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                 Europe has made significant investments over many years in creating a framework of laws, practices, and organizations for conflict avoidance and crisis management. 2014's swift transition in Ukraine from political turmoil to armed conflict served as proof that the current procedures are still unable to meet the task. The European security order was seriously threatened by Russia's annexation of Crimea without the permission of the Ukrainian government.   According to conservative estimates, at least 4364 people had died in the fighting by the end of 2014, and there were over 500 000 internally displaced people in Ukraine. There were still no signs of a permanent resolution to the dispute at the start of 2015.   Face-to-face interactions between important parties were encouraged by diplomatic efforts, including discussions between Russia and Ukraine and between the Ukrainian government and representatives of armed groups operating in the country's ea

  Thousands of people have perished or gone missing, and millions have been displaced in the FLOOD. Belt Saraiki   Don't annoy me! While Siraiki Waseeb's stepmother is sound asleep, her children are sitting outside in severely inundated areas while they wait for assistance from the government, which is currently out of reach.   Only a few metropolitan areas, like Taunsa, Dera Ghazi Khan, Jampur, and Rajanpur, are currently secure even though millions of people are impacted. Even these cities are in danger of severe flooding, and residents have been warned to leave them, resulting in sleepless nights.   In the abandoned Sairaiki belt, thousands of villages and small towns have disappeared, thousands of people have perished or gone missing, and millions have been displaced. The administration's callous response to a human tragedy of this proportion is nothing new. These places have previously gone through this, most recently in 2010, but as usual, there is no pol

                 The ongoing flooding in parts of Balochistan and Sindh shows both our unwillingness to address climate change and our insistence on blaming it for our failure to plan, govern, and carry out our obligations. Priorities come first. A genuine and existential threat to humanity is climate change. The poorest communities in Pakistan, like all other nations on the earth, are most at risk of losing their lives, homes, and means of subsistence.   This brings me to my second argument. While there shouldn't be any denial of climate change, it is both impolite and untrue to use it as an excuse for government inefficiency on all fronts. There is no denying that Balochistan and Sindh continue to get much heavier rainfall than they did in the past. However, this does not serve as an excuse for illegal building, pervasive corruption, a lack of skilled personnel to handle emergencies, or reactive rather than proactive policymaking. Today's government action is much too fr

                      After discussing the effects of China and Afghanistan on Pakistan in the article from the previous week, I'll move on to India, Pakistan's third neighbor, which is currently dealing with its own issues. Some of them were discussed when the nation celebrated its 75th birthday, a day after Pakistan celebrated its 75th birthday on August 14. It might be good to discuss why Pakistan's birthdate is one day earlier than India's before I talk about the Indian scenario.   The last Viceroy dispatched to India by the British government, Lord Louis Mountbatten, made it known that he wanted to continue serving as Governor General of both the dominions of India and Pakistan as the British prepared to depart their Indian colony and return to London. Extensive preparations had been made for the swearing-in of the new government, which would be led by Jawaharlal Nehru, who along with Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi had led the campaign for independence, on August

                 Not too long ago, I used to be surprised to hear newly arrived desi students in America begin spewing modern social justice lingo as if they had always known it. What is the source of this unique speaking ability? When someone like me had to painstakingly wade through the fortifications of classical liberalism and then its different ideological foes merely to acquire a hold on post-structuralist theory to see if it applied to my own mission, how could they be so fluent in the language of deconstruction? It's much worse now. It includes not just scholars in the humanities and social sciences but also authors, artists, intellectuals, and anybody else who speaks in public. Today's rapid global connections allow for the spread of liberal fear from America to opinion-makers throughout the world in a matter of seconds. Whatever worries American intellectuals confronting dying liberalism about #MeToo, white supremacy, transgender oppression, or purported Trumpian &q

                 The term "municipal solid waste," also referred to as "junk" or "trash," refers to all types of waste products, including plastic bottles, used needles, out-of-date batteries, food scraps, newspapers, etc. Pakistan produces 49.6 million tonnes of municipal solid garbage annually, and this number has been rising by more than 2.4% annually, according to a study.   Environmental issues become significant when municipal solid trash is not managed properly. On vacant lots, the majority of municipal rubbish is either burned or dumped, which pollutes the land and releases dangerous chemicals into the atmosphere. According to a government statistic, major cities produce 87,000 tonnes of solid trash per week. The largest city in Pakistan, Karachi, produces around 16,500 tonnes of municipal waste per day. There is no difference in the scenario in other cities. The issue is exacerbated by the inaction of the relevant agencies, bad provincial le

                 Regardless matter what one may think of Shahbaz Gill, he should not be tortured. Nobody ought to. It is against international law, human rights, and all accepted standards of decency and morality. However, it is not expressly forbidden in Pakistan.   Even if it were (and one hopes it soon will be), the sociopolitical environment of the nation affords little reason to believe that the widespread use of torture could be curbed.   Imran Khan claims that Gill has endured sexual assault in addition to physical and emotional abuse. Unfortunately, he won't be the first or last person in Pakistani detention to experience such. Torture in custody is pervasive and can take the most terrible and humiliating forms. It is particularly widespread in Punjab, and minorities often bear the brunt.   Torture is not only used by the police. There is growing evidence that the military and intelligence agencies use similar tactics in detention facilities as a result of the c