Diplomacy for Peace

The US and China are locked in a trade war since President Donald Trump imposed heavy tariffs on imported steel and aluminium items in March last year, a move that sparked fears of a global trade war. India is among a handful of countries that stand to benefit from the ongoing trade tensions between the world’s top two economies – …

Tens of thousands of Pashtuns are demanding an end to extrajudicial killings and abductions they blame on the Pakistani state – and a charismatic young man has become their spokesman. A compelling, bearded tribesman in his late 20s, Manzoor Pashteen is the unlikely figurehead for protests that have now mushroomed into a wider movement that threatens to upset a precarious …

LAHORE – Asia Bibi, the Christian woman who spent eight years on death row on blasphemy charges in Pakistan, has arrived in Canada with her husband, her lawyer confirmed to German media on Friday. “She is united with her family,” Bibi’s lawyer Saif-ul-Malook told the German Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper. Bibi’s two daughters left Pakistan in secret and flew to …

New York City Leadership and Visioning Conference as part of United Nations – World Interfaith Harmony Week from 1st February to 4th February. Haji Syed Salman Chishty – Gaddi Nashin – Dargah Ajmer Sharif and Chairman – Chishty Foundation will be represting Ajmer Sharif – India at the 3 days International U-Day Interfaith Leadership New York Convergence Conference organized by …

नई दिल्‍ली, जेएनएन। ऐसा लगता है कि लोकसभा चुनाव के मद्देनजर देश में एक अलग ही माहौल बनाने की कोशिश हो रही है। शिक्षण संस्‍थान भी इससे अछूते नहीं रहे हैं। इस्लामिक शिक्षण संस्थान दारुल उलूम देवबंद ने गणतंत्र दिवस पर अपने छात्रों के बाहर घूमने-फिरने पर रोक लगा दी है। संस्थान ने बकायदा सर्कुलर जारी कर सभी छात्रों को …

GANDHINAGAR: Vice-President of India M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday exhorted the world community to unite to tackle terrorism, climate change, and corruption. Speaking at the valedictory ceremony of the ninth edition of the Vibrant Summit, Naidu said, “Terror has no religion. It is the enemy of humanity and needs to be rooted out completely by all countries.” He went on …

I wish to present three perspectives of Islam concerning the concept of choosing a “leader” in Malaysia. This article is inspired by Abdul Hadi Awang’s clarion call to Muslims to choose his narrow-minded brand of Islam, perhaps for the upcoming Cameron Highland by-election. I will describe the views of Hadi, Perlis mufti Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin, and Muslim scholar Dr …

Indian subcontinent is highly significant in terms of accommodating social diversities. Despite the prejudices and dense confusions of the partition, the Indian Constitution had proved its power and greatness by defining socio-political spheres of secular India at its best. Hitherto, It served as the custodian of the marginalized and the religious minorities, by ensuring adequate security and measures for their …

High-profile attacks by the armed group al Shabaab at the Westgate Shopping Mall in 2013 and Garissa University in 2015 killed more than 200 people. The events changed the way government deploys ground forces and carries out counter-terrorism activities. The army took over control of the porous border with Somalia from the police. Since then, soldiers have spearheaded a large-scale …

This monograph urges a policy re-positioning by aggregating key geopolitical parameters concerning PoK which potentially impinge on India’s vital territorial and security interests. That emerging geopolitical pressures exerted by the massive China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) must be factored in while determining the course of India’s policy formulation on PoK, is the core thrust of the study. Irrespective of an …