Saturday, December 24th, 2022
Pakistan, New Zealand seek revival after England battering
Pakistan and New Zealand will hope for a reversal of fortune in the two-match Test series starting in Karachi from Monday after both were whitewashed 3-0 by England in their last series. New Zealand were scuppered in England in May as the home team under head coach Brendon McCullum and skipper Ben Stokes introduced the aggressive “Bazball” style of cricket that is revolutionising the sport. The never-say-die style also saw England inflict a first-ever 3-0 series defeat on Pakistan this month. Since then, the Pakistan Cricket Board has undergone a revamp, withRead More
ICCI calls for following Quaid’s vision
Islamabad : /DNA/ – Ahsan Zafar Bakhtawari, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) has called upon the government to strictly follow the vision of founder of Pakistan Qauid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali for making Pakistan a progressive and prosperous country. He said this while addressing a ceremony organized at Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) to celebrate the 146th birthday of Father of the Nation. A cake was cut and the importance of Quaid’s guiding principles of unity, faith and discipline were highlighted at the occasion. ICCI President said thatRead More
President writes to PM, CJP to alleviate the grievances of Murad Saeed
DNA Islamabad, 24 Dec: President Arif Alvi in separate letters addressed to the Prime Minister and Chief Justice of Pakistan today has asked them to look into the issues raised by Mr. Murad Saeed to alleviate his grievances. In his letters to the Prime Minister, Mr Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Justice Umar Ata Bandial, the President referred to the serious allegations levelled by the Parliamentarian, which interalia included: fake, bogus, frivolous FIR was registered against him for the incident that occurred atRead More
Changing paradigms: Israel’s far-right meets Christian nationalists
Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu’s far-right, Jewish nationalist, ultra-conservative coalition government threatens to put the Jewish state on a collision course with Diaspora Jewry and could weaken or undermine a pillar of Israeli national security: unquestioned US support. The looming crisis with two of Israel’s crucial constituencies, the United States and Diaspora Jewry, stems from Mr. Netanyahu’s embrace of the far-right and willingness to sidestep the rise of anti-Semitism among Christian nationalists and Evangelicals, two groups that constitute the mainstay of US grassroots support for Israel. The Israel that was Details, leakedRead More
High-Level Crises in Gilgit-Baltistan
By: Hassnain Ali Gilgit-Baltistan is a contested region of Jammu and Kashmir that is located in northern Pakistan. The erstwhile princely state has been administratively under Pakistan’s jurisdiction since November 1947, with a formal transfer taking place in 1949 as a result of the Karachi Agreement. India and Pakistan have fiercely disagreed over who has administrative jurisdiction over it up to this point. Any state’s constitution should provide fundamental rights to its citizens. Unfortunately, this is not the case with the residents of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), since numerous colonial instruments areRead More
The Coup Attempt in Germany
ADHAM KAWA Scholar International Relations & Diplomacy (Iraq) On December 7, 2022, the German authorities announced the dismantling of a network of supporters of an extreme right-wing group that aimed to seize power by carrying out an armed attack on the German Parliament building and controlling it, stressing that it is an operation that has been planned since November 2021. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed He expressed his deep concern that the ideas of extremists have reached this unprecedented level internally. German Interior Minister Nancy Weser described the activists behindRead More