KP government, like governments everywhere, may be slow but it works and is trying to change the society around it. Laraib Farhat, a young volunteer recounts her interesting experiences of working on Sustainable Development Goals.
Across Afghanistan, women’s lives are being severely circumscribed as the Taliban moves to reimpose the segregation that marked their previous rule in the 1990s. In short, the issue of women’s rights in Afghanistan faces highly uncertain prospects, and most likely women’s rights will deteriorate.
Muslims around the world celebrate Mawlid (Muhammad's birth) on 12 Rabi’ al-Awwal, the third month of the Islamic calendar. Muslims, need to study him, his teachings, his way of life and transfer this knowledge into our children and keep this tradition alive for the next generations to come.
An encroachment occurs when part of a building or fixture from one property intrudes onto adjoining land. It is also common to see the encroachment of ideas into religious ideology and defining ideas that can be good business propositions while playing on the superstitious beliefs of common people.
With the ascendance of the Hindu right in India in the 1990s, Bollywood films provided more than just entertainment. They became the perfect medium for disseminating Hindu nationalist ideologies and rebranding the Indian national identity as exclusively Hindu.
According to Saleha Anwar a Lahore-based political analyst, the Muslim rule in the subcontinent greatly contributed to the development of the region in all respects like politics, culture and economy. The Muslim emperors set up one of the great and rich empires of the world in India.
According to Mustafa Khan, the burning of the effigy of Ravan is called Dassera. The Hindus consider it as a victory over evil. The RSS is a racist organization and burning the effigy of Ravan is a matter of celebration. They wear new clothes and collect leaves from a tree.
The challenges facing the United States in the Middle East require a return to a strategy of offshore balancing. Can the United States draw down its military presence, reduce security assistance, and be more selective about arms sales without sacrificing critical interests and American jobs?
Instead of solely blaming Islam or Western colonialism, Muslim societies should practice critical self-reflection and dismantle the "ulema-state" to truly address political and socio-economic problems. At the institutional level, Muslim societies need open, meritocratic and competitive systems.
Hailed as an icon for creating Pakistan's military nuclear capability in the face of a four-time bigger India, Khan, commonly known as Dr. AQ Khan, had been a villain for different countries for various reasons. Also known as "Mohsin-e-Pakistan," complaisant of Pakistan in English
No country can function with institutions that don't work properly. Today, most administrative units in the civil sector have no function. Bureaucratic reforms have always been high on any government's agenda, but the reality remains bleak.
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was an Indian politician, activist, and writer. He developed the Hindu nationalist political ideology of Hindutva while imprisoned at Ratnagiri in 1922. He was a leading figure in the Hindu Mahasabha but he is the root of terror in India as well.
