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Last year’s agreement reached between President Trump and the Taliban to withdraw all foreign troops, including US service members, from Afghanistan by May 1 seems to have met the similar fate of all such deals made in the past. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2Ob6Oxq

Panipat is a city in the Indian State of Haryana which is located 60 miles of north of Delhi. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3q58Sob

I just saw the former Prime Minister looking very weak on the television screen and one could see his shining eyes disclosing the smooth and quiet deal for 11 Senators where PMLN, PPP, and PTI were facing each other and there was hue and cry on the media about horse-trading at large scale. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2Plqxv7

“Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3r5Y2zl

What’s more beautiful than the innocence of childhood? Laced with dreams of wonderland and stories of utopian fantasy, it is a time in life laden with perfection and prettiness of the creative little minds. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3c0B5HR

By offering myriad employment opportunities and a boost to small businesses, tourism is considered one of the major sources of economic activity for any country. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3uGSqxE

Change of leadership in the United States is beginning to show its shade across the world. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3syM41M

“Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being “false,” “untrue,” yet good fiction provides more truth about the world, about life, and even about the reader, than can be found in non-fiction. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3syM2qG

Two years have passed since India acted on the dangerous idea of conducting cross-border air strikes in the vicinity of Balakot, allegedly targeting Jaish-e-Muhamad (JeM) training camps. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2O9kzwz

Imagine if the Associated Press’ (AP)—an American non-profit news agency—Twitter account has been hacked and releases a ‘tweet’ falsely stating that there had been two explosions at the White House and the President of the United States had been injured. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2ZUrfBr

We all are responsible for pushing our country quickly to the point of no return on national issues and we all are responsible for creating the crises ourselves and we are failing to counter serious challenges. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3dTZz7Y

Today, there are hundreds and thousands of perfumes available in the market. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3aVtaMv

Where can one find a country that is the fifth most populous state in the world, boasts to be a nuclear power, claims to have an impregnable defence but has an economy—which underpins a nation’s strength—in tatters and owes billions of dollars in debt to foreign nations, banks, and institutions? Where can one find a country with. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3aVi4XW

It is an irrefutable reality that Indian leaders, both past and present, have never accepted Pakistan as a reality and it has been their innate desire to reunite India or in case of failure to achieve that objective, to harm and weaken Pakistan irreparably. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/37NkLsD

The 4th largest milk producing country in the world is Pakistan. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3us8Ee2

“Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3uz2zNa

Being endlessly phone called by random men, weird and vulgar messages sent via social media channels, stared at in public places, followed home by strangers, sexually harassed in some way; these are somethings each and every woman in our society has experienced in some form. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2ZLAFzh

In recent times, the urban population has witnessed tremendous growth. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3pNDfPT

Cooperation rather than confrontation remains important, as I have discussed in a few recent articles, giving reference to the good work of the World Economic Forum (WEF), led by its founding chairman Professor Klaus Schwab since 1972. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2NDIBjp

“I believe that the United Nations is the instrument for securing peace and forgiving people everywhere, in poorer countries as in richer, a real stake in that peace by promoting development and encouraging cooperation. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3qTeFOO

Ghalib is revered and remembered as one of the greatest Urdu poets by the lovers and enthusiasts of ghazal around the world. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3aOCphr

Agriculture has a central role in Pakistan’s economy by contributing 19. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/37YSGPd

Today, the question of whether global climate change is happening or not has been transformed into how expeditious will its manifestation and their impacts be. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/37IsBn5

“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/3uoU2w1

Since the COVID-19 pandemic first hit Wuhan, China, in December 2019, scientists have been racing against time to develop and test novel vaccines to protect against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3dCiRP6

Despite conscientious efforts by every government, the administrative set up remains sluggish. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2NmhI3D

Kashmir is internationally recognised as a disputed territory whose final status is yet to be determined by the people. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/37Et5uy

The most radical changes that happened in the second half of the 20th century were on the political and geographic levels. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3qMMdhp

