With a change in the command of the sixth largest army in the world, debate was sparked locally, in Pakistan, and globally, over the role of the powerful military establishment and its army chief. A lot has been discussed regarding the legacy of the army chiefs, who preceded General Syed Asim Munir, the Seventeenth Commander […]
The Philippines is the country with the highest production of child abuse material. Charities have estimated that 1 in 5 children are involved in some form of exploitation, and it is commonly the parents and relatives profiteering from the abuse. The lockdowns during the Pandemic left vulnerable children trapped with financially desperate adults. Many may […]
A year after the British MP Owen Paterson scandal led to promises of stricter control, politicians have earned £5m from work on the side, reports The Observer. Overall, MPs made more than £5.3m from outside work from October 2021 and September 2022, with many, including former cabinet ministers, taking on new roles as advisers and […]
The appointment of Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim as the 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia has finally ended the 5-day ‘government vacancy’ period after the 15th General Election (GE15). The King of Malaysia, Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, have consented to this appointment and the establishment of a unity government for Malaysia. […]
The Pakistan government has picked former intelligence agency chief Asim Munir as its new head of the army, a post that has significantly dictated the governance of the South Asian, nuclear-armed country in the past. (The Source)
The 25th of November 2022 marked the one-year anniversary of the death of 31 mostly Muslim migrants crossing the English Channel in a rubber dinghy. The deaths have been marked as the worst maritime disaster in the Channel for 30 years. The circumstances of the horrific events are even more disturbing.
Commercialization of Sport Sports are good for mental and physical health. Team sports are even better as they also teach team-work. Football, also called soccer, is among those few team sports where almost every player gets an equal chance to play their role throughout the game and exert themselves to their fullest. But sports and […]
KUN.UZ and other news sites reported that on November 14-16, Tashkent hosted “The Second World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education (WCECCE).” Speaking at the conference, Uzbek President, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, proposed adopting a special resolution of the UN General Assembly on the outcome of the World Conference, on the importance of educating children, as […]
Among the many other controversies, a new one has engulfed our country regarding the upcoming movie, Joyland[1] and its disputed ban[2]. The movie, before its official release, has already bagged 4 major awards, among them the ‘prestigious’ Cannes Film Festival award in two categories, among them the Queer Palm category given to LGBT relevant content[3] […]
Headlines: China Seals Gas Deal with Qatar COP27: But No Progress on Fossil Fuels
Fox News reported today: “University of Virginia shooting: Ex-football player suspect in custody, victims ID’d as former teammates. Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. is charged with three counts of second degree murder”.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, regarding the “Century of Turkey” vision document, which is planned to be the main slogan of the 2023 elections and includes new programs and goals for the second century of Turkey, announced at the Ankara Sports Hall with a large participation meeting. In his speech, in which he said that he […]
Turkey: The Chairman of Republican People’s Party Kemal Kilicdaroglu went to London, the capital of the UK, to pay a series of visits. During his visit to the UK, Kilicdaroglu met with science and technology circles and investors. (Source: News Agencies)
In a few days, the Danish national football team will travel to Qatar to represent Denmark at the World Cup 2022. The Danish athletes will play in a black kit, which will symbolize a mourning band that marks dissatisfaction with the regime in Qatar and which signals that Denmark is attending a funeral. The underlying […]
Imran Khan injured in firing incident during PTI long march WAZIRABAD: Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan and several other PTI leaders were injured after a man opened fire near the PTI reception camp at Allahwala Chowk during party’s long march, ARY News reported on Thursday. (Arynews.tv)
The current political turmoil in Pakistan is fundamentally not confined to conflict between Imran Khan’s PTI and the PDM’s government. It is not even confined to a struggle between factions of the powerful military establishment. The political turmoil has wider implications. It widens to facilitating US objectives and interests in this region, at this time. […]
Saudi Arabia’s recent refusals to increasing oil production in defiance of the Biden administration has caused an uproar in the US as it was seen as Saudi defiance of its security partner. In order to crystallise the political reality, it is essential to understand the broader regional picture. Saudi Arabia, in recent months, has fiddled […]
In recent weeks, the British government has been under fire for the inhumane treatment of asylum seekers in its immigration centres, and the appalling conditions in which they are held while waiting to be processed once they arrive on the country’s shores. Around 4000 people were kept at the Manston facility in Kent, a former […]
Headlines: • US Calls for Negotiations • ‘Israel’s’ Far Right Allies Win Election • India to Continue Buying Oil from Russia as Ties Deepen
Headlines: US says Zelenskiy Risks Allies’ Ukraine Fatigue if he Rejects Russia Talks Imran Khan Speaks Publicly for First Time Since Surviving Shooting Chinese Chip Designers Slow Down Processors to Dodge US Sanctions US says Zelenskiy Risks Allies’ Ukraine Fatigue if he Rejects Russia Talks US officials have reportedly warned the Ukrainian government in private […]
The news agency NPR reported that the oldest prisoner in Guantanamo Bay was released at the age of 75 bringing the population down to 35. Saifullah Paracha was sent home to his native Pakistan in the last week of October 2022. The release was approved based on the fact that there was zero evidence for […]
Answering the questions of journalists about the agenda at the Presidential Complex, President Erdoğan said, “Strong nations consist of strong families. As a requirement of our ancient civilization, we are a nation made up of strong families. It is not anyone’s place to spoil the family structure of this nation. We will protect our family […]
On the 21st of October 2022 the BBC reported on the story of Anti-vice campaigner Kate Isaacs. Her campaigns to limit explicit content that objectifies women for entertainment and profit was met with videos being made using her image. These “deepfake” videos digitally superimpose her face over other actors to create a false sense that […]
Hizb ut Tahrir/ Wilayah Syria organized a protest in the city of Ariha, countryside of Idlib, entitled, “By Retrieving the Decision from the Guarantor, we Stop the Fighting and Prevent the Crossings of Normalization.” Friday, 18 Rabi’ Al-awwal 1444 AH – 14 October 2022 CE
On Monday, 19/09/2022 Tanzania joined other African countries to implement the Protocol to the AU Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism. After endorsing the resolution for ratification of the protocol, the Minister for Home Affairs, Engineer Hamad Yusuph Masauni said that Tanzania stands a greater chance to gain several benefits, including intensifying defence […]
Headlines: • Blinken Claims China Wants to Take Taiwan • Ex-UK Pilots Lured to Help Chinese Military • Xi Opens National Congress
Protests in Iran have now been ongoing for over a month in Iran ever since the death of Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran’s morality police, when she was arrested for violating the country’s dress code. The protests that have ensued are the biggest the clerical regime has faced for a long time. The […]
We have been publishing a series on TechTank called, “Winners and losers in the fulfillment of national artificial intelligence aspirations.” The research has evaluated 44 countries on how well-positioned each country was to achieve its national AI objectives. In subsequent posts, each country was ranked on the two sub-dimensions of their implementation plans: people and […]
Details: US Attempts to Further Entrap Russia through Saudi and Turkey US Apparent Conflict with Saudi Arabia over OPEC+ Turkey Inserting Itself between Russia and Europe
Nureddin Nebati, Minister of Treasury and Finance, who made an opening speech at the “Economic Transformation and New Paradigms Summit” hosted by the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, presented statements regarding the economy. Minister Nebati interpreted the economy by using eccentrical loanwords and used these statements: “The heterodox approach, which represents an epistemological break from […]
