Malik Muhammad Ashraf

Malik Muhammad Ashraf

Malik Muhammad Ashraf is an academic. He can be contacted at: [email protected].

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Indian obduracy threat to regional peace

Unless the UN resolutions are followed, India will only lose outThe joint statement issued at the end of President Arif Alvi’s visit to China revealed that among other things the issue of Ka

Mar 24, 2020

Coping with coronavirus

Now is not the time to play politicsThe coronavirus, which has affected almost the whole world as more than 145 countries are reported to have so far been confronted with the menace, has right

Mar 17, 2020

A welcome development

The extension of GSP Plus status will help boost exportsThe European Commission has extended GSP Plus status for Pakistan till 2022 which would allow duty free access of Pakistani goods, espec

Mar 10, 2020
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Mitigating the impact of climate change

Planting more and more trees is the approach neededPrime Minister Imran Khan, while inaugurating the tree plantation campaign in Mianwali, announced restoration of the Kundian forest through m

Feb 25, 2020
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Kashmir needs UN intervention

Who is supposed to enforce UNSC resolutions, if not the UN secretary general?UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, while addressing a joint press conference with foreign minister Shah Mahmood

Feb 18, 2020
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Relief measures for the poor

Commendable efforts but more needs to be doneThe unprecedented hike in the prices of perishable food items like tomatoes, onions and other vegetables followed by phenomenal increase in the pri

Feb 10, 2020
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Economy moving in right direction

Fixing an economy in shamblesManaging an economy like Pakistan’s is the most arduous task due to both internal and external factors, the more so when a government inherits it in complete sha

Jan 28, 2020
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BISP fraud

Not only must the fraudulent be punished, but also their ill-gotten gain recoveredThe Benazir Income Support Programme started by the PPP regime in 2008, with the support of the Department of

Jan 21, 2020
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Sheer hypocrisy

Trump sppke about the Iranian people while ignoring the Kashmiris In the wake of anti-government demonstrations in Tehran over the accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian aitliner, US

Jan 14, 2020
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Real issue is self-determination

Even India tacitly acknowledges the Kashmiris’ right, but oppresses them The right of the people to self-determination is a cardinal principle in modern international law. The conce

Jan 1, 2020
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USA-India nexus essentially anti-Pakistan

The world powers must realise where their real interests lie A few days ago, US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and Secretary of Defence Mark Esper held bilateral talks with their I

Dec 24, 2019