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When the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Turkey, Oman and Sudan landed in New York to demand a ceasefire in Gaza the Israeli guns were silenced. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2SFtHLQ

Capitalism is defined by its sole motive of maximum profit which is recently proven by giving patents to corona vaccines even when uncertainty has engulfed almost the whole world. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2TybPD6

Afghanistan is advancing towards the stone ages with the unending conflict with no gain. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2RZbRDx

“History is a gallery of pictures in which thereare few originals and many copies. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/34xgSFV

China’s robust integration and engagement with the South Asian region is centered around shared peace and green development along with the policy of coexistence, equality and rule of law. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3fACXtz

Pakistan was the first Muslim country, and third non-communist country, to establish diplomatic relations with China. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3c7AhSh

A deep sense of urgency in striking a good bargain seems to have engulfed Islamabad. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3p4bunj

“If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3uE6Jls

America has announced a major shift in its foreign policy. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3c39ZAG

Israel launched an offensive operation, code named Wall Guard on May 10 in Gaza against Hamas. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3uzhOV4

Judicial dicta, in almost all common law countries of note, have spurred the progress and development of the fundamental rights discourse. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3wIWZId

“Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3uzNh9q

The National Accounts Committee (NAC) recently signed off on an annualised projected GDP figure for the current fiscal year of 3. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3yL6pVs

The news of Iraq-sponsored talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia is a step forward towards confidence building between the long-time rivals. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/34uTxol

Israel in claiming its right to self-defence hasn’t just failed to satisfy the rules of self-defence but has also breached international humanitarian law, making its supposed exercise of self-defence one of the biggest crimes against humanity in the modern world. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3i15l9X

“We (Pakistan) will eat grass, even go hungry. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3p1OyoT

There are no two opinions about the fact that the creation of the state of Israel on Palestinian land and the eviction of hundreds and thousands of them was a historic injustice. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/34pEkFc

Energy plays a vital role in the development of a country. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3fQ9lYe

“The day I received Force Commander’s commendation card (highest award given for best performance to an officer on the United Nations Mission), officers from other countries’ armies in the mission were inspired and started to motivate their female officers to perform for coming up to the level of Pakistani female officers’. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3oVLuKE

“Our dead never forget the beautiful world that gave them being. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2Tq4Ko4

You probably remember the witty French writer, philosopher and historian, Francois-Marie Arouet (1694-1778), better known as Voltaire, his ‘non de plume’. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2RGl6sl

Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis coined the term, ‘Oedipal complex’ in his theory of psychosexual stages of personality development to explain how a child feels love towards the parent of the opposite sex and anger and resentment towards the same sex parent. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/34nmIKe

Automation, along with efficiency has become the key to successfully execute any large venture. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3vl6OM9

“You will miss meWhen you’ll be in our favourite restaurantWith the girl who doesn’t like biryani”-Saumya Sinha Biryani is undoubtedly the most famous of all the rice dishes in South Asian cuisine. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2RRRPe1

After 11 days of blood and fire, the fighting in Gaza has stopped. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3fOXUzS

Amidst the clamour that ruptures the placid night sky above the Muslims living in Gaza, missiles are constantly set into projectile motion over the holy land with full impunity and without the sanction of a myth that is incapable of being termed as “international law”. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3uovu57

As the government continues to grapple with fixing Pakistan’s economy, one of the main challenges it faces is in resurrecting the State-Owned Enterprises or at least improving delivery/output/service of these national public sector institutions. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3wzdjLz

“Hope is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously headed for early success, but, rather, an ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/34mziZS

Toadies go by several names; flatterers, leeches, parasites, sponge, sycophants, electables, lotas etc. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3fil6HH

There are news stories in Indian media that only those artists who will sign a document of obeying state policy would be allowed to work in Indian Illegally Occupied Kashmir. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3i48je3

This debate is now in advanced stages as the World Health Organisation (WHO) is already evaluating this virus. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3vnd99R

