How extremist groups manipulate social media platforms in Pakistan?
Pakistan, which is the fifth most populous country in the world with a median age of 23 years and an increasing number of social media users, faces similar challenges of not just being the subject of vile disinformation campaigns through unabated platform manipulation
Why they lynched Priyantha Kumara
The nation was shocked and devastated by the distressing news of Priyantha Kumara, a Sri Lankan factory manager working in Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan being set upon, lynched, killed in a barbaric and inhumane manner and body torched by a set of insane psychopaths
The dilemma of old style bushwhacking in Pakistan
The mob killing of a Sri Lankan is the culmination of a fire lit decades ago when a doctrinaire interpretation of Islam was allowed to thrive in a politically driven move to legitimize religious intolerance. But take a deep-searching look at it. It’s an old-style western bushwhacking
US-Taliban conundrum: A game of brinkmanship
Taliban’s decisive onslaught on US strategy of democratic engineering has allowed them to establish Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Despite being accused of its double games in the Afghan conundrum, Pakistan is supporting several states in the evacuation of many Afghans.
Looking at the terrors that continue to haunt Kashmir
It is a fact of universal truth though not universally recognized that India is fighting against terrorism in which it is also involved as on November 26, 2008, Mumbai attack. What is happening in Kashmir is unfolding the same. On Wednesday, the Jammu and Kashmir police neutralized three terrorists
Reasons behind the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 80 years ago
Pearl Harbor is a U.S. naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii, that was the scene of a devastating surprise attack by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941. Just before 8 a.m. on that Sunday morning, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes descended on the base.
Pakistan slips on a slippery slope of religious militancy
A brutal mob killing of a Sri Lankan man accused of blasphemy in Pakistan has sparked protests in both countries, with Pakistan's leader condemning the vigilante violence. The TLP condemned the Sialkot killing but has often turned unfounded blasphemy allegations into a violent crusade.
What measures can be taken to eliminate the root cause of the Sialkot incident?
A Muslim mob descended on a sports equipment factory in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province on Friday, killing a Sri Lankan man and burning his body publicly over allegations of blasphemy. Scholars, intellectuals and think tanks, thinkers must think of the root cause.
It is high time we fixed mob taking over Pakistan! – Maleeha Hashmey
A religion which is fundamentally based on the fair principle of "He who kills an innocent individual, kills all of humanity". There could have been no bigger disservice than brutally murdering innocent people in that very religion's name.
How Covid affected Pakistan’s economy?
Pakistan's already fragile economy had only just been moving towards stability when the health crisis struck. Experts fear that the pandemic's economic fallout will considerably derail the country's recovery process.
Taiwan: An unexpected flashpoint between US-China
US President Joe Biden gave a clear-cut statement last month that the US will provide weapon assistance to Taiwan for their defense if China attacked. The statement seemed to contradict US policy on Taiwan relations in 1979 which indicates a possible flashpoint between US and China.
Why punishing the Sialkot culprits in not enough?
A Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara, who was working as a manager at a private factory in Sialkot, was beaten to death and his body was later set on fire by a mob over alleged blasphemy. Once again in Pakistan, the blasphemy law has been wrongly used