November 2014

A Sinister Plan to Stay Put in Afghanistan? | On September 30, soon after the swearing-in of the new Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, the Bilateral Security Agreement (hereinafter BSA) between Afghanistan and the United States was signed in Kabul. The US Ambassador to Afghanistan James Cunningham and Afghan National Security Advisor Hanif Atmar signed the BSA that will ensure …

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s three-day visit to India — from 17-19 September — generated a lot of interest, even anxiety. Indian Premier Narendra Modi rolled out the red carpet for the visiting president. The two sides signed as many as 12 agreements committing $ 20 billion Chinese investment in India over the next five years. China is to help India …

Since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in March the EU and the US have ratcheted up sanctions several times, tightening restrictions on major Russian state banks and corporations. They have blacklisted dozens of senior Russian officials, separatist commanders and Russian firms accused of undermining Ukrainian sovereignty. The EU sanctions announced on 12th September targeted Russia’s state finances, energy and arms sectors. …

While Washington has been preoccupied with a burning Middle East, Russia behaving badly and, to a lesser extent, the rise of China, US relations with India have slipped down the diplomatic priority list. In coming decades, however, enormous, unwieldy India will likely be the United States’ most important continental partner in Asia. Modi, a Hindu nationalist who successfully brought economic …

Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan Principal Quaid-i-Azam Law College Head of the Legal Education Committee of Punjab Bar Council Jahangir’s World Times (JWT): What features of Quaid-i-Azam Law College Lahore make it a preferred choice of the law students? Nafeer A. Malik (NAM): First of all, I am grateful for the consideration. As regards your question on distinguishing features of …

A whistleblower is an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it. Whistleblowers frequently face reprisal, sometimes at the hands of the organization or group which they have accused, sometimes from related organizations, and sometimes under law. Here is a list of world’s 5 most famous whistleblowers. 1. Daniel Ellsberg A former US military analyst …

The instant piece is aimed at exploring the new frontier of the international law in the form of the Global Administrative Law (GAL) with a brief discussion on its concept, status and kinds. Later, a brief résumé of the use of the GAL in relation to global terrorism has been presented with analytical remarks. Introduction Charles Louis Montesquieu, in his …

Ideological Aspect & Possible Long-term Outcomes. There is no denying the fact that any innocent life lost is certainly a life too many, and coalition forces should undergo every effort possible to avoid civilian casualties. However, we should not forget that if anyone is guilty of murdering civilians, raping women and terrorizing children, it certainly would be ISIS, not the …

Only One Thing Will Make Israel Change Course. Both Israel and the Palestinian Authority finally accepted a cease-fire agreement after a 50-day Israeli assault on Gaza that left more than 2,100 Palestinians dead and vast landscapes of destruction behind. The agreement calls for an end to military action by Israel and Hamas as well as an easing of the Israeli …

Indeed, a nation, like an individual, is an organic entity that goes through different life-stages from birth and infancy to the identity crisis of adolescence, then budding into maturity and adulthood, and if not nourished and groomed properly through institutional strength with political, economic, social and moral steadiness, like a handicapped human body, first suffering inertia and purposelessness and then …