Once, Abraham Lincoln said, “You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3bwhezI

Custodial death is part of the civilian society which is governed by the Rule of Law, handled by the police, in Pakistan. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2ZAmi0D

Understandably, the US foreign policy on South Asia is aimed at sustained engagement in the region bilaterally as well as multilaterally. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2ZFycq1

“Pray that the sorrow in your life is not so much as to destroy you and is not so little that your eyes remain forever without tears. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3aG2IpZ

Covid-19 is causing tragic loss of life; and the measures needed to fight it have turned our world upside down—affecting billions of people and stopping economies in their tracks. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3dwIOj3

Recently, the Italy-Pakistan Footwear Technological Centre (IPFTC), claimed to be the first of its kind by the Pakistan Footwear manufacturing association (PFMA), has been commissioned to collaborate with the Italian government. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3qGCtVV

The oldest racial group in India is the Adivasis, the aboriginals of India who live in areas from Assam in northeast to Kanyakumari in the south. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3aDEMnl

“I was reading the dictionary. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2OWQFfE

On February 26, 2019 the Indian Air Force (IAF) engaged in a hasty misadventure against Pakistan, and was met with an immediate and impeccably executed response that later came to be known as Operation Swift Retort. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3qDlrrT

Art of all forms can move individuals, awaken imaginations and raise a unique awareness of the omnipresent issues our world is confronting. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3bma0yb

The Norwegian Nobel Committee will soon address the pile of nominations received for 2021. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3qOTH3m

“Were the ironies of taxation any better: raising money for schools and hospitals and roads and bridges, and spending it on blowing up schools and hospitals and roads and bridges in self-defeating wars?”-Edward Aubyn In the midst of Arab Spring, the imperial watchdog of the USA that is NATO began a military intervention in Libya on 19. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3bhsoIE

Reportedly, during seven months of the current fiscal year, overseas Pakistanis have remitted more money back home through banking channels than before. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3s7UqNC

In the disputed lands of Kashmir, children are profoundly affected by situations of crisis they do not understand. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3drierB

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is set to review Pakistan’s progress on its action plan in its three-day plenary meeting, starting February 22. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3bfIumc

“King: And can you not establish some new creed to justify the bloody murder of one’s only sonGrand Inquisitor: To appease eternal justice, God’s own son upon the cross. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/37olmAE

In the wake of recent public rallies by the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), when the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and sixteen renowned journalists petitioned Islamabad High Court (IHC) to lift Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA)’s prohibition order to all TV channels banning broadcasts of speeches,. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2ZsXDLa

Shocked. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3s8vdCJ

In some recent articles, I have written about the importance of cooperation rather than confrontation in order to reach results in politics and other fields. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3qurRtm

“Coca-Cola is the only business in the world where no matter which country or town or village you are in, if someone asks what do you do, and you say you work for Coca-Cola, you never have to answer the question, ‘What is that?’”-Mutar Kent Coca-Cola’s history dates back to 1886 when the curiosity of an Atlanta. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3u622ln

After World War II the “Asian Miracles”—first Japan, then Taiwan and South Korea, most recently China—grew their way out of poverty by opening to trade and investment and becoming manufacturing export powerhouses. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3dm29n0

On January 13, Mr Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives for having incited the January 6 violent insurrection resulting in a mob breaking into the US Capitol Building and committing acts of murder and mayhem. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3u8vE1t

PM Modi planned the Pulwama drama to win his second election at the cost of 40 soldiers who died in this attack on February 14, 2019 and his act of weeping was only to attract the sympathies of the victim’s families and other countrymen. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3aoXWNo

“What the imperialists cannot forgive us is that we have made a Socialist revolution under their noses. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/37Dbvav

“When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3rUEX3i

Subramanian Swamy, a hardline BJP leader and member of the Rajya Sabha, gave a shocking statement in an interview last year with an American media outlet. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2LT40nY

The ground realities in the land of the pure continue to be grim. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2NsdtmO

