The selfie syndrome
Everywhere you go, you are likely to observe people taking selfies. Chances are that you yourself might be one of…
The Plight of Pakistan’s National Savings Centre
Today I visited the national saving center G-9/2 branch in Islamabad. As soon as I entered the bank, the atmosphere…
Nuclear powers and the politics of non-proliferation
In the post-Cold war era, one of the major foreign policy objectives of the great powers has become prevention of…
Deforestation: An existential threat to the world
“FORESTS ARE THE WORLDS AIR- CONDITIONING SYSTEM, THE LUNGS OF THE PLANET AND WE ARE ON THE VERGE OF SWITCHING…
Corruption: The Root Cause of All Evils
The process by which a word or expression is changed from its original state to one regarded as debased or…
Terrorism and West’s Islamophobia
“The underlying problem for the West is not Islamic fundamentalism. It is Islam, a different civilization whose people [is] convinced…
Free Will vs Fate
Everything you do and everything that happens to you occurs not through free choices you make but in fact it…
Let’s not rush to make a wrong decision
Sitting with my laptop on, thinking how to get over this. I stand in front of the mirror. I stare…
The Power of Words
Words are pale shadow of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light a fire in the…
Forthcoming NPT Review Conference: Prospects and Challenges
Notwithstanding various instruments, one of the predominant challenges in the contemporary security environment to world peace and security is the…