Newspapers began circulating in the 17th century. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2SrtL1r

“A guitar is more than just a sound box. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3vlE468

For Christians, the Holy Sepulchre is holy because according to them the site is related to Jesus’ crucification, his empty tomb and resurrection. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3wn7MHM

The United Nations was established following World War 1 in 1945 to facilitate international cooperation and resolve world conflicts. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3hU3dRv

Seated at a roundtable are six well known erudite experts of foreign policy. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3wy1yVN

Throughout history, the Middle Eastern region—stretching from Iran to Morocco (Afghanistan and Pakistan, on the periphery)—has been complex, attaining a close inquiry by scores of historians and other social scientists. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3493PKY

The puppet called Uncle Sargam became an instant celebrity in Pakistan when it first appeared on the country’s state-run television in the 1980s. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2RFYhoj

In the clutter of daily breaking news, political mudslinging, and the no-holds-barred social media, it is easy to lose track of what is important to us as individuals, and as a nation. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3veFq2q

“Imperialism has not allowed us to achieve historical normality. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3yw6eNE

In the last couple of years there has been a new phenomenon that is visible on social media more and more. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2SZvBHd

The national conference on establishing 75 Prime Minister’s High-Tech skill centres across the country was recently held at the headquarters of the National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC). from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3bIlA84

The history of Kashmir is replete with myriad massacres of Kashmiris at the hands of the Indian security forces, including the killing of some prominent leaders of the freedom movement after it was launched in 1989. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/345k0bZ

“The bitter irony of fate decreed that the same biological and racist argument extended by the Nazis, and which inspired the inflammatory laws of Nuremberg, serve as the basis of the official definition of Jewishness in the bosom of the state of Israel. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3wuU7i5

On May 21, 1951, the People’s Republic of China and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan formally established diplomatic relations. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3wrI9Wv

May 21, 2021 is a day of special significance for the People’s Republic of China and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3hHeEvz

Unfortunately, the dreadful cries of Palestinian women and children are going unheard by the heads of Muslim countries and the relevant forums. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3f60fHJ

“The result of [1967 war] was a military victory, but it began the process of creating a coarse, cruel and racist state. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3bIe39j

The US has summarily declared victory and is bringing its “badly misfiring and endless Afghan Campaign” to a rather abrupt, ill-considered end. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3v4lGyo

Be strong. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3tXLCKN

I wish the title of my article today could be read the way we really want, that all wars have indeed ended or will end soon. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3f2pfPZ

“Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3vghjQE

When Socrates was asked, “why nations fail?”, he pointed out, with clarity, towards an idea that nations fail when the inhabitants of the state lose their ability to think independently. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3fnJLJS

It was the year 1734 when New York City Paper took the British government to court for the cause of press freedom. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3bDKpSj

Balochistan is the largest province of Pakistan in terms of area but unfortunately the most economically backward. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3tXqO5R

“Write down!/ I am an Arab/ You have stolen the orchards of my ancestors/ And the land which I cultivated/ Along with my children/ And you left nothing for us/ Except for these rocks …/ So will the State take them/As it has been said?!Therefore!/ Write down on the top of the first page:/ I do not hate people/ Nor do I encroach/ But if. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3yl5Pxm

It was the Balfour Declaration of November 2, 1917 where Britain publicly pledged to establish a national home for Jews in Palestine after the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3bz7gyo

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan suffers from a serious lack of ownership. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3byqoNg

A planted tiny country in 1947 is growing like a monster unchecked within the Arab-rich region and it is a sorry state of affairs that the Muslim Ummah has no collective power or force or a joint plan to stop the genocide of Palestinian Muslims at the hands of Israel. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3bynlVb

