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Zubair Khan

" Holder of three bachelor (honours) degrees in administration, management and strategic studies. Possess more than 40 years of experience on various managerial and adminstrative posts of private and public organizations. Contributes to Urdu and English periodicals regularly. Currently engaged as in charge Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission in Croatia

Being human

Source: ET We have strange notions of accountability in Pakistan. We are not satisfied with audit reports or bureaucratic mechanisms that give holistic accounts of performance. No, we enjoy a good berating. The more humiliating the better. Extra points if it is done in front of television cameras and is […]

Pakistan placed on FATF grey list

Source: Dawn WASHINGTON: Pakistan was officially placed on a terrorism financing watchdog’s grey list on Wednesday, failing the country’s efforts to avoid the designation, diplomatic sources claimed. The report could not be confirmed independently and the FATF did not make an official announcement till late in night. The sources said […]

A 28-year-old Democratic Socialist just ousted a powerful, 10-term congressman in New York

Source: CNN Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old Latina running her first campaign, ousted 10-term incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley in New York’s 14th congressional district on Tuesday, CNN projects, in the most shocking upset of a rollicking political season. An activist and member of the Democratic Socialists of America, Ocasio-Cortez won over […]

Jordan walks a tightrope between rival powers

Source: AT However, Jordan’s neighbors and allies have so far rallied round the troubled country, with a string of financial pledges now helping stabilize its creaking economy. In recent days, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have put forward a combined $2.5 billion assistance package, while Qatar has now promised […]

The reason Trump will be re-elected:

Source: CNN The Colorado Civil Rights Commission (CCRC) initially ruled against Phillips but the case was eventually heard by the Supreme Court — the highest court in the US — which overturned the decision by a 7-2 majority in favour of Phillips. The ruling said the CCRC had violated Phillips’ […]

Europe is on the verge of a big new crisis

Source: CNN Could it be that Europe is facing yet another existential crisis, six years after financial meltdown threatened the eurozone’s collapse? This week the third- and fourth-largest economies in the eurozone — Italy and Spain — experienced political earthquakes. Italy will now have a government of insurgents with little […]