According to the United Nations, Afghanistan is on the brink of becoming the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with half of the population facing unprecedented levels of acute hunger due to a combination of severe drought, the aftermath of two decades of Western occupation, the withdrawal of humanitarian aid by the international community and the freezing […]
Headlines: • Déjà vu Sudan • Pakistan Turns to IMF Again • New Bill to Remove British Citizenship Déjà vu Sudan After being removed in a coup a month ago Abdalla Hamdok has reinstated by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan after signing a political agreement. Twelve cabinet ministers submitted their resignation in protest against the political […]
The COP26 global climate summit lasted for two weeks in Glasgow, UK. It brought together nearly 200 nations in order to agree to emission targets so the planet doesn’t reach tipping point. The summit brought together nearly 200 leaders who are being asked to targets to cut emissions by 2030. There has been growing urgency […]
We are suffering immensely, as the economy obviously collapses, despite the reassurances of Pakistan’s rulers. The rupee is collapsing in value, whilst inflation is spiralling out of control. Fuel, electricity and gas prices are all increasing, as are taxation and unemployment. As if our economic misery were not enough, the rulers use the weak economy […]
A few days ago, adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue, Shaukat Tarin told the media that matters with the IMF will be concluded over the revival of the $6 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF). He also said that a formal announcement will be made soon. [Source: Dawn]
Pakistan spends more than half of collected taxes on interest payments. In 2011, Pakistan’s debt was 10 trillion rupees. In 2021, Pakistan’s debt is around 40 trillion rupees In Islam, interest (Riba) is strictly forbidden. Allah (swt) said, [يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَذَرُوا مَا بَقِيَ مِنَ الرِّبَا] “O you who believe! Fear Allah […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday addressed the nation to announce a package to mitigate the hardships of the inflation-hit public. (https://www.dawn.com/news/1655727)
The Capitalist system which is dominant the world over today although paying lip service to caring about the environment in reality focuses on maximizing production and enriching the elite at any cost. This is because the innate characteristic of Capitalism is defined by the notion that human beings have “unlimited wants in a world with […]
UNICEF announced that 10,000 Yemeni children were either killed or maimed since the start of the war in Yemen in March 2015 and added that many more child deaths and injuries go unrecorded and 11 million needed humanitarian assistance and about 400,000 suffer severe acute malnutrition while more than 2 million children are out of […]
This week, ministers and diplomats from across the world will be gathering in Glasgow for the 26th United Nation’s International Climate Change Conference, COP26, aimed at addressing what many have described as the ‘Climate Emergency’ facing the planet. On the agenda are plans to reduce high global emissions of greenhouse gases such as CO2, created […]
The discovery of the Panama Papers shocked the world about five years ago. Today, the world is again shaken by the Pandora Papers investigation which involved 600 journalists from 150 media organizations in 117 countries. The investigation was based on 11.9 million leaked confidential documents involving 2.9 terabytes of data, from 14 financial services companies […]
Figures from Jubilee Debt Campaign show that 34 of the world’s poorest countries are spending $29.4bn on debt payments a year compared with $5.4bn on measures to reduce the impact of the climate emergency. Uganda said it would spend $537m between 2016 and 2020, including funds from international agencies and donors, on climate related projects […]
In the winter of October 2021, the Pandora Papers were revealed to the world. This was a leak of almost 12 million documents that reveal how the world’s richest people siphon off wealth (often obtained illegally) and hide it in various ways. Some of the questionable tactics include tax avoidance and money laundering with collaboration […]
Even Imran Khan knows that the inevitable consequence of the IMF programmes is worsening poverty. Before coming to power, in an interview published in the British newspaper, “The Guardian,” on 18 September 2011, Imran Khan emphatically warned, “Every country I know that has had IMF or World Bank programmes has only impoverished the poor and […]
The condition of the Muslims in various countries including Palestine, Uyghur, Rohingya, Syria, Yemen, India and Kashmir and others are experiencing oppression, murder, genocide, rape-abuse of honor and poverty. International Muslim Lawyers Conference (IM-LC) in order to find and provide legal solutions. Legal protection for them must continue to be pursued until it is achieved.