“We are accused of terrorism/ If we refuse to die/ with Israel’s bulldozers/ tearing our land/ tearing our history/ tearing our Evangelium/ tearing our Koran/ tearing the graves of our prophets/ If this was our sin,/ then, lo, how beautiful terrorism is?”—Nizar Qabbani In the ongoing Israeli assault on the Palestinian. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3wf1Kc8

The Covid-19 pandemic and its economic ramifications are posing an unprecedented challenge to countries’ social protection systems. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3fqX0JE

The2006 lawyer movement in Pakistan was considered to be a political movement that would change the fate of not only the justice system but the entire political landscape of the country as well. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2Qm2dtO

Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent dressing down of the Pakistani envoys has received such extensive commentary that one could easily compile a 500-page book on it. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3hsaW92

“But the state of Israel was not created for the salvation of the Jews; it was created for the salvation of the Western interests. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3yiV52m

This year’s holy month of Ramzan has been quieter than usual due to the corona restrictions, affecting the rich and poor alike. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3fq3NUd

The demographic features of the population of any country have a direct bearing on its economic development, more so when its bigger chunk consists of youth. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3uRPfTL

Palestine is ablaze once again. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3uQlEdq

“Yes, I tried to change the classical style in a way that people who don’t understand it can enjoy. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3eRN6BG

Last month, I was struck by Covid-19 and had to be hospitalised. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3y4OnwZ

One of the most important things I learned in my journey in becoming a psychotherapist and my own personal therapy is self-care. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3eGzzwU

Currently there is a lot of ongoing talk about backdoor negotiations between India and Pakistan apparently facilitated by the UAE. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/33Ds0kh

“Modernity is one of the most delicate and vital issues confronting us, the people of non-European countries and Islamic societies. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2SGRsD7

Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa and the Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi have concluded their successful and momentous visit of Saudi Arabia. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3y7X1em

While reading Human Rights Watch’s (HRW) monumental report “A Threshold Crossed”, I felt a range of emotions. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3uEnVbm

The current Covid-19 pandemic around the world is one of the most challenging events for all of humanity. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3blOhY5

“…the protection of human rights creates a pretext for intervention as given approval by the UN Security Council in the form of the R2P (responsibility to protect) norm, as used in the 2011 Libyan intervention. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3tNGBo5

Globally, startup culture has matured. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3vQYlju

Most Muslims around the world are still mesmerised by the egalitarian Madina model of state, management and welfare of the masses. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2RLxFBW

Though I was a key player in the development of the Thar Coal Project, I vehemently opposed the Sahiwal Plant. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3y1yA21

“Seen in the light of evolution, biology is, perhaps, intellectually the most satisfying and inspiring science. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3ezRqFK

The saying that desperate times call for desperate measures loses its essence when dealing with a situation such as the one Pakistan is presently facing. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3o0DdVv

The Silk Route refers to all the routes leading west out of China to Central Asia, the Middle East, the subcontinent and beyond. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/33x1GrU

Late Majid Nizami was a man of determination who was a great supporter of freedom of speech and went through state aggression in the hands of the then rulers but he continued to forward the desire of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, as his fight was for the right of the freedom of speech against all odds. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2Q2MBez

“The Oslo Accords are an instrument of Palestinian surrender, a Palestinian Versailles … with Palestinian assistance, Israel has been awarded at least an equal claim to [the West Bank and Gaza]. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2SDFmLb

Subsidies in the agriculture sector are used as a tool to encourage a positive behaviour shift among farmers, leading to sustainable and structural changes in agriculture. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3f53f5R

The art of storytelling began eons ago. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3vPUEL4

Even in these extremely uncertain coronavirus times, there is one thing that can be asserted with some measure of certainty: a new war, a new Great Game, a new world order, is afoot. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3xSvb5H

“The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2R4YLEj

In the context of a fast-changing regional scenario and new moves in the global power game, Pakistan has projected a new vision of peace in South Asia which promises to usher in a new era of harmonious relations among neighbouring states. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3b9X9jB

Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, 22. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3w3yVj5

