Post Views: 23,674 By Dr. Oumer H. Oba, Ambassador of Ethiopia to Pakistan About one in every five Ethiopians put down their usual work and picked up a shovel. Be it a minister, diplomat, farmer or student, everybody went out to plant hope for our future generations. According to the official estimates, more than 26…
Post Views: 53,199 By- Farooq Mirza A Kashmiri activist Mushaal Hussain has strongly criticized India’s policies in Jammu and Kashmir while marking the anniversary of the constitutional changes introduced on August 5, describing the date as a turning point in the region’s modern history. In a statement, the activist alleged that the Indian government had…
Post Views: 65,611 PESHAWAR/ABBOTTABAD: The Abbottabad Bench of the Peshawar High Court has admitted a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the governance, administrative functioning, fiscal management, and planning undertaken in the 2 phase of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cities Improvement Project (KPCIP), one of the largest externally financed urban development programmes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A Division…
Post Views: 26,483 Executive Summary Today’s new economic signal is corridor-finance realism. Balochistan’s next growth story is now being shaped by the proposed US$390 million Reko Diq bridge loan for the 996-km ML-3 Rohri-Sibi-Quetta-Koh-i-Taftan railway upgrade. The plan links mining, rail, Gwadar, Iran-border trade and regional exports but repayment risk, foreign-exchange exposure and high security…
Post Views: 2,652 Islamabad, Pakistan – In a significant move aimed at providing much-needed relief to the nation, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced a substantial reduction in the prices of petroleum products on [insert date]. Addressing the nation, the Prime Minister confirmed that the price of petrol would be slashed by 74 rupees per liter,…
Post Views: 33,807 by: Dilshad Hadi Gilgit Baltistan: Unofficial and non-final results from the fourth general elections of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly continue to emerge as counting progresses across all constituencies. According to the latest unofficial results, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has secured multiple victories in Skardu, winning four key seats. PPP candidates Syed Taqeer…
Post Views: 35,407 WHAT’S THE TRUE AGENDA? FROM FLOUR SUBSIDIES TO CONSTITUTIONAL CONTESTATION: THE RISE OF THE JAMMU KASHMIR JOINT AWAMI ACTION COMMITTEE (JAAC), 2023–2026 Introduction On the surface, it began with the price of flour, the cost of electricity, and the everyday grievances of shopkeepers in a mountain town. But beneath the slogans about…
Post Views: 65,403 By: Dilshad Hadi Islamabad : The 4thpillar Media Watchdog, under the leadership of Chairman Farooq Mirza and President Farhat Fatima, hosted a grand dinner at Islamabad Hotel in honor of the newly elected leadership of the APP Employees Union and the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists . The event was presided over by…
Post Views: 214 By Major Waseem Mahmood Butt (Retd.) Defence Analyst, Columnist; President] PESAF Veterans’, Great PAKISTAN The history of the subcontinent bears witness to a timeless truth: nations intoxicated by the illusion of power often attempt to shatter the mirror of reality, yet reality endures unaltered. The recent anti-Pakistan statement by the Indian Army…
Post Views: 208 HIV Cases in Pakistan and Rising Public Health Concern by: Dilshad Hadi The number of HIV cases in Pakistan has increased at an alarming rate, raising serious concerns among health experts, government institutions, and international health organizations. Pakistan is now facing a growing public health challenge that requires immediate attention and strong…