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Prime Minister Imran Khan Thursday said if food crops production did not increase and the population explosion continued, the country might face famine and poverty in the years to come. Expressing his concerns about the fast growing population in Pakistan, which had gone from less than 40 million in 1947 to around […]
The United States wants Pakistan to keep its borders with Afghanistan open for Afghan refugees. A senior State Department official while briefing journalists on the new US refugee admission programme for Afghan nationals said, “So, in a place like Pakistan, it’ll be important that their borders remain open.” [Dawn]
It is not a secret that economy is the backbone of human life hence leading to an urgent need for a system to drive the growth and distribution of resources (wealth) in the society. The economic system today is capitalist founded by a Western philosopher Adam Smith known as the ‘Father of the capitalist system’. […]
In 2017, the Syrian city of Raqqa was subjected to fierce attacks by the international coalition led by America at the time to eliminate ISIS, which had taken the city as its capital. More than 150 daily raids launched by the coalition forces at the height of the battles, which led to the destruction of […]
Al-Share’ Newspaper website reported on Friday, 23/07/2021, about a new UN envoy to Yemen. The Swedish Hans Grundberg is the fourth envoy of the United Nations to Yemen, preceded by three envoys – Jamal bin Omar, Ismail Ould Cheikh and Martin Griffiths – since the intervention of the war coalition on Yemen led by Riyadh […]
The war in Yemen has entered its sixth year and there are no signs of an end to it, and the crisis in Yemen is one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world, from which its people have gained nothing but destruction, devastation, famine, poverty, bloodshed and incitement of strife.
In recent days, numerous reports appeared in various media about the visit of representatives of the United States and Russia at various levels. For example, US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad departed on a trip abroad on 9/7/2021 and will visit Qatar, Pakistan, and Uzbekistan and will participate in a high-level conference titled “Central […]
Every hundredth inhabitant of the planet is a refugee. Their number has doubled over the past decade and today exceeds 82 million. This is stated in the UN report. The growth of their number was hardly influenced even by the borders that were closed for the last year and a half because the majority of […]
With the absence of authority in all its names; the presidency, the government and the representatives, from the conditions of the people, and their failure to perform their duties, the price of gasoline rises from about 20,000 Lebanese pounds to exceed 44,000 pounds per tank, and the diesel fuel tank rises from 16,000 pounds, to […]
On the 17th of March 2021, the BBC reported on the increase in global deaths of children, particularly in the South Asian region. The data comes from a UN report that documented the global pandemic and how it impacted the development of children. It was found that the lower rates of vaccination and isolation of […]
The World Bank confirmed in a report published on 07 October 2020 that the number of poor people in the world will increase and that “by the year 2021 this number may reach 150 million people living at $1.90 a day, less than the price of a cup of coffee in a developed country. “80% […]
On Thursday 5/9/2019, the Jordanian security services suppressed teachers who tried to stage a sit-in in front of the Prime Minister’s office at noon to demand better living conditions and a 50% professional allowance. A quick closer look at the events experienced by people in all their professional and living sectors shows that the situation […]
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday morning, flagged off the first 200,000 barrels of crude oil from Kenya. UK-based Chinese company, ChemChina, bought the first batch of the Kenyan crude oil at Ksh1.2 billion (USD12 million). This is part of the Early Oil Pilot Scheme (EOPS), which is an important step towards the South Lokichar Full […]
On the 16th of August, the BBC reported on the death of 14 migrant travellers who were left to cross the sea by criminal organisations promising a new life in the West. Among the dead was a pregnant woman from Ghana. The details of how the refugees were left to starve to death as their […]
The BBC reported on the 25th of July 2019 that the problem of poor British people finding enough food to eat in the summer holidays is greater and are urging people not to forget to donate supplies to their local food collection centres. The Trussell Trust, which runs over 420 food banks across the UK […]
