success in the foreign policy realm lies in sincere endeavours of rediscovering the distinction between hope and reality. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3r9WJiI

“Stop acting so small. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2L9ZfpQ

The recent surge for reforms supplementing earlier steps initiated by Saudi Arabia can be seen as a new silver lining for the Muslim world. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2YvTLIU

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, universities across the globe opted for remote learning, and their rapid shift to conducting online classes and exams was commendable. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/36uGd50

It is encouraging that now the EU Parliament has also taken notice of the DisInfo Lab report of Indian propaganda and their criminal misconduct against Pakistan. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3r94Egi

“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3aksui6

Joseph R Biden, on January 20 2021, took the oath of the 46th President of the United States of America. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2YqlGKb

Being a police officer is a challenging and rewarding role if inducted in the time of true merit. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2MkTMwN

I believe this is a good time to generate a discourse on the education policy so that the educational standards of the country can be improved. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3tbGnYL

On 22 December 1997, 45 indigenous people who were supporters of the Zapatista rebel movement in Chiapas, Mexico were massacred by paramilitaries as they attended a pacifist prayer meeting. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2Yu72BW

Joe Biden has finally been sworn in as the new President of the United States, and in choosing his cabinet, he has surrounded himself with seasoned and astute diplomats such as Anthony Blinkin, Susan Rice and Samantha Matthews. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3asoXi3

2020 is now of the past, however, as December recently wrapped up, the ICC made it worse by demonstrating an overt bias against the Pakistan cricket team, specifically. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/39pSObk

Since its onset, COVID-19 has reportedly affected 99,830,738 people, consumed 2,144,313 lives while 71,830,048 have defeated the virus. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2MwPcvd

“I hate Indians. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3ox0gFP

Last week, I began my article by saying that sometimes, even often, I don’t know what to say. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3owroFi

A few days ago, many of us saw a video going viral where the owners of a local restaurant in Islamabad made fun of their manager for his English-speaking skills. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3chcSyt

As tensions between the United States and China have simmered in recent years, scholars and strategists have sought to frame the contemporary rivalry between both powers in a wider historical context. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3ciFwPK

“To mankind that recognises the equality of man everywhere, every war becomes a civil war. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/36mlIaC

The December 2020 numbers for the Pak economy are already looking quite positive and the government can take heart from the statistics that unless it deliberately messes up things again, the economy finally seems to be moving in the right direction. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2Yh8W8H

As per the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), food security has four main components: accessibility, availability, utilisation, and stability. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2M7Sghx

According to good old parliamentary practices and traditions, which surely and certainly need to be upheld and strengthened, the government of the day and the opposition are like two wheels of a vehicle. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3qYTpGP

“It is my dream that we would create a Hindustan of the Hindus. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/39hEEZU

Israelis love to use their hasbara machinery to get good press. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3qKVVAu

When anything is free your freedom is the price. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3odQf0p

A new Coronavirus disease was reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO) on December 31, 2019. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3iL2EaV

“No one wants the United Nations to suffer the fate of the League of Nations, which collapsed because it lacked real leverage. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/39h9Wjy

India has a long history of false flag operations, the first of which was the hijacking of a Fokker Plane on its flight from India to Lahore in 1971. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3of9x5l

Echoing Hobbes and Machiavelli, Morgenthau points out that sometimes, rulers act upon immoral activities like deceit, fraud, falsehood and even murder to fulfill their selfish aims. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2KPYHFu

The important hard fact is that the actual custodian of the entire investigative outcome if any rests with Mr Robert Byrne who is a well-known detective in the UK; how come the entire investigation was sublet to a third party by Broadsheet as they did not have the capability to probe such financial corruption and this is a question for the then. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3r11Stt

“In colonial conquest, language did to the mind what the sword did to the bodies of the colonised. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/36bZbwS

It is now all out in the open. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/366Xwsp

Pakistan was created in a highly difficult and clamorous time. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/367EQsH

