Saudi and Emirati efforts to define ‘moderate’ Islam as socially more liberal while being subservient to an autocratic ruler is as much an endeavor to ensure regime survival and bolster aspirations to lead the Muslim world as it is an attempt to fend off challenges of religious ultra-conservatism.

According to Dr. Farid A Malik, an Ex chairman of the Pakistan Science Foundation, over the years both record-keeping and the 'Diary System' have been ignored resulting in mass confusion and poor service delivery. Monitoring of daily diary system is the need of hour.

In a bid to eliminate the "enemy," the US conducted misdirected drone strikes in Afghanistan for 20 years which killed many civilians. However, the common enemy of Americans, Pakistanis, and Afghans is not who we think it is.

The paradigm shift in militants’ strategy hints at the possibility that the presence in a Taliban-governed Afghanistan of various militant Islamist and jihadist groups could turn out to be an advantage in efforts to prevent and contain political violence in Afghanistan.

Mustafa Khan discusses how women in Afghanistan are forced to wear the burqa at all times in public, because, according to one Taliban spokesman, "the face of a woman is a source of corruption" for men not related to them. This has become the norm of Afghanistan.

The COVID-19 pandemic changed life as we know it and it may have changed us individually as well, from our morning routines to our life goals and priorities. In this regard, Dr. Nadeem Jan discusses the important lessons we should learn from the outbreak of Covid 19.

Aneeqa Safdar discusses how cybersecurity policies complement each other and gear a nation and state toward a single objective. In this century of digitalization when all components of national security have a virtual presence, one additional security concern is cybersecurity threats.

The number of terror attacks and the number of resulting fatalities have started to tick up again; sectarianism is growing and the causes feeding into the radicalization of the population not only continue to exist but, in some instances, are aggravating the problem.

Fatemah Awan, a non-resident senior fellow at the Middle East Institute argues as the Taliban secured control of the border, many of those who entered Iran have been detained and returned to Afghanistan so why Iran is not willing to help the Afghan refugees?

According to Amna Tauhidi, Social media have become powerful tools for propaganda as the internet is unprecedentedly accessible for each individual, and interactive social networking sites provide a strong platform for debate and sharing opinions and has the power to cause unrest.

The word democracy itself means rule by the people. A democracy is a system where people can change their rulers in a peaceful manner and the government is given the right to rule because the people say it may. In many democratic countries, authoritarianism is practiced.

According to Prof. Abdul Shakoor Shah, digital parenting is not only related to children’s digital safety, it also inculcates parents’ learning, surfing, restrictive, and managing skills. The restrictive approach to digital parenting undermines children’s digital skills and innovation.