American climber died Monday on the descent from the summit of Mount Everest, bringing to nine the number of dead or missing climbers on the Nepali side of the world’s highest mountain in this season Herald Report The fatal debacle on overcrowded Mount Everest has continued. An American climber reached the top but then died at the South Col on …
Anayat Baig tells a tragic story of neglect, inequality and superbugs Pakistan is facing world’s largest extremely drug resistant (XDR) typhoid outbreak. More than 5,000 cases were reported from Hyderabad and Karachi in the first phase. To give the reader an idea of the rise of the scale of this outbreak consider the following: Some 11 cases were reported in …
Pioneering music prize recognises exceptional achievement in the preservation and revitalisation of Muslim musical heritage. Herald Report The Aga Khan Music Awards for 2019 has been announced. The master jury announced the names of the laureates and finalists for the awards’ inaugural cycle, says a statement issued from Lisbon, Portugal. Established in 2018 the $500,000 wards are given in recognition …
Jawed Naqvi THE mad major portrayed in Stanley Kubrick’s Dr Strangelove — a psychopathic American nationalist driven by an urge to bring the world to a sudden end with nuclear war — has many cousins. Ayatollah Khomeini was reviled as a warmonger, but he jailed the Hojjatiah Shia extremists who supported him. He found that they were plotting to chuck …
People belonging to different professionals with origins or roots in India and pakistan in Canada also issue statement against war hysteria and for peace News Desk At a time when divisive and warmongering narratives have strained Indo-Pak relations to virtually breaking point, Indian and Pakistani scholars and students of Oxford University held a solidarity demonstration at the Radcliffe Camera in …
Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy The release of captured Indian fighter pilot Abhinandan Varthaman is excellent news, and Pakistan’s gesture that it wants to de-escalate a crisis that put the world on edge [is appreciable]. Equally, this act conveys confidence that Pakistan has had the upper hand in a conflict not of its own choosing. Pakistani war rhetoric, though disturbingly loud, was …
India and Pakistan should stop playing with fire; With an election looming, Narendra Modi is under pressure to act tough The armies of India and Pakistan often exchange fire across the front line in the disputed state of Kashmir. When tensions rise, one side will subject the other to a blistering artillery barrage. On occasion, the two have sent soldiers on …
People’s Alliance for Democracy and Secularism (PADS) condemns mob violence against Kashmiri students and traders after Pulwama attack HAH Report Secular and peace activists have condemned attacks on Kashmiris in various Indian cities and demanded the ultra nationalist Narendra Modi government to ensure their protection. The Peoples’ Alliance for Democracy and Secularism (PADS) has demanded criminal proceedings against leaders and activists …
As President Donald Trump meets with North Korea’s dictator, military escalation in South Asia offers lessons. URI FRIEDMAN and KRISHNADEV CALAMUR What was most revealing about the first day of President Donald Trump’s summit in Vietnam with Kim Jong Un wasn’t the president’s characterization of his private conversation with the North Korean dictator (“Boy, if you could have heard that …
Indian portals go against tide, question govt’s take By Jawed Naqvi TRUTH they say is the first casualty in war, in some cases in peacetime too. How would the media realistically know beside the official handout that there was a bombing of a target in Balakot on Tuesday? Or, as the counter narrative went, how would anyone know that it was merely an …