The Broadsheet saga, and its intriguing history over the past two decades, has taken Pakistan’s judicio-polity by storm. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3pctSK5

“O city of Lahore, may your hustles and bustles remain perpetualThe breeze of your streets drove me to settle here”-Nasir Kazmi There are many myths about Lahore’s foundation. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3pcusY1

President Biden’s reset of US’ Asia policy will primarily determine the future contours of Sino-US relations. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/39TEQ0x

The basic objective behind the establishment of courts in society was never just to administer the law but to dispense justice. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2LOoNt2

We are faced with two narratives today—one of the government’s, the other of the opposition—but for the average Pakistani who is not apolitical but does not belong to any particular political party, the problem lies in the fact that both seem tainted—one because of credibility and the other; performance and distrust. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/364Mioh

“The Islamic State is not just a challenge to Judeo-Christian Western civilization. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2MhbZLg

With both the government and the opposition alliance sticking to their guns, the country seems to be heading towards chaos and political instability which it cannot afford in view of the grave challenges it is confronted with. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/39SxASH

The case of the Pakistanis conducting activities in their way is unorthodox, to say the least. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/363unhN

It is very disturbing for every Pakistani to see our nation having been trapped in a cyclone that has struck our economy and politics through foreign aggression, especially by India and Israel. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3c2dVSH

Howard Hughes Jr was an American business tycoon, entrepreneur, investor, aviator, aerospace engineer, inventor, filmmaker and philanthropist. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2Y4N7sQ

Or maybe I should be more honest and say: often, I don’t know what to say. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2M43Cml

When I reconnected to my writing last year, I used to wonder how would I come up with topics to write on every week. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3qDTWhw

Freedom is a basic human right. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2XVuFD0

“Rock music was the death of jazz in a way. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/392SizP

India has become the largest modern day Roman amphitheatre where minorities, mostly Muslims and Dalits, are mocked and eviscerated mentally and physically. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3bVp9Zu

Throughout the year, we continue to hear horrific news of sectarian killings at the hands of foreign-sponsored insurgencies in Pakistan’s western region, Balochistan. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3oYzyqM

Blowing the lid off the Pulwama attack on its first anniversary, the WhatsApp leaks of Arnab Goswami, a journalist close to the Modi government has established that the incident was nothing but a false-flag operation orchestrated by the Indian leadership for getting selfish political gains through maligning Pakistan. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2XYJ3u4

“Let’s not forget that on every major issue—nuclear bombs, big dams, the Babri Masjid controversy and privatization—the Congress sowed the seeds and the BJP swept in to reap the hideous harvest. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/35XSRZT

Donald J Trump, the 45th President of the United States of America (USA) has fallen, the establishment has prevailed. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2M3LRDw

Pakistan is gradually moving towards the path of progress, development and prosperity as well as the formation of a welfare state by continuing to overcome challenges on internal and external fronts collectively by the federal government and the people. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3sFFebI

In 2020, the world waited with bated breath as pharma companies around the world raced to arrive at a workable, safe, and efficient vaccine against the coronavirus (COVID-19). from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/35TsdkL

“A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2M3CMuJ

By the 1880s, the Russians had advanced to Central Asia and occupied cities like Bokhara, Samarkand as well as Khiva and were threatening Pamir and Afghanistan. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2M0Q4b6

The truth is out. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/38UwuGs

The theory of black swan events is a metaphor that describes an event that comes as a surprise, has a major effect, and is often inappropriately rationalised after the fact with the benefit of hindsight. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2LVetyW

“Who will forget the rifle-fire from which so many of our brothers perished, or the gaols into which were brutally thrown those who did not want to submit to a regime of justice, oppression and exploitation which were the means the colonialists employed to dominate us?”-Patrice Lumumba Patrice Lumumba was assassinated on 17th January. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2KoWmB7

Our dear homeland Pakistan is the most important country in the Islamic world and the first nuclear power in the Muslim world. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3qEYJ2j