As the momentous US drawdown commences, Pakistan’s 2,640-km-long Afghan border fence, now over 90 percent complete, is going to become another milestone achievement in its fight against terrorism, and a landmark addition to its hard-power deterrent after its most robust nuclear, missile programmes, the indigenous Al-Zarrar, Al-Khalid,. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3xXR0Aw

“Apartheid was legal. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2RBDxxS

Coronavirus is admittedly a common challenge for all the nations of the world and it demands complete solidarity among them with regards to mitigating its adverse effects on the global economy as well as on poor countries. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3eWzvYY

Pakistan’s salaried class serves the role of a steadied backbone in our otherwise rough-and-tumble economic life. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3vSdaTb

Often, we ignore, talk away, ridicule and make fun of issues and opinions that we don’t want to see. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3b7EB3n

“Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerfulfeelings: it takes its origin from emotionrecollected in tranquillity. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3vO8aic

On April 17 2021, on the manicured lawns of the Governor’s House, by the stroke of the Governor’s pen came the realisation of the Punjab Commercial Court Ordinance 2021. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3b4Ke2h

Recently I have started watching the daily Urdu drama ‘chupke chupke’ on Hum TV. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3eYtpHk

US’ withdrawal from Afghanistan without a proper withdrawal strategy will be very detrimental for Afghanistan and may give rise yet to another monster-like terrorist organisation worse than Al-Qaeda. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2QZTk9J

“My interest in Orientalism began for two reasons, one it was an immediate thing, that is to say, the Arab-Israeli War of 1973…”-Edward Said On October 6 1973, Egypt and Syria launched a coordinated attack on Israel. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2RuRa1y

The means of realising the judicial role must be legitimate; the principle of the rule of law applies first and foremost to the judges themselves, who do not share the legislature’s freedom in freely creating new tools. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3xK78pj

Pakistan is in the grip of Covid’s third wave and the NCOC is aggressively announcing measures to counter it, ones that primarily include business closures: Curtailed working hours, shorter working weeks and now the unending Eid holidays! All very well and given the grave situation, perhaps needed, however care needs to be taken that the. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2QNtbLk

Pakistan has seen its share of mob violence. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3b1xcmi

“Old buildings whisper to us in the creaking of floorboards and rattling of windowpanes. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2QLBIOV

The verbal clash between Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, the Special Assistant to the Chief Minister of Punjab, and an assistant commissioner in Sialkot the other day has touched a raw nerve across different sections of the society. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3ukFRYk

When Hollywood made movies about it, we went to the theatre, grabbed popcorn, had a good time and wondered ‘what if it actually happened in real life?’ Little did we know what we were in for a mere few years later. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3nLaVOL

Imran Khan (IK), the son of Lahore is the 22nd Prime Minister (PM) of Pakistan who finds himself surrounded by mediocrity and thugs. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3xKzfVl

“The university brings out all abilities,including incapability. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3ecMSVF

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan on December 26, 1979, reshaped the future of Central Asia and South Asia. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3ujoG9S

It is unfortunate that rather than increasing the education budget, it has been decreased and due to this, universities and Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)have suffered the most. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3ebZDQr

The third wave of Covid-19 has shaken Prime Minister Modi as the ongoing situation in India is beyond heartbreaking. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3nHpOl0

“Fascism is capitalism in decay. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3udgnwf

As expected, US President Joseph Biden’s recognition of the Armenian Genocide during the Ottoman Empire was greeted with relief by Armenian Americans and outrage by many Turks. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3t4Yo9K

Unemployment has been one of the few persistent challenges that have grown worse with every passing year. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3ud6rma

Over the past year, coronavirus has wreaked havoc across the world, denting the ego of a world drunk on its technological feats, bringing the economic engine to a halt, and extracting an immeasurable toll in human suffering. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2RjKUJT

“Let the ruling classes tremble at a communistic revolution. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2QQqxUO