“No, I’m not going 10,000 miles from home to help murder and burn another poor nation simply to continue the domination of white slave masters of the darker people the world over. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3bdeoj9

The fact in issue is not whether Islamabad was aware of India’s ‘nefarious designs’ of revoking the status of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, 2020. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3tXhbpd

Pakistan’s media and drama domains, for quite some time, have been buzzing with government-sponsored dubbing, discussion and the display of a Turkish drama based on the life and deeds of Ertugrul. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2LTlzo0

Wakhan is a strip of land in the Pamir mountain range where China, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan share borders. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/37wsE5F

“On general principles, it is best that I should not leave the country. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3qlppFx

As debate rages on over the method of conducting elections to the Senate, the announcement of each party’s Senatorial candidates has highlighted another important problem––one that threatens the sanctity and purpose of Pakistan’s upper house of Parliament. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2Zev4Bd

Covid-19 proved to be detrimental for the economy and society across the world. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/377DBKD

The saga concerning honourable Justice Qazi Faez Isa and his ongoing friction with the Federal Government, State institutions, and even fellow brethren of the honourable Supreme Court, seem to be deepening with each passing event. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2ZfuCCU

“The patchwork political landscape of the Arab world — the client monarchies, degenerated nationalist dictatorships, and the imperial petrol stations known as the Gulf states — was the outcome of an intensive experience of Anglo-French colonialism. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/37c2wwK

US’ South Asia policy, as an obvious subset of its Asia policy, will seek to stem China’s rise as a competing global economic and military power. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3d2UQk2

A decade ago, in early 2011, the Middle East region unexpectedly erupted. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3tWziLN

As the people of Pakistan quite enthusiastically observed another Kashmir Solidarity Day on February 5, 2021 with President Dr Arif Alvi addressing Azad Kashmir (AK) Constituent Assembly, Prime Minister Imran Khan attended a big gathering at Kotli (AK). from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2ZeudAk

“An erosion of self-esteem is one of the commonest symptoms of dispossession. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2Nhreo9

The UN monitoring team responsible for tracking terrorist groups and their activities, in its 27th report to the UNSC has acknowledged the ongoing efforts of the Pakistan government against elements involved in terrorist activities and arresting the individuals engaged in terrorism financing and clamping down on the assets of the said designated. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3aWEyGK

By bringing political battles into our bedrooms, social media has made it much difficult for politicians to speak lies and hide information. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3aXvTnp

A 3 percent conviction rate in crimes related to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) is evidence that violence against women and girls continues to run rampant in Pakistan despite consistent and extensive law reform on various types of crimes against women, children and other vulnerable groups. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2OmeYDg

On this day Nelson Mandela’s imprisonment ended thirty-one years ago. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3tS6Zy4

The message is loud and clear for Modi. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3tHnJZ3

Ever since I have been a parent, family and friends consistently question me explicitly and implicitly at large if I am a good parent. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3rI8HjL

It is often easier to criticise than to say something positive, honouring the hard and good work of others. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3aQLXr7

“How do we prevent Iran developing an atomic bomb, when, on the American side, dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is not recognised as a war crime?”Gunter Grass One of the greatest ironies of histories that have its reverberation till this day was the atom bombs dropped by an American B-29 bomber over the Japanese. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2Z4MErd

It has been years since India revoked Article 370 in Kashmir. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3jGqq8r

It seems as if Pakistan, Iran, and Turkey joining forces in the foreseeable future is not just an opinion but a fact. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3jL8PMR

After pop singer Rihanna made waves on February 2 by tweeting on the farmers’ protests in Delhi, there has been an outpouring of support from the international community for Indian farmers’ protests against the three agricultural laws passed by the fascist regime of Modi. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2Or81kF

“My spiritual pain is unbearable. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2MHT3Gt

The time for speeches and statements on Indian Illegally Occupied Kashmir is over and now this is the time to move against PM Modi and his accomplices in the International Court of Justice (ICJ). from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3rAZhXq

