The founding father of Pakistan, Mohammad Ali Jinnah had envisioned a country, though based on Islam, to be pluralistic in its ethos accepting believers of other religions such as Christians, Hindus, Parsis and Sikhs. Undeniably, the white patch in the Pakistani flag symbolizes the nation’s religious minority communities. 1 Jinnah, on the occasion of his …
Recent media reports indicate that Sudan, the strategically located oil rich African nation is facing one of its worst economic crises. The country is apparently under a debt burden worth about 20 Billion dollars to China. Though many economists differ on the exact figure and debt estimates, the Chinese direct and indirect investment in Sudan …
Will Oil-rich Sudan forego ‘development projects’ to get out of the Chinese Debt Trap? Read More »
Most political analysts opine that abrogation of Article 370 & 35A of the Constitution of India was merely a BJP election manifesto promise, which it ultimately fulfilled in furtherance of its Hindutva agenda, which otherwise was not desired by the people of former state of Jammu & Kashmir. Things are however complicated. While most of …
Some scholars tend to be persistent in producing new evidence of their work. Adrian Zenz is one such researcher who comes up with new information and analysis which clearly shows that China has not only persecuted the Uyghur people in Xinjiang but also introduced through forced birth-control measures, which is likely to cut between 2.6 …
Current research on the persecution of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang by Adrian Zenz Read More »
Soon after the European Union Parliament (EUP) adopted a resolution on Sri Lanka recently, citing that it has flouted all the conditions it committed to the EU and the UNHRC, such as, to ratify and effectively implement 27 international conventions on human rights, labour conditions, protection of the environment and good governance and warned of …
China-Sri Lanka ‘fishy’ dealing a challenge to the EU Read More »
China has recently witnessed something unusual for the country since the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Thousands of students held protests in China over education reforms, sparking the feelings of nostalgia about the 1989 incident that remains a taboo topic of discussion in mainland China even today. Students from five independent colleges in the Jiangsu …
Students holding protests openly and fearlessly sends no good signals Jinping-regime Read More »
In a startling revelation on his YouTube channel, Sedat Peker, 49, a drug lord originally from Turkey but now living in exile in Dubai, exposed the well entrenched nexus between Turkish politicians and the mafia, both within and outside the country. His YouTube channel has so far released eight videos accusing the country’s former and …
There are many aspects that characterize global politics today – from suffering a pandemic allegedly generated by a deadly virus that artificially emerged in a lab, an ambitious military rivalry in the Indo-Pacific region to grab natural resources and convert atolls into military bases, to expansionist policies leading to hotly contested territorial disputes, illegal supply …
Since few months now, there is peace across the LOC as the guns have fallen silent from both sides of the divide. It is reprieve time for those unfortunate ones who live within a radius of few kilometres from LOC on both the sides as they no longer need fear for their lives and properties. …
India and Pakistan Invoke 2003 Ceasefire Agreement Read More »
In what seems like a series of missed opportunities to disband radical groups, Pakistan at every step of its evolution, let the Islamic outfit Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan(TLP), founded by Khadim Hussain Rizvi grow in scope and exercise clout on all matters of religious and even political significance. Over a period of time, it isn’t surprising to …
Anti-French Protests and the Worldview of Pakistan Read More »
Bangladesh is celebrating 50 glorious years of its independence and the month of March is significant in the valiant struggle that then people of East Pakistan waged against the Pakistani Army. March 25 holds special significance being commemorated as the Genocide Day as on this day 50 years back Pakistan Army launched ‘Operation Searchlight’ resulting …
East Pakistan Genocide: Still Yearns for Global Acknowledgement Read More »
China’s widespread propaganda, continuous persecution of minorities and return to the cult of personality represent an echo of Mao’s rule. Technological advancements allow for mass surveillance and extreme censorship, which have resulted in a dystopian police state where blind allegiance to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and leader Xi Jinping are demanded and enforced. This is especially …
Sixty-two years after the uprising against Chinese power (10th March 1959) and the subsequent massacre, commemorated today, the Roof of the World is slowly dying, in a growing international indifference. Dependency towards China, the hyper-exporter, is obligatory and impunity of Communist totalitarianism persists…. Every year the Tibetan government in exile commemorates the « Day of …
Destruction of the Tibetan People and Impunity of the Chinese Community Regime Read More »
As yet another FATF deadline approaches in the last week of February, Pakistan is once again making a show of tightening its AML/CFT regimes to comply with the requirements of the financial watch-dog. At the same time, a propaganda effort is underway to convince the FATF to not only not push Pakistan into the ‘black list’ but to also take Pakistan out of the ‘grey list’. The facts on ground, however, merit Pakistan being ‘black-listed’ for failing to deliver on its high-level political commitments to FATF. Worse, Pakistan has been deceiving the Task Force by pretending to take action against internationally designated terrorist groups and their financial networks but only on paper. In practice, these terror groups continue to function openly and are collecting funds publicly.
Faced with the EU’s growing frustration and Biden’s more hostile administration, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has softened his tone, renewed his promises for greater cooperation and has ceased all exploration activities in the Eastern Mediterranean. However, Erdogan’s superficial attempts to appease the West in order to avoid further sanctions will not result in a …
The upcoming talks regarding the tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean, that are due to take place on January 25, should not disillusion us from the dangers of Turkey’s unilateral aggression on all fronts. Erdogan has made no real efforts to improve ties with the EU, except for the occasional vain promise of turning over a …
France and the rest of Europe face a serious threat from Islamist terrorism. This has become more apparent after the brutal beheading of schoolteacher Samuel Paty, the terrorist attacks in Nice and Vienna, and the disgust and contempt most Muslim countries have expressed toward French values. French President Emmanuel Macron’s battle against Islamist separatism fights …
The failure of the Saudi-led coalition, coupled with the UN’s habitual ineptitude, has plunged Yemen into another quagmire, with the US and UK blindly following Saudi Arabia. What was suppose to be a short intervention to restore a supposedly legitimate government against a radical islamist Iranian proxy has quickly turned into a five year civil …
Following the terrorist attacks in Paris, ISIL has now officially become the main global enemy. But the fight against Muslim fundamentalism isn’t a question of military superiority but ideology. To fight fundamentalism, we must first acknowledge that these fundamentalist groups, such as ISIL, are in fact Islamic. Currently we seem to be to be torn …
