When the Western interests are at stake, the resistance is labeled as “Gallant, brave people fighting for their freedom”, otherwise? They are mere “barbaric savages” or “terrorists”. The depravity of the current crisis at the expense of others is abhorrent, at the least.

Due to the prevailing geopolitical situation around Pakistan, its internal political chaos, and the economy tottering on the brink,  the armed forces of Pakistan will continue to play a larger-than-life role in the national decision-making process, writes Saleem Akhtar Malik, an army veteran.

Pakistan’s landscape is unique and varied, with high altitude mountain ranges in the North; a series of low mountain ranges from North to Southwest; plains and deserts to East; and warm and captivating beaches of the Arabian Sea to the South.

Social Media exclusively shows the negative side of Aurat March always those placards that convey messages that are against our norms and customs and even religion. But, the other side of Aurat March is quite different from the current picture shown on Social media.

The European Union put a ban on the traveling of those members of the Lower House of the Russian Parliament who had given nod to President Putin’s decision of invading Ukraine and recognizing Luhansk and Donetsk as independent republics, to Europe.

The struggle of women in urban areas is different from those who are living in rural areas. Nevertheless, both are embroidering the economy of a country with their cuffed hands. It is a dream of women in rural areas to enjoy the comforts of life including driving vehicles.

The Russo-Ukraine conflict has ruptured the security architecture that has prevailed in Europe since the end of the Cold War. The war in Ukraine would have profound political, economic, and strategic repercussions. It will expose the entire world to the worst economic crisis.

Mr. Putin would have less of a problem with the repression becoming known of the pro-Kyiv wing of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in areas of Ukraine that Russia controls, including Crimea and the breakaway republics of Donetsk and Luhansk.

Irrespective of Northern Pakistan’s hidden treasures and our tourism potential, our state and society have not harvested the bounty optimally. Some basic impediments needing immediate attention are identified as approach/entry and infrastructure, state’s policy level apathy.

The latest case (titled as Mumtaz Bibi Case) that came up for hearing before Justice Babar Sattar of the Islamabad High Court, the international human rights law has been used to shape an important question of law that has frustrated many attempts to protect and police rights of children.

After depleting the country of its industrial assets, these governments encouraged the emergence of a few cartels which control the entire economy. Presently, the economy is being held hostage to sugar, fertilizer, and textile barons. A large number of them are politicians and bureaucrats.

The FATF is nothing but a tool of global elites to wither away from the opposition by exhausting the states economically. All the human rights and humanitarian concerns go into vain when a state dares to oppose the global elites so this makes it clear why FATF is baised towrds Pakistan.