There is a direct and irreconcilable conflict of interest between tobacco industry and public health policy. This conflict of interest is also enshrined in the preamble of the Article 5.3 of the global tobacco treaty (formally called WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control). The WHO Director-Gen

Sometimes we forget that a new millennium is running on and in 2014 nobody is unknown to anyone in this global village. Particularly people of this SAARC region are very much aware of each other’s socio-economic scenarios and conflicts.
Few months ago when Hameed Mir of geo channel was shot & sev

If you want to view the real mirror of ISIS (IS – Islamic State) then look no further than the religious apartheid state of Saudi Arabia. After all, this nation supports systematic anti non-Muslim and anti-Shia legislation. Indeed, not one Buddhist temple, Hindu temple or Christian church is tolerat

Oh let the sun beat down upon my face, stars to fill my dream / I am a traveler of both time and space, to be where I have been / To sit with elders of the gentle race, this world has seldom seen / They talk of days for which they sit and wait and all will be revealed.... --lyrics by Jimmy Page fro

With a new Afghan president on the scene, there is an opportunity to inject new momentum into the fight against narcotics, but first of all the past mistakes must be recognized and addressed. The share of opium in the Afghan economy had increased during the time of soviet occupation drastically and

I went to attend marriage, everything was looking good, we were sitting on table of banquet hall, there were three seats empty on round table, but there came one man who was drunk, he asked that there two men who needs seat on table, these three of them were drivers who had drunk wine, they came wit

In May 2014, the World Health Assembly approved the WHO's new post-2015 global TB strategy and targets for tuberculosis, which aims to achieve the targets for 2035-- 95% decline in TB deaths and 90% decline in TB incidence rate compared with 2015--less than 10 TB cases per 100, 000 population, and t

LAHORE: October 20, 2014. (PCP) On October 16, 2014, Christian mother of five Asia Bibi, had had her blasphemy appeal hearing dismissed. A Special Bench of Lahore High Court, decided to uphold her existing blasphemy sentence, meaning Asia will remain on a death sentence and now she has right of sec

Wake up Call – Great Grief – History preview
History tells, Pakistan came into existence in 1947, what we have found? Lost? Where is our destiny? Where we are standing on ground? Where we are going? Are we doing justice with ourselves to give vote to justified leader? Do we give vote who understa

This the first time ever when global tobacco treaty negotiations are taking place in Russian Federation. While sharing an internal tobacco industry document that is now in public domain, Dr Margaret Chan, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) said: “One record shows that there was

Allies of tobacco industry had tried to persuade government delegations before the global tobacco treaty negotiations began in Moscow earlier this week. But governments who have ratified the global tobacco treaty voted for public health and not corporate interests. Dr Margaret Chan, Director General

Although the crime of blasphemy is punishable by law in a majority of Muslim countries, Pakistan is the only country that has made headlines because of its increasing misuse of this law against religious minorities
Recently, Irish Minister Aodhan O Riordain told the Irish parliament to announce a

It is so sad to write on topic of “Nationalism or Racialism” after watching and analyzing bitter killing aspect of life to Pakistani Christian, we are faithful and good citizen of Pakistan. Before Pakistan’s existence, Christian voted for the establishment of Pakistan. How Pakistani Christian was ex

President Bashar al-Assad warned the world that by allowing Gulf petrodollars, Turkey and the murky role of several Western governments to embolden sectarianism and terrorism, that this reality would come to haunt the region and much further afield. Nations like America, France and the United Kingdo

Pakistani government is trying to give the impression to the world that Christians are safe in Pakistan instead of giving them equal rights. Present govt has totally failed to protect minorities. Christians are living under the fear of blasphemy law as a hanging sword upon their neck. Christians and