نیازی حکومت کے غریبوں پر وار روز اول سے لے کر تا حال جاری و ساری ہیں۔ ہر پندرہ روز، مہینے بعد کیا،بعض اوقات تو یوں محسوس تو یوں محسوس ہوتا ہے کہ روزانہ کی بنیاد پر مہنگائی میں اضافہ ہورہا ہے آئے روز معلوم ہوتا ہے کہ پیٹرول کے نرخ بڑھ گئے، دوائیں مہنگی ہوگئیں، سونا مہنگا ہوگیا، ڈالر ...

Massive investments are presently being made in higher education by many countries in the developing world, such as Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and China. This is because it has slowly been realised by the ministries of finance and planning in these countries that quality higher education and its links with industries represent a critically important path to developing a strong ...

Most Fortune 500 American companies with the largest revenues move profit made at home to foreign countries to avoid taxes. Contrary to the US, in Pakistan it is believed offshore companies are meant to stash huge ill-gotten wealth in shell corporations. There is nothing illegal in just owning an offshore firm with marginal capitals. However, there is no harm in ...

Rumours spread over the weekend that China had secretly taken control of Afghanistan’s Bagram Air Base. Both the Taliban and Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Wang Yu denied these reports, with the former claiming that they’d simply turned on the lights there while the latter declared that “Those who fabricated the rumors that Chinese forces being present at Bagram Air Base ...

The world is confronted with a challenge to cut emissions at a swift rate to ensure net zero targets are met. In the meantime, countries around the world are scrambling to attain a clean energy profile while also guaranteeing security of supply and avoiding any unwanted socio-economic fallouts. The challenge is a wholly distinct one depending on the country under ...

It was 1977 and Pakistan Television was recording an episode of the weekly show Farozan, hosted by Mehtab Channa (now Rashdi). The producer, Arfeen, introduced a lad in his early 20s to the show that brought fresh talent to the fore. Usually nervous, newcomers responded only briefly to Mehtab’s questions, who was young, dynamic and very attractive. The host asked ...

I want you to deal with your problems by becoming rich.” — Jordan Belfort from the film Wolf of Wall Street MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT BECOMING RICH & SUCCESSFUL IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM—this sentiment prevents them from investing in their personal development through books, courses and conferences. Numerous studies by academics from Harvard have discovered that a human being has ...

Out of 181 countries, Pakistan ranked 162 on the 2020 Global youth development ranking that evaluates the position of youth in 181 countries around the globe. Singapore ranked top for the first time followed by Slovenia, Norway, Malta and Denmark, while Chad, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Afghanistan and Niger finished at the bottom, respectively. The triennial rankings, released ...

The cases of violence against women seem to increase day by day in Pakistan and the recent data is proof of it. According to numbers by Women Protection Cell, the institution has received 10,000 complaints by women over harassment and violence in Sindh since the start of 2021. Meanwhile, in Punjab the Women Helpline has received 4,649 complaints in the ...

Domestic violence, visual harassment, physical harassment, honour killings, fragile judicial system, lawlessness and many others are the incumbent problems of our country. Such problems are rampant in a country where judicial system and lawlessness remains sluggish and indolent. Pakistan has now become an unsafe country for women and children where they don’t enjoy their inborn equal human rights and are ...

There is no doubt that this world is a disgrace to the oppressed and the poor. What isseldom acknowledged here is the plight of the oppressed. The world, especially theWestern countries, has gone blind, especially about the persecution of Muslims. The rules for international order are utter hypocrisy. In today’s world, these laws are being used against the oppressed and ...

The 8 October 2005 earthquake in Kashmir is remembered as one of the worst natural disasters in South Asia. The BBC’s Shahzeb Jillani was among the first journalists to report from the devastated city of Balakot, near the epicentre. A decade on, he has gone back there to meet some of the survivors. Nestled among towering green mountains and situated ...

Governments should act swiftly to redress the harm caused to children’s education in the wake of the unprecedented disruption from the Covid-19 pandemic, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Human Rights Watch accompanied its report with an interactive feature exploring common barriers to education exacerbated during the pandemic. An overhead shot of a student on a cell ...

حسین منصور کہتے ہیں کہ ایک شخص افغان صدر حامد کرزئی کے پاس پہنچا، اور فرمائش کی کہ انہیں افغانستان میں ریلوے کا وزیر لگا دیا جائے۔ کرزئی بے چارے ششدر رہ گئے۔کیوں کہ افغانستان میں ریلوے کا وجود ہی نہیں ہے۔جواب میں کرزئی نے کہا کہ یہ کیسے ممکن ہو سکتا ہے کہ میں تمہیں ایسے ہی ریلوے کا ...

سالار سلیمان ”گھڑیاں تمہارے پاس ہیں، وقت ہمارے پاس ہے۔ اور اگر اللہ نے چاہا تو ثابت قدمی سے ہم ہی فاتح ہوں گے۔” آج سے تقریباً دو دہائی قبل جب طالبان نے یہ بات کہی تھی تو دنیا بھر نے اس بات کا ٹھٹھا اڑایا تھا۔ دنیا بھر کے عالمی جرائد نے ان کو شکست خوردہ ثابت کیا تھا۔ ...