No organisation can function without a Chief Operating Officer (CEO). from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3pXfupj

The inability of the UN Security Council to agree on a joint statement condemning the February 1 coup in Myanmar is understandable. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3jvx4hA

“All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3b1tyrN

Despite the market shakeups in the pre and post pandemic ridden world, China rises as the global leader in the rapid development of the ‘Online World’—breaking the new ground of a resilient digital ecosystem. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2O8wD1a

The province of Balochistan spreads over an area of 347,188 square kilometres and accounts for 43 percent of the entire country. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2YVThfu

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome virus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) continues to affect the human population across the globe. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2YXPnCR

“Hindustan had become free. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3q1VfXv

President Biden will find a vastly changed South Asia than the one he dealt with earlier as a Senator, Chairman Senate Foreign Affairs Committee and as Vice President of the US. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3cOMn3C

On October 17, 2020 the Lahore High Court released a notification on guidelines to be followed in letter and spirit in gender-based violence courts. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3tzb6Py

On Friday, February 5, all major political parties in Pakistan held their respective rallies under the garb of ‘Kashmir Day’. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3jnIAfb

“It was David Moses. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3aEpNrP

Like every year, the people and government of Pakistan observed yet another Kashmir Solidarity Day on February 5, 2021 to reiterate their continued and unstinted moral, diplomatic and political support to Kashmiris struggling and suffering at the hands of occupying Indian security forces. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3oRskUQ

The democratically elected Prime Minister of Pakistan termed holding of elections after every five years a tragedy while addressing a gathering in Sahiwal last week. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2N4q0wA

Money laundering promotes corporate and individual tax evasion. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/39V2iMd

“A priest’s life is spent between question and answer — or between a question and the attempt to answer it. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3aGdWJJ

The Indian security forces have been using ruthless force to suppress the freedom struggle of the people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K) which they launched in 1989 after having been frustrated by the Indian intransigence to grant them the right of self-determination. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3trgLXV

Kashmir Solidarity Day marks another year of soul wrenching and agonising reticence on the Kashmir conundrum due to the selfish and zionist mindset of Indian power elite. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3oT3HH8

It is now a general perception that Kashmiris are missing result oriented and practical actionable solidarity. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3pSyvJr

Freedom’s terrible thirst, flooding Kashmir, / is bringing love to its tormented glass. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3tn6wE1

In my article today, I shall discuss the need for broader and deeper cooperation among all stakeholders in society, including the public and private sectors, civil society organisations, research institutes, and others. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2LfJHAM

Last night I watched ‘The White Tiger’ on Netflix. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/39Ldif5

At the beginning of 2021, there comes encouraging news from China. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3tptA4T

“From thee all human actions take their springs, the rise of empires, the fall of kings. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3tnPV2T

There has never been a dearth of reports by international bodies showing how cruelly and callously the minorities in India are being persecuted by the fascist government of Premier Narendra Modi. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/36DGSRv

Tear gas, police brutalities, violence, and closure of internet facilities: it all sounds familiar. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3toke9J

Democratic governments in general ignore seemingly obvious risks and by the very nature of their underlying structure are not considered far-sighted. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3pHZAz6

“Having spent nearly 10 years of my life in jail and another five or more years underground or under house arrest, I’ve never doubted that Pakistan would overlook my contribution. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2LcsuIs

My late father Nazir Ahmed Malik was born a subject of the British Empire on July 15, 1920 in Ludhiana, East Punjab. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3j8TUeQ

Punjab and Islamabad made history on Monday as they achieved a big milestone and began the twelve-day typhoid introduction campaign to vaccinate children between nine months to 15 years of age in urban districts. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3rqd7Mf

It is a well-known principle of socioeconomic studies that ill-gotten money always imbalances the socio-economic structure with irreversible negative impacts and increases crime rate. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3rereEc

“Photography is the story I fail to put into words. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/36yncyF