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The 48Th Session of OIC’s Council of Foreign Ministers A look at the Islamabad Declaration The 48th summit of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) was held on 22-23 March in Islamabad, with a resolve to promote and protect the common interests of the …

LIFE IMPRISONMENT What does it mean? Imprisonment is, undeniably, one of those legal concepts that are misconstrued equally by the legal fraternity and the laymen. At the very initial point of this study, one should be clear that no specific term is prescribed for life imprisonment anywhere in the Pakistan …

India’s Missile Fire into Pakistan Raising questions about India’s safety-and-security procedures On March 09, a ‘high-speed flying object’ crashed near the eastern city of Mian Channu in Punjab, causing some damage to the surrounding areas. After initial investigation, this object, as also confirmed by India two days after the incident, …

Ukraine and International Legal Order On hypocrisy of the powerful The ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine once again has solicited world attention to the international legal order that has repeatedly been fractured by powerful states in the post-Cold War era. Obviously, the Russian invasion of Ukraine is illegal in international …

The Diluting Dominance of US Dollar Twilight of the greenback Ever since the Bretton Woods Agreement in 1944, most governments and central banks around the world have relied on US dollar to back up the value of their own currencies. However, dollar’s share of global reserve currencies has been in …

Rohingya Genocide US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, while speaking at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC, on March 24, announced that the United States has formally determined that violence committed against the Rohingya minority by Myanmar’s military amounts to genocide and crimes against humanity. He said …

EU’s Digital Markets Act At the conclusion of trilogue negotiations involving the European Commission, European Parliament and EU Member States (led by the French Presidency at the European Council) in Brussels, the European Union unveiled, on March 24, the final text of the Digital Markets Act. The new law targets …

MADELEINE ALBRIGHT A Champion of Democracy or a Killer? Albright was the face of US foreign policy in the decade between the end of the Cold War and the war on terror triggered by the September 11, 2001, attacks, an era heralded by President George H.W. Bush as a “new …

Intiqam ki Aag Only Film Made in Quetta It is often said that Balochistan is the heart of Pakistan and Quetta, the provincial capital, is its heart. And the heart of Quetta, a busy marketplace and the most famous business center of the city is Liaquat Bazaar which remains thronged …

Genocide The Gravest Crime against Humanity The word ‘genocide’ has been in headlines in international media. It first hit the headlines when, after the killing of more than 20 civilians in Bucha (Ukraine) – some with their hands and feet bound – Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia was …