Even by Pakistani standards, it is a strange phenomenon that has enveloped the country—it is like a train without a driver, or a chicken without a head. An elected Prime Minister was forced into oblivion on corruption charges, with the combined might of the judiciary and the military targeting to br

Out of fear of 2019 Parliamentary elections Modi Govt opening meaningless dialogue with Kashmiris (ii)- Without unification of J&K there is no Kashmir solution (iii)- Without fist talking to Pakistan there is no Kashmir solution (iv)- Islamic theocratic Pakistan can never forget Muslim Kashmir (v)-

An estimated 1 million annual cases of children with TB (although the actual number could be much higher); 210,000 annual deaths from childhood TB - a mortality rate of 21%! More shockingly, 96% of these deaths occur in children who do not receive any TB treatment. A treatable and preventable diseas

Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) condemns and rejects the ongoing pattern of violence and hate that it sees involving extremist events, as well as protests of extremists. A coherent society must reject violence at all such events, before and after such events, and by those participat

It is tragic that civilized nations have fallen from their lofty calling: namely, human rights for all mankind. There is a sad commentary on the state of human rights all over the globe. It seems to me that until there evolves a generally accepted moral duty among peoples and nations to assist all v

We are not without sympathy for the Muslim Egyptian who is under pressure, indeed coercion towards a Sharia fundamentalism that’s touted today in Egypt – in particular by the powers-that-be from Al-Azhar Institute, the Muslim Brotherhood factions and the fundamentalist Salafi remnant currently influ

The hatred against Christians among the extremist elements of Pakistan is not the new thing which killed Sheron Masih by his class fellows and Arslan Masih by the Punjab policemen, it is the same hatred which took the lives of ex-Governor Punjab Salman Taseer and ex-minister Shahbaz Bhatti. While

Incidentally, the opening day of the largest global lung health conference, also marked the World Obesity Day. One of the important highlights at the 48th Union World Conference on Lung Health was the study that probed if diabetes affects latent (or dormant) TB infection.
Earlier a few studies hav

On the eve of the 48th Union World Conference on Lung Health, being held in Guadalajara, Mexico, the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development (TB Alliance) announced the ongoing Phase-1 clinical studies for two new drugs for TB treatment, developed by it.
Both compounds have proceeded through early

We commemorate this year the birth centenary of Smt. Indira Gandhi. She is often acknowledged as the most popular Prime Minister especially among the poor and weaker sections of our society. Under her leadership the word Socialism was added to Secularism and Democracy in the Preamble of the Constitu

Iraq's territories which are disputed by both Baghdad and Erbil have long been a primary source of contention between Kurds and federal government. Among these territories Kirkuk is most important one and both Baghdad and Erbil have locked horn over it. The oil-rich Kirkuk province lies outside of t

Governments of over 190 nations, including India, have promised to end AIDS by 2030 by adopting the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). But the current data, trends and experiences of HIV experts pose serious concerns on if we are on track to end AIDS by 2030.
"Since India diagnosed its first

From the moment we get up in the morning till we go to sleep at night, everything we do, we do with a certain purpose in mind. We get out of bed even if we’d rather not because we don’t want to miss office or skip school. We brush our teeth because we want to keep them in good shape and we don’t lik

Have you at any point think about internally: "I'd preferably be dead than disabled?" It's not a strange reflection. Disability, in regular life, is related with disappointment, discouragement and with not having the capacity to get things done. We feel sorry for disabled people, because we imagine

Ownership of 10/ 1 by ISIS more credible than denial of it by US administration (ii)- Trump has so far miserably failed to handle NAME (Syria etc) crises and resultant ‘Radical Islamic Terrorism’(iii)- Without reconstituting UN, Trump will not succeed on foreign policy front (iv)- Intellectual bankr