One of the major failures of current times is how democratic systems are being made ineffective so that people with a 'power of one vote' are not able to hold elected representatives to account. How else can governments get away with making promises and not delivering? Rather often governments inste

Story of Modi’s development model so far: Cutting health and education expenditure, forcing land acquisition, buying expensive jets and unsafe nuclear power, benefitting Big Business, diluting employment guarantee, fanning communal fires, exploiting Ganga, curbing dissent and shielding governance fr

Sheikh Saadi poeticized: ‘cows and donkeys serving as loaders to humans are superior to those men who tease others (gawaan o kharaan e baar ber daar, beh ze aadmiyaan e merdum azaar). So, the donkeys get to an even superior pedestal when they are made to serve human stomach. At macroeconomic level,

The nations of America, China and the Russian Federation are “little mice” that embroil themselves in various intrigues. Of course, each nation doesn’t want to confront the other so naturally they either support various proxies, or like China they just ignore any international obligations that they

Everything rise and fall on leadership, said Pastor Henry Madava. Nelson Mendala, who led South Africa from apartheid to democracy, was a humble, persuasive and inspirational figure who advocated peace, democracy and human right. He said, “Real leaders must be ready to sacrifice for the freedom of t

The dream of development justice cannot be realized unless governments also recognize bodily autonomy and sexual rights for every human being, especially for those who are marginalized and seldom heard or 'visible'. If we look closely at the data, it will become evident that women and girls are amon

Without robust accountability and monitoring mechanisms, how will people ensure that their governments deliver on the promises they make towards post-2015 sustainable development agenda? Past experience tells us that governments may make promises at the global level but seldom translate them into gr

Sub:- (i)- For present unfortunate state of affairs mainly CM Mufti is to be blamed (ii)- Geelani etc should move J&K High Court to get unconstitutional provisions [like Section 6 (1) (2) etc of Passport Act], quashed (iii)- Mufti should free all separatists (not involved in violence and other crime

The 2015 UK General Election concluded without reports of any major unpleasantness and the Conservatives won 330 seats and Prime Minister David Cameron is going to stay in 10 Downing Street.
On the other hand without making any noise, Labour, the Liberal Democrats and UKIP have accepted their defea

Dr. Muhammad Ayyub Thakur, the first of four children, was born in 1948 in Pudsoo village near Shopian, in the Pulwama district of Kashmir.
It was 1973 when I first heard that Dr. Ayub Thakur was active in raising the awareness about the Kashmir dispute at Kashmir University and was the President

It is humble request in this Point positively to think about religious boundaries and spiritual levels. It is too much essential to save new generation on the humanity basic including one’self; even it seems impossible in the entire world but most in Pakistan. Jesus said that you are light of World,

Key consultative processes have been going on globally to gather the broadest voices with the intent to effectively shape the post-2015 sustainable development agenda. In the Asia Pacific region there is a considerable effort put in to engage different communities and sectors in these consultations.

The Syrian armed forces and National Defense Force in Syria are killing more international terrorists than any other nation on this planet. At the same time, the mosaic of this nation survives in areas under the control of the Syrian government. This is in complete contrast to areas that have fallen

When last month in April during Pak visit Chinese President XI Jinping announced $ 46 Billion assistance to Pakistan for building ‘China-Pakistan economic corridor’ which will pass through POK, some discordant noises were heard in India but concerns were assuaged by saying that during Modi’s visit t

I am sharing with you role of Pakistan Minorities Teachers' Association in education reforms in Pakistan. We are thankful to all individuals and organizations that have supported our cause for a better Pakistan. We believe that peaceful coexistence in Pakistan can only be promoted if biases and extr