The Only Road To Safed Arkari Valley Remain Block Since One Month By: Gul Hamaad Farooqi CHITRAL: The only road to the Safed Arkari valley in Chitral remain blocked since the last one month due to heavy snowfall and avalanches causing severe hardships for more than 12,000 people residing in the valley. The 12,000 people […]
“Powerless” women: Addressing the need to educate women with special emphasis on Sustainable Development Agenda
“Education is a human right imperative, a development imperative and a peace imperative. The global learning crisis violates human rights, undermines social cohesion, threatens stability and creates a lost generation that cannot join in the lives of their societies.” – Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi (Nobel Peace Prize Winners, 2014) Introduction Today, Sustainable Development […]
India Repeats the Failed Prohibition Experiment
Health campaigners often argue that alcohol would most likely be banned had it been discovered today, as some studies suggest that alcohol causes considerably more harm than even cocaine and heroin. Several states in India apparently agree, moving to limit the availability of alcohol in response to accusations that it causes domestic abuse and addiction. Bihar imposed a total ban on […]
It Took India Almost 10 Years To Realise That Women Empowerment Is Possible Through ICT
The year was 2006 when Praveen Dalal suggested the use of ICT for Women Empowerment in India (PDF). However, it took almost 10 years for India to realise that women empowerment is possible though ICT. Narendra Modi government has finally appreciated this fact and has introduced the Digital India project covering this aspect as well. […]
SUDAN: From Bread Basket to Failed State
The Article 34 of the United Nations Charter of the Security Council states “it may investigate any dispute or any situation which might lead to international friction or give rise to a dispute, in order to determine whether the continuance of the dispute or situation is likely to endanger the maintenance of international peace and […]
“Mr. Speaker, how much more can the poor American taxpayer continue to spend on a failed policy in Afghanistan?”, said Rep. Jones
On July 30, 2014 Rep. Jones of North Carolina asked for and was granted permission to address the United States House of Representatives for a few minutes regarding the needless waste, loss of life, fraud, waste and abuse of taxpayer funds in Afghanistan. “Mr. Speaker, to begin my short statement today, I would like to […]
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