20 Key Findings The US Senate Intelligence Committee recently released a summary of a report into the CIA interrogation programme established by US spy chiefs after the terror attacks of 11 September 2001. Here are the highlighted 20 key findings.

Since this time a year ago, we’ve seen a number of popular releases that have changed the dynamic of the tech world. All we have been using in 2013 seems out of date now. What have we got to look forward to during 2014? Here are the top 10 things to watch out for in the new year.

Since the withdrawal of Nato and Isaf forces from the war-torn Afghanistan is in the offing, and the country is entering into yet another transformative period, a grand international conference, the London Conference on Afghanistan, where the world met to discuss how to help tackle Afghanistan’s many problems, was held in London on December 4, 2014. The Conference was jointly …

Not long after the Iranian Revolution of 1979, in which Ayatollah Ruhollah Kho­meini became supreme leader, a US official was heard to exclaim: “Who ever took religion seriously?” The official was baffled at the interruption of what he assumed was an overwhelmingly powerful historical trend. Pretty well everyone at the time took it for granted that religion was on the …

In Pakistan, the situation of women is quite alarming as they have to deal with immense pressure and face a seemingly insurmountable array of obstacles, which are preventing them from becoming productive and empowered citizens within our society. No doubt, steps are being taken by the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for improving their condition. Same is the case with home-based workers …

How to Write A Good Précis? While writing out a précis three aims are to be kept in view: Firstly, the general argument is to be clearly conveyed. Secondly, all salient points are to be included. Thirdly, the diction is to be concise yet adequate and independent of the original. The following rules, however, should be followed: Dos a) Read …

Diplomats from more than 190 nations recently held talks at a United Nations global warming conference in Lima, Peru, to pave the way for an international treaty they hope to forge next year. At present, the numbers are stark. Carbon dioxide emissions: up 60 percent. Global temperature: up six-tenths of a degree. Population: up 1.7 billion people. Sea level: up …

Today, there are over 500 million Muslims throughout the Indian Subcontinent (India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh), making it one of the largest population centers of Muslims in the world. Since Islam first entered India, it has contributed greatly to the area and its people. Today, numerous theories about how India came to be such a largely Muslim land exist. Politically, some …

The report was not acceptable to Muslims and both the Muslim members of the Committee, Syed Ali Imam and Shoaib Qureshi, refused to sign it. Syed Ali Imam could not attend the meetings of the Committee due to bad health. Introduction The wave of communal harmony between the Muslims and the Hindus in India, created in the early 1920’s by …

According to the Islamic Shariah, an Islamic State cannot impose any taxes upon its Muslim citizens, besides Zakat. As far as the non-Muslims living in an Islamic state are concerned, they become citizens of an Islamic state through an agreement between them and the Islamic state. Taxes upon these non-Muslims shall be governed by the agreement that was mutually agreed …