The Federal Budget 2014-15 seems attempting to hoodwink the perennially poor strata of the economy through the gadget of promised financial reliefs which are concomitantly undercut by other economic hazards implicit in the budget-gadget. Ironically, the aggregation of indirect taxes and other inflat

President Obama and other leaders in France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the United Kingdom, should all be held accountable for the re-destabilization of Iraq alongside the destabilization of Libya and Syria. Indeed, the shock waves can be felt in Egypt, Lebanon, Mali, Tunisia, and much further

The inauguration of the newly elected President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, on June 8 bodes well for the emergence of an independent state. Egypt must no longer be beholden to America’s foreign policy objectives, nor to implementing Camp David to the maximum. Instead, the newly elected El-Sisi m

Overall new HIV infection rates have dipped by 26% in Asia and the Pacific region since 2001, but not for key populations such as men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people (source: UNAIDS Asia Pacific report, November 2013). According to estimates, between 15% and 25% MSM of this region

A Catholic Nun has proved that the gifts and talents are not just to use for self gain but to evangelize the world too. On 5th June 2014 the history of the Catholic Church had a new chapter added with the stunning victory of Sister Cristina Scuccia, a 25 year old Nun belonging to the Ursuline Sister

On April 24, 1915 the Turkish genocide of Assyrians, Greeks and Armenians began very simply, without pomp and circumstance. "We have made a clean sweep of the Armenians and Assyrians of Azerbaijan." Those were the words of Djevdet Bey, the governor of Van Province in Ottoman Turkey, who on April 24,

First of all, I would like to read one verse from New Testament for all Christian who have no knowledge of His holy about divorce.
Hebrews 13:4 (KJV) “Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.”
Christianity need to emphases on this verse

(All the characters of KALPNA LEAVES RAIPUR are products of the author's imagination. Resemblance to any person or place is coincidental)
CHHATTISGARH SERIES. KALPNA LEAVES RAIPUR is the ninth chapter in The Chhattisgarh Series to challenge the theories of detachment and reincarnation, which have

Earlier I posted that healthy self-esteem is important because some of us think too little of ourselves; on the other hand, some of us overestimate themselves. The key to an honest and accurate evaluation know the basis of our self-worth - our identity. Evaluating yourself by the worldly standards o

Pakistan is and remains a major shareholder of blasphemy. The country is characterized by a total ban on anything that is possible. How big or small the occasion is, rightly or wrongly, blasphemous content always ranks in my beloved Pakistan. The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is offended so a crowd on its

Pakistan has arguably has become the worst place on Earth for Christian while there are others like Sudan, North Korea, Afghanistan, Bhutan etc. other nations persecute believers, but in Pakistan the entire country has spent generations forming a world view that values the torturing of those that cl

May 26, 2014 was a historic day in Indian politics. On this day the fifteenth Prime Minister of India was sworn in. Pakistan’s Prime Minister personally attended the ceremony. Later, there was also a meeting between the two prime ministers. This event holds out great hopes for many people, for they

The local council and EU elections are over in the UK, and all three main parties seem concerned about the results, while UKIP (UK independence party) has claimed victory in both elections. Dozens of Pakistanis have won local council seats, while three Pakistanis have won European Parliament seats t

The threat matrix for Pakistan religious minorities has changed radically now after the Pakistan Muslim League (N) came in power. There was numerous blasphemy cases registered in the Punjab province during the rule PML-N regime in the past and the same practice was on. A Christian family including c

The Asia and the Pacific region contains some of the world’s most powerful economies and the 21st Century is often touted to belong to this region. Yet the region is home to 66% of the world’s poorest poor. Denouncing such stark disparities, the 1st plenary session at the 2nd Asia Pacific Feminist F