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President James Earl Carter The Gentleman Peanut Farmer

Jan 13, 2025 | thefridaytimes.com | Tariq Aqil

President Jimmy Carter the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981died on 29th December 2024 at the age of 100. He was not lucky in politics and could manage to serve only one term as the president but has many political achievements to his credit. His biggest achievement or contribution to world peace and security was the peace accord between Egypt and Israel in the shape of the Camp David Accord in 1978.
Tragedy in pursuit of a better life abroad

Jan 12, 2025 | pakobserver.net | Tariq Aqil

THOUSANDS and thousands of young Pakistanis risk life and limb to reach European countries by putting their fate in the hands of human smugglers and many of them have perished in the sea while trying to reach European shores. In 2023 a boat capsized in the Mediterranean sending 262 young man from Pakistan to their death near the shore of Greece. Once again in 2024 another boat disaster when a boat sailing from Libya sank near the coastline of Greece killing about 40 Pakistanis. The Govt.
Dictatorship And Totalitarian Regimes Or Democracy

Dec 10, 2024 | thefridaytimes.com | Tariq Aqil

The worst democracy is better than a dictatorship. Human history is a witness that dictators throughout history have been the cause of immense human misery, suffering, pain, chaos death, and destruction. Some dictators like Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini have enjoyed immense popularity and love of the people they ruled but in the end, they were the cause of immense destruction and ruin.
End of the protest what now?

Dec 8, 2024 | pakobserver.net | Tariq Aqil

IMRAN Khan the incarcerated founder of the PTI issued a final call for a protest movement starting on the 24th of November. The PTI juggernaut led by the CM KPK Ali Amin Gandapur and the former first lady Bushra Bibi arrived in Islamabad after dismantling all the impediments placed by the Govt. to demand the release of their leader and were urged by Bushra Bibi to stay in place until their leader is released. Within 24 hours of the arrival of the PTI workers the Govt.
Politics of protest

Dec 1, 2024 | pakobserver.net | Tariq Aqil

POLITICS in Pakistan has entered a new and disturbing pattern that is launching street agitation and protest politics overlooking a policy of dialogue and debate. This is the moment when this country is in desperate and immediate need of political stability and mature politics. The recent happenings in the country have taken the nation to the brink of a constitutional crisis because of the intense confrontational approach adopted both by the govt. and the main opposition party in the country.
Lahore Is Dying By Suffocation

Nov 26, 2024 | thefridaytimes.com | Tariq Aqil

Lahore was once seen as the city of gardens, home to over 140 million people. It was the city of architectural wonders and culinary delights, and was often described as the cultural heart of Pakistan. Today, Lahore, the icon of our history and the capital of the Punjab is dying a slow and painful death, by suffocation.
Independent State of Palestine a pipe dream

Nov 24, 2024 | pakobserver.net | Tariq Aqil

AFTER the First World War and the signing of the Treaty of Versailles many areas of the former Ottoman Empire including Palestine were placed under the Trusteeship Council of the League of Nations with Britain given the responsibility of governing Palestine as a trustee. All the former territories of the Ottoman Empire eventually became independent states except Palestine which even today is a nation without a country.
Carnage In Kurram And The Writing On The Wall

Nov 22, 2024 | thefridaytimes.com | Tariq Aqil

The volatile tribal district of Kurram witnessed another scene of carnage, death and destruction on 21 November 2024. On this fateful day, a convoy of about 200 vehicles was travelling from Parachinar to Peshawar when at about 1:20 PM, gunmen jumped out of their vehicles and poured deadly gunfire on the travelling vehicles on the road, to extinguish the lives of 40 innocent residents of Parachinar including women and children.
Palestine's Suffering And The Toothless Tigers Of The Muslim World

Nov 19, 2024 | thefridaytimes.com | Tariq Aqil

Since 7 October 2023, the people of Gaza are facing a deadly genocidal Israeli onslaught that has extinguished the lives of over 45,000 Palestinians and left countless others severely wounded. The Gaza strip presents a scene of carnage. 55 Muslim countries of the world – or the so-called Muslim Ummah – have remained a silent spectator of this genocidal conflict unleashed by the state of Israel with the support of their political partners and backers like the USA and the EU.
Baluchistan bleeds again

Nov 17, 2024 | pakobserver.net | Tariq Aqil

TERROR stalks the land again. Baluchistan is in the line of fire and the province of Baluchistan is bleeding profusely. The dark and sinister forces of obscurantism and extremism are striking with a vengeance all over the provinces of KPK and Baluchistan.