POLITICS IN A CHANGING PAKISTAN
(Publish from Houston Texas USA) (Dr. Muhammad Rizwan Bhatti) Elections or civil-military conflicts are common explanations for Pakistan’s ongoing political instability. However, these answers address symptoms rather than causes. In reality Pakistan’s predicament is a reflection of a more serious structural issue. Political growth is not keeping pace with the rapid social transformation that is […]
Pakistan’s Diplomatic Breakthrough in Washington: From Regional Pressures to Global Leverage
(Publish from Houston Texas USA) (By Mian Iftikhar Ahmad)Pakistan’s recent diplomatic success in Washington marks a defining moment in the country’s foreign policy trajectory, signaling not merely an improvement in bilateral relations with the United States but a broader reconfiguration of Pakistan’s standing in global geopolitics. At a time when international politics is increasingly shaped […]
Public Service Announcement for Greater Houston area
(Publish from Houston Texas USA) Road ConditionsHouston Public Works and TX DOT crews continue to treat roads, however, hazardous conditions remain. Exercise extreme caution if you must travel and avoid bridges and overpasses if possible Houston METRO HOV/HOT lanes will remain closed until Tuesday morning, January 27. METRO : All bus services and Park & […]
Canada’s China Turn, Cracks in American Primacy, and the Reconfiguration of the Global Power Order
(Publish from Houston Texas USA) (By: Mian Iftikhar Ahmad) The global political landscape of the twenty-first century has entered a phase where seemingly limited diplomatic moves are producing disproportionate strategic consequences, and Canada’s recent outreach to China stands as a striking example of this shift, an example that cannot be dismissed as a routine trade […]
A Nation on Edge: How Escalating ICE Tactics are Fuelling a Wave of Community Resistance
(Publish from Houston Texas USA) (By: Faheem Akhond, President JKAAH) A national news briefing reveals a country at a tipping point, where aggressive federal immigration enforcement is being met with an unprecedented, organized, and deeply personal pushback from American communities. A palpable sense of crisis and resolve marked a national news briefing hosted by American […]
Gul Plaza destruction, then the same temporary crying, statements
(Publish from Houston Texas USA) (By: Amir Muhammad Khan) Karachi has been undergoing open heart surgery for the past seventeen years, with potholes, rotten walls, old, dilapidated buildings that have neither any planning nor any precautionary measures been used in the construction of buildings before the building control authorities. Unfortunately, no precious life will be […]
SACM Rajvir Singh Sodha on Human Rights Reviews Women Protection Facilities in Karachi
(Publish from Houston Texas USA) (Nazia Naz, Coordinator SACMS) Today, Mr. Rajvir Singh Sodha, Special Assistant to the Chief Minister (SACM) on Human Rights, conducted official visits to women protection facilities in Karachi to review the human rights situation of women residing in shelters and safe homes. The SACM first visited the Al Dua Safe […]
Dollar vs De-dollarization: The Beginning of a Financial Cold War
(Publish from Houston Texas USA) (By Mian Iftikhar Ahmad)In the twenty-first century, one of the most decisive yet least visibly violent global conflicts is unfolding not on battlefields but within banks, currencies, payment systems, sanctions regimes, and financial trust, a conflict best described as the financial Cold War between the US dollar and the global […]
UN80 as a Transformative Tool for Digitalization and Human Rights Advancement
(Publish from Houston Texas USA) (Nazia Naz Defender International Researcher Human Rights)The UN80 initiative is emerging as a powerful tool to strengthen the global human rights system and modernize governance mechanisms in line with contemporary challenges. As the world rapidly moves toward digital transformation, it is essential that UN80 be effectively transferred and implemented at […]
Central Asia, Authoritarian Stability and Pakistan’s Blind Spot
(Publish from Houston Texas USA) (Dr. Muhammad Rizwan Bhatti)Stretching from the Caspian Sea to China’s western frontier, Central Asia, which includes Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, has resurfaced as a strategic crossroads in an era of renewed great power rivalry among USA, Russia and China. More than thirty years after the fall of the […]