The welfare of minorities
EACH year, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom publishes its annual report, which normally includes a chapter on Pakistan. In its 2022 report, the Commission focused on blasphemy and…
Effective reforms advocated to tap potential of Islamic finance
Insisting that Islam's social protection system corresponds to the multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals and serves as an excellent tool to build resilience across social and economic spheres, experts during…
Islamic banking: a success story
Last week the largest transformation from conventional to Islamic banking was achieved as all the branches of the Faysal Bank spread across the country completed their conversion to Islamic banking.…
Sustainability and Islamic finance
The unique characteristic of Medina Economics is the fact that almost all the building blocks of the Islamic economic system were completed in the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)…
War and weak states
War is the most undesirable action to resolve interstate conflicts. Modern theories of international relations revolve around diplomatic means to resolve conflicts. International diplomacy is the art of preventing wars…
Weak states and war
War is the most abominable act committed by a state and the most undesirable action to resolve interstate conflicts. Modern theories of international relations revolve around diplomatic means to resolve…
State functionaries
PAKISTAN was created in the name of Islam. It is a divine gift and a sacred trust that Allah has bestowed upon us. Nobody should dare to betray that trust.…
Misnomers of a welfare state
That the state has to act as a benevolent provider is the logic behind the idea of a welfare state – and it seems that the current government has taken…
An instrument of weak states
War is the most undesirable action to resolve interstate conflicts. Modern theories of international relations revolve around diplomatic means to resolve conflicts and attain peace without recourse to war. International…
For a welfare state
Prime Minister Imran Khan promised to transform Pakistan into a welfare state after winning the general elections, declaring that public welfare and poverty alleviation would be his government’s top priority.…
