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Thursday, January 30, 2025

Recognizing the Bangladesh Genocide of 1971

Given the impossible odds against it, to suggest that the Pakistan Army had the time and means to perpetrate genocide that killed three million innocent Bengalis in a few months defies imagination.

A fight to the death!

Such a situation now exists in Pakistan where the politicians are locked in a fight to the death, a fight where the judiciary and the army have also been, wittingly or unwittingly, dragged into the fray.

Case for Restoration of Zero Rating

The cost of collecting and refunding sales tax outweighs the revenue collected by a significant margin. The administrative cost of collecting and refunding sales tax is estimated at Rs 10 billion.

Freedom of Speech: A Myth?

Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers.

Is the Pakistani establishment panicking?

The political situation of the country has been extremely tense and chaotic in these past few months. In addition to the economic crisis that has struck the whole nation with inflation.

Analyzing PTI’s 2nd Long March

During his ill-starred 3 years and nine months rule, PM IK failed to fulfill his unrealistic promises which disillusioned the people as well as his mentors who had brought him to power.

Drones in 21st Century Warfare

Future warfare would be unmanned, connected with artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics in all domains of warfare. Drones and autonomous systems are the next big thing after the internet revolution.

Rivalries of the major powers in Eurasia

Bush established missile infrastructure in NATO states Poland and the Czech Republic and then led NATO to the frontiers of Russia by incorporating the Baltic states into the military organization in 2004.

Christian nationalism: A threat to Israel’s national security?

Mr. Netanyahu also had no qualms about Mr. Orban’s rewriting of Hungary’s World War Two history, which included rehabilitating anti-Semitic, pro-Nazi wartime figures as anti-communist icons.

Sustainable Business Practices in Textile Sector of Pakistan

Even though the textile sector of Pakistan is seen as one of the most significant sectors from an economic perspective, the supply chain for this sector is plagued by serious environmental and social issues.

Can India occupy AJK and GB?

Presently, both India and Pakistan lack the conventional punch to wrest the portions of the erstwhile princely state of  Jammu & Kashmir they had captured during the First Kashmir War (October 1947 –April 1949).

Xi’s third term and US-China relations

The US and China are trapped in what Graham Allison has termed as Thucydides' trap. Under President Xi, China has taken several steps that are intended to counter US influence and liberal order.