International Humanitarian Law (IHL), or the law of war as it was called earlier, remains applicable in such conflicts. The Geneva Conventions (1949) and their Additional Protocols (1977) oblige the parties to the conflict to only target military targets.
The number of accounts has also been increased from 365,182 in February to 388,494 in March 2022, which means some 23,312 new accounts were opened in March.
In wake of the gruesome beheading of Safoora Bibi, Humaira Zia Mufti, highlights in a hard-hitting piece how the absence of constructive debate on blasphemy laws has increased incidents of public vigilantism in Pakistan. Such events undermine the country’s international campaign to end Islamophobia.
Accomplished academician argues that world history has never witnessed such irresponsibility by a nuclear state. Unfortunately, it strengthens the argument that every state does not have the capacity to handle nuclear arsenals.
As a founding member of the OIC, Pakistan has always been at the forefront of the OIC’s efforts for the Muslim cause whether the Palestine issue, Iran-Iraq war, Kuwait-Iraq war, the Afghanistan issue, and the challenges faced by the Muslim minorities anywhere in the world.
India's entire weaponry, about 85 percent, comes from Russia. Although our dependence is now reduced quite a bit, having said that, we still require all kinds of support. If we have a two-front war if we do not have a supply of weapons from Russia.
Syed Muhammad Ali, nuclear expert, and director at the Center for Aerospace and Security Studies, in an interview with Najma Minhas, Editor GVS, explains Islamabad’s skepticism towards the Indian explanation following the accidental misfiring of a missile into Pakistan.
Malnutrition kills over 280,000 children every year; with Iron deficiency a major cause, it only requires a simple change in government policy to ensure the fortification of essential everyday products, including Wheat, Salt, Milk, and Milk Powders.
Instead of using its vast nuclear capabilities, the nuclear-armed NATO is fighting for its credibility against Russia in Ukraine by other means. NATO is effectively using a hybrid of information, economic, diplomatic, military aid and grey zone warfare to browbeat Russia.
The corporate sector has an important role to play in addressing the growing water mismanagement. Companies are increasingly becoming aware of the need for sustainable use of watersheds and accessibility of water to the communities.
The economic base of a country is a real determinant of national security expenditures, thus national security gets a larger amount with a rapidly growing size of the economic base, even at a constant or decreasing percentage share.
