On 20 October 2019, the Relief and Repatriation Commissioner of Bangladesh, Mahbub Alam Talukder, declared that the country will start relocating Rohingya Muslims to the flood-prone island of Bhasan Char in the Bay of Bengal, as part of a plan to solve the problem with overcrowded border camps in

 Dr. Nazir Bhatti asked Stephen Gill if he was also a human rights activist. The question was published in the month of July of 2002. It is being reproduced here with some additions. Dr. Bhatti is the managing editor of Pakistan Christian Post, published from New York, and has authored Trial

Since World War II the USA has been managing global political order (mainly through UN) and has succeeded to the extent that it could at-least avoid World war III. Presently the USA is tired and wants to retire from this responsibility and wants to revert back to traditional US-isolationism (whic

The killing of a non-local fruit trader, a trucker, and a laborer by the terrorists in south Kashmir in the recent days has shown the true colors of Pakistan and its proxies in Kashmir as people have fully realized now what the intentions of the neighboring country vis-à-vis Kashmir are. T

 Global fight against tuberculosis (TB) is making modest gains, although largely not yet on track to end TB. 2019 Global TB Report of the World Health Organization (WHO) launched on 17 October 2019 gives hope, not despair, because sustained efforts have yielded some significant results. Only

A lot had been made by analysts of the recent tensions and disagreements between China and India on a host of issues in the run up to the second informal summit between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping that was held in Mamallapuram on 11-12 October. The first s

After August 5, 2019 (when Modi government amended Article 370, repealed Article 35-A of the Indian Constitution and converted the State of J&K into two Union Territories, which all triggered humanitarian crises in the form of prolonged lock-down of the Kashmir valley and political storm in P

 One of the major processes at the United Nations (UN) that gives hope for a better tomorrow where "no one is left behind" is the UN binding treaty on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights.

 History is marred with exam

Pakistan’s Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa, who in August 2019, got a three-year extension in service, has yet once again hit the headlines; this time for having had a talk session with the business tycoons of Pakistan over dinner. The Pak CoAS was giving a pep talk to the heads of leading bus

Turkey has launched its operation Peace Spring in Northern Syria aiming to uproot Kurdish forces. As the United States have already abandon their Kurdish allies which helped them to finish ISIS caliphate and pulling out all the American troops from the Syria to facilitate the Turkish operation. T

Professor Dr. Nilanshu Kumar Agarwal has authored several books of creative writings and critical studies and his writings have appeared in a number of journals. He asks Stephen Gill the following question:

NKA: You have authored a haiku collection entitled Flashes. What are your views

I am one of the few people who has not merely read Quran but has practiced it also and got immensely benefited from it, in this-worldly-matters too. Some people may say that if Quran (Prophet Muhammad) is so beneficial in temporal matters too then why Muslims are suffering (bleeding and weeping p

Terming the Imran Khan government as incompetent, a major right-wing religious party in Pakistan, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), announced on Thursday that it will begin its 'Azadi March' on October 27 to oust the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan as reported also at https://www

  It was a notable afternoon to have some time with the Mayor of Cornwall on September 30th in her office at City Hall. Our talk ranged from former mayors and national politics to Canadian literature as well as my contributions to local literary scene, and the outstanding contributions of St

Last month, two incidents targeting religious minorities in the country have put spotlight on the deplorable conditions and ongoing human rights violations. Pakistan has been widely condemned for its crackdown and dismal record against the local minorities. 

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