With President Trump having lost the election, there is a growing sense of uncertainty and trepidation in the corridors of power in New Delhi. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2LEWU6r

A colleague of mine, who is still too young to have been jaded about Pakistan Cricket, was distraught after Pakistan’s abysmal performance in the New Zealand series. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3ilxZAJ

“Whenever the West intervenes, it’s a disaster. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/38OUafn

He sounded so convincing, on the phone, with his posh English accent. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3srQLLr

Movies play an important role in promoting the culture of a country. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2KiBqeW

Recently the PCB announced, with confirmation, the retirement of Mohammad Amir. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/39wevp6

“When great truths are omitted, myths take their place and the nature and pattern of great power are never explained to the public. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3qtmk5B

While there are no two opinions about the fact that our valiant security forces and law enforcing agencies have broken the back of the terrorists and cleared Pakistani territory of their outfits, they still retain their ability to stage attacks on symbols of state power and civilians. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2KeFcWD

“My greatest sin is that I nationalised Iran’s oil industry and discarded the system of political and economic exploitation by the world’s greatest empire. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2LyFGaS

“United Nations’ support for the right to self-determination—while slower than it was at its historic peak in the twentieth century—remains both a source of pride for the Organisation and a crucial pillar of its work going forward,” António Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/38JDZjs

What I learnt from the third volume of Xi Jinping’s The Governance of China. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2XCP3c2

Pakistan is no stranger to ethnic and sectarian violence. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3oHX6QP

A few days ago, eleven coal miners from the Hazara community were ruthlessly slaughtered by the militant IS (Islamic state) group. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2LS8ECb

Because of the recent attack on the Capitol building in Washington DC, which houses the American parliament, issues regarding democracy—and the opposite—have come high on the agenda of serious debate in the USA and the world. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/35FdJVx

“Every historian has his or her lifetime, a private perch from which to survey the world. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/35Vx3OL

As the dust settled on Capitol Hill after Trumpsters’ assault on the pantheon of American democracy, we were wondering about the reasons as to why American democracy has reached the precipice. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3bxVzZG

On January 7, 2021, after two months of denial, false charges of fraud and incitement, Donald Trump acknowledged that he would be leaving the White House on January 20 and promised a “seamless transition of power. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3oIGNmw

Almost one year into the pandemic, I trust by now we all know the standard takeaways: The notions that we need to re-think our approach to life by way of faith; display a sense of renewed gratitude and humility; create a balance between recklessness and obsessiveness (meaning precautions, but within reason); in using this time as an opportunity to. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/39v4Q27

“Colonialism is the cousin of slavery. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/39kmdSY

‘Naya Pakistan’ hangs in the balance. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2Xvzva3

Chess, for centuries now, has become a source of national pride for the Russian nation. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/35x5Q4y

The advent of COVID-19 is remarkable and it has divided time into the pre-COVID-19and COVID-19 eras. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3owoxNf

On 11 January 1964, Surgeon General Luther Terry released his report on the definitive link between smoking and cancer. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3qggrsH

The world is transforming at a very fast pace. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2XqjeTI

Famous political thinkers agree that a number of internal factors like the quantity of population, system of government, geographical location, economic output, and more, play a key role in formulating the foreign policy of a country. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3q7fGSv

The word Sikh is derived from the Sanskrit word Shishya or the Pali Sikkha, which means disciple. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3sdGy5m

Edwin Parker Twombly was born in Lexington, Virginia, on April 25, 1928. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3bsic1K

With the pandemic year 2020 behind us, the people around the world now pin their hopes on the year 2021 opening a new chapter of peace, tranquillity and prosperity for all. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3oHUZfu

Tesla, which is without a doubt the main driving force behind the rise of electric vehicles, is now the most valuable car company in the world, surpassing the automotive giant Toyota. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2XoAatx

The conclusion of the Hazara sectarian killings issue in Machh, followed by six days of protesting by the bereaved, is this: one man’s ego prevailed over the plight of many. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3q69aLI

