Diplomatic Cross

Muhammad Adnan There has never been a time in history where there were more demands for young peoples’ time: social media use topping 17 or 18 hours a day is just the beginning of the train of distractions that vies for students’ attention. Schools face a dichotomy between resource shortages and increased pressure to help kids be good at everything, from reading to math to financial literacy to the arts. So, it would be easy to dismiss youth entrepreneurship as one more burden on an overtaxed population.  Entrepreneurs are drivers of innovation, economic growth, and can make a positive change in their societies. By dismantling monopolies, creating new demands, and tackling old problems with new technology, young entrepreneurs prove to foster more competitive economies and are enablers of shared prosperity, while adapting more rapidly to ever more globalized societies.  Regardless of their language, level of education or nationality, young people see e...

Prime Minister Imran Khan is expected to make his first official visit to Saudi Arabia next week. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in contact with Saudi officials for the prime minister's visit. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have shared close ties. On August 12, Saudi King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz congratulated PM Imran on his victory. The Saudi king also extended goodwill for the development and welfare of the people of Pakistan. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has expressed the Kingdom's interest in investing heavily in a bid to strengthen its trade ties with Pakistan. In the recent past, Prime Minister Imran said that bilateral ties between the two countries would be further strengthened, adding that the leaders of both countries would also visit each other’s country soon in this regard. Can PM Khan Visit will meltdown the relation between IRAN and KSA? Iran is attempting to reset its relationship with its eastern neighbor. Iran was one of the first countries to congratula...

Alarming increasing number of violence against women in KPK. The report says that 4600 sexual assault cases register in last one year.2018 current year the rate of violence and sexual assault against women are routine in daily news and reports.KPK government and Administration totally failed to prevent women’s and minor Children’s. Despite strong legislation government performance sacked, it’s the responsibility of the government that they give serious attention to these issues, in the start of the current year 2018 we saw a brutal murder in District Kasur of minor Zainab which became viral and spark across the country than the government takes action against the killer of teenage. Zainb case, set a national level debate, after that the government take some actions and make legislation but despite temporary and emotional actions governments and country lawmakers didn’t take it seriously. Countering Rape and other violence against women’s are a serious issue also a social pr...

A saying behind every successful Man there is a woman, I think behind successful Nawaz Sharif the women is Kalsoom Nawaz. Kulsoom Nawaz, the wife of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, was born in 1950. She was the granddaughter of the world-renowned weight-lifter Ghulam Muhammad, known locally as ‘Gaama Pahelwan.’ ISLAMABAD-Nawaz received her early education from Lahore’s Madrasa-Tul-Banat and later enrolled at the Lady Griffin High School. For her undergraduate, she attended the Former Christian College in Lahore, and then completed a masters at the Punjab University. She was still studying when she married Nawaz Sharif, the son of a businessman, in 1971. Her husband entered politics in the 1980s and went on to launch his own party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. Through its platform, he was elected the prime minister of Pakistan three times and Kulsoom Nawaz had the honour of serving as the first lady thrice When military dictator Pervez Musharraf staged a ...

By Salahuddin Islamabad-Chief Justice of Pakistan ( CJP ) Mian Saqib Nisar on Wednesday has said that ensuring basic rights to transgender community is our first priority .A three-member bench conducted a hearing of a case during which, the top judge directed to hire two transgenders in Supreme Court (SC). Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Tuesday said two transgenders would be provided jobs in the Supreme Court. The remarks came as he chaired a bench to hear a case regarding transgenders' rights. "In our society transgenders are subjected to ridicule. It is our top most priority to give them their rights,". The chief justice said the court would issue a notice to NGOs and government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while it hears the case related to basic rights of transgender."Court wants to bring them into the mainstream. It wants to resolve their issues," said the CJ while presiding over a three-judge bench. NADRA Chairman who appeare...

So-called Islamic State began to appear in what it calls Khorasan (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia, Iran, and India) in 2014. Reports of its presence were at first dismissed as propaganda, but during 2015 it became clear that IS had a serious presence in Afghanistan and Pakistan at least. In June 2014, when the Islamic State (IS) declared itself to be a caliphate, with Abu Bakr al Baghdadi as its leader, there was barely presence of the extremist group outside its immediate area of influence in Syria and Iraq. However, in just over a year, the IS has grown into a terror organization with presence across the globe and a sanctuary in Syria and Iraq. The IS sees itself to be a worldwide caliphate with a territorial claim from Spain to Eastern India and Bangladesh. The ‘Khorasan Province’ of the caliphate engulfs India, Pakistan and other neighboring nations.  The Islamic State’s Khorasan province (IS-K) is led by a core of former Ban Tehrik-e-Taliban ...