Sheik Hassan Nasrallah Secretary General of Lebanon's Iran backed Hezbollah, a key Damascus ally as well said in his recent speech that his group will keep its military presence in Syria until further notice. Nasrallah quoted that Hezbollah's presence is linked to "The needs and approval" of the Syr

As per WHO's Global TB Report 2018 financing for TB prevention, diagnosis and treatment continues to fall short of the amount needed and commitments from both domestic and international donor sources need to be stepped up.
Recognising this lack of sufficient and sustainable financing, the politica

While reaffirming their commitment to end TB by 2030, the draft Political Declaration in the fight against tuberculosis by governments at the first UN High-Level Meeting on TB (#UNHLM to #endTB) acknowledges that "TB, including its drug-resistant forms, is a critical challenge and the leading infect

President Trump through his September 25, 2018 speech at UN General Assembly (UNGA) tried to send a message to the world that it is not only USA which is in his safe Presidential hands but the entire world can also draw comfort from the fact that he is the President of USA, the self-styled leader of

The world's eyes and ears are expectantly focussed on the forthcoming first-ever UN High Level Meeting (UNHLM) to #endTB: "United to End TB: An Urgent Global Response to a Global Epidemic." The global TB community is hailing this as a landmark opportunity to marshal political will and resources to e

Religiously misguided Muslims globally don't mind sufferings of their families (ii)- Governments of USA & India should be concerned about human rights in Kashmir (iii)- If not for human rights of Kashmiris, USA & India should work at-least for retrieve of PoK out of concern about presence of Chinese

Mian is a distinguished economist and professor but he is also a member of the Ahmadiyya sect of Islam, and therein lies the problem. Pakistani laws view Ahmadis with hostility, and they have been subjected to violence and hate speech as a result
The departure of Atif Mian from Imran Khan's Economi

Prime Minister Imran Khan, a Pathan himself, will face one of the biggest challenges in dealing with the rising anger of his community, most of which is targeted at Khan's patrons, Pakistan Army.
The Pashtun community in Pakistan, especially those living in the frontier areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

All those Muslim countries, Pakistan foremost among them, which have been bending double to woo the Chinese to invest in their economies must look at how they treat the Muslims in their country. Perhaps there are fewer countries in the world where Muslims are targeted systematically and with ruthles

Success in life is determined by how we integrate our thoughts and actions in a way that creates a common bond between our values and the institutions, nations, religions and cultures that govern our lives. Harmony of our thoughts and values with those of the political and cultural societies in whi

Taliban is on constant march as last month made one of its boldest attempts in taking over a provincial capital since its brief occupation of the city of Kunduz in 2016. This time it's Ghazni, a strategic city less than 100 miles from Afghanistan's capital, Kabul. An estimated 1,000 Taliban fighters

After boycott of polls by local parties NC & PDP on the pretext of Article 35-A, India's position on Kashmir has become untenable (ii)- Not allowing self-determination in J&K (including PoK) can be justified only on the ground of not-promoting 'Islamist Jihadi terrorism' (iii)- By taking excuse of c

This is unfortunate and sad that media has been pushing through interpretations coining its own definition some of which are totally contrary to the facts, history and Constitutional Law. The Article 35-A is machinism of the Congress Govt., the then Prime Minister of J&K Bakshi Gulam Mohd. only to p

Currency related crimes are only second to genocides (ii)- Present mechanism (for avoiding currency related other crimes against human rights) only needs improvement (iii)- If financial crimes by member States not addressed, UN has no meaning
Though human beings have made many inventions beneficia

Taking the encouraging results of its N-005 study one step forward, TB Alliance has initiated SimpliciTB a pivotal clinical study to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of a novel and potentially shorter 4 drug regimen for patients with drug-sensitive (DS) as well as multi drug-resistant