“The capitalist and consumerist ethics are two sides of the same coin, a merger of two commandments. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/39lajIu

The longest lingering and unresolved Kashmir issue, which was lying in the cold storage of the United Nations for almost 55 years, was revived and activated by Pakistan in 2018 and 2019 when its democratically elected Prime Minister Imran Khan addressed the UN General Assembly sessions consecutively for two years highlighting the burning Kashmir. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/35oG2Ym

Learning is a continuous process of seeking and absorbing content and information, analysing facts, accepting logic and applying it to become a better version of ourselves. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3ot4O0J

The voice of the martyrs of Hazara is echoing in my ears saying “leave who killed us and forget who failed to protect us. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3hTxuhc

“With a hundred volumes a man may be intellectually rich for life. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3q3nKUe

Social stratification refers to a society’s categorisation of its people into groups based on socio-economic factors like wealth, income, race, education, ethnicity, gender, occupation, social status, or derived power, both social and political. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2Xo6EEt

The mahout is responsible for keeping, training, as well as riding an elephant and in the case of the Indian Cricket Team; the reigns are in the hands of Virat Kohli. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2Xj7m5F

Social media helps people to isolate themselves in ideological niches by seeking and consuming only information consistent with their views. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3pZqjGT

“People speak sometimes about the “bestial”cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust andoffensive to beasts, no animal could ever be socruel as a man, so artfully, soartistically cruel. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3bjq05V

The convulsions of the year 2020 roiled the United States in at least two important ways: (1) they reopened the gaping wound of racial inequities in an already divided society, and (2) they worsened the fissures of economic inequality and strife in a society already characterised by vast financial divides. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/38naX96

Recently I just finished watching a local Urdu drama called ‘ranjha ranjha kerdi’. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/35geFzJ

Today, when year 2021 is just a week old, I shall reflect on some issues related to New Year’s resolutions, some quite simple and prosaic, and others bigger, concerning the more fundamental issues of moral and ethical behaviour. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/38iLm1h

“It should, it seems to me, be our pleasure and duty to make those people free, and let them deal with their own domestic questions in their own way. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3nlavwB

Could 2021 be the year Afghanistan’s destiny finally changes? Or will “spoilers” ruin this opportunity for peace in the region?In the eighteenth (official) year of the war, Afghanistan continues to face significant challenges in stabilising the country. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/38hX5xd

Visit any university in Pakistan and have a chat with the students or academics there and you will soon come across the bombastic claims of having research articles published in various HEC-recognised journals. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3nfXWT7

Kashmir is fabled for its glorious mountains, stunning scenery, remarkable landscape, and pleasing climate. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2KWZRPC

“The question is the morning after. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/394fRXN

The Freemasons Hall of Democracy located on 33 Davis Road Lahore has produced many marvels to detract the democratic order in the country, the latest being: ‘Jaag Punjab’. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3hQfqVe

Both countries have strived to gain the upper hand in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case on the diplomatic front. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/38aZae5

The education sector is one of the prime determinants of a nation’s stability. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/39gohvB

“In their greatest hour of need, the world failed the people of Rwanda. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3rSCuXS

The Sino-Indian border is divided into three sectors. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2KVGAOc

I could tell straight away that he, an officer, wanted to talk. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2JJmAhm

Just one year ago, in the first few days of January 2020, no one could have predicted or imagined that the world would go through such tectonic changes within a period of just 12 months. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3naqUE1

“No country can build a healthy and growing economy or establish a true democracy if half its people are held back, pushed aside, left behind or beaten up. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2LmkODq

The unemployed youth of Punjab are protesting the unfortunate malpractices in the recruitment process conducted through Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) that was once, and not too many years ago, considered a champion of meritocracy. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/354pgNS

The disruption in the services of Google occurring on December 14, 2020, caused a global uproar. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/38agcJw

According to the Economic Survey 2019-2020, agriculture contributed about 19. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3pG8UD2