The World Justice Project’s (WJP) Rule of Law Index over the past four years has shown that Pakistan’s rule of law ranking reflects significant difficulties in law enforcement, particularly with regard to police accountability and efficiency. Pakistan consistently occupies lower positions on the Index, hovering around places like 120th out of 128 in 2020, 130th out of 139 in 2021, and 129th out of 140 in 2022. Pakistan’s performance was only better than Afghanistan’s at the time, placing it among the lowest-ranked South Asian nations. Pakistan remained plagued by severe problems with the rule of law in 2023, placing 130th…
Author: Hasnain Abid Khanzada
Chaina and US :According to academic papers and analysts, prominent Chinese research institutions associated with the People’s Liberation Army have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool with potential military applications by utilizing Meta’s publicly available Llama model. Six Chinese researchers from three institutions, two of which are part of the Academy of Military Science (AMS), the leading research body of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), described how they had used an early version of Meta’s Llama as a base for what it calls “ChatBIT” in a June paper reviewed by Reuters. A military-focused AI tool was built by the researchers…
Hwang Dong-hyuk, the show’s creator, claims that evenge will be present in the highly anticipated second season of Squid Game, which promises a larger cast of characters and more engaging challenges than the first. Hwang disclosed to Reuters that a third edition of the Korean drama was already in post-production and hinted that an English-language version might also be in the works while attending the first global promotional event for the new season in the Tuscan city of Lucca. When it came out in 2021, the first season of Squid Game became the most watched show on Netflix of all…
America Election : While stands the Colosseum, Rome shall stand,” famously stated Lord Byron. Rome will fall if the Colosseum falls; The world will be affected when Rome falls. Many of Byron’s apocalyptic undertones are evoked as the high-octane presidential race in America enters its final stretch. At an event in Greensboro, North Carolina, Democratic hopeful Kamala Harris stated, “In this election, your freedom, your democracy, and America itself is at stake.” The one is here. The most significant, significant, and existentially significant election of our lifetime. Democrats have garnished their political rhetoric with similar allusions to the apocalypse in…
On her podcast, actor Minal Khan spoke openly with journalist Aamna Haider Isani about the joys and challenges of motherhood. She recalled dealing with health issues following a C-section birth and the ever-present “mom guilt,” shedding light on the unfiltered realities that many new mothers face. Khan claimed that her pregnancy went without a hitch, but that the postpartum period brought unexpected difficulties. She recalled, “I got sick right after the delivery.” I had a severe internal infection and a fever of 106 degrees. My infant was only ten days old. But because I felt terrible mom guilt, I had…
India: After a fireworks ban was widely disregarded for raucous celebrations of the Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, India’s capital, New Delhi, was enveloped in poisonous smog on Friday. Over 30 million people live in New Delhi’s congested streets, which are regularly ranked among the world’s most polluted urban areas. Each year, factories, traffic fumes, and stubble burning by farmers in neighboring regions to prepare their fields for plowing—all of which contribute to the city’s cancer-causing acrid smog—are to blame. However, despite the city’s ban on their sale and use a month ago, Friday’s air quality worsened as a result…
Is it possible that the dragons of Westeros will finally be seen on screen? The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline, two industry publications, reported on Thursday that at least one Game of Thrones movie is still in the very early stages of production. During its eight-season run from 2011 to 2019, the original HBO Game of Thrones television show became a global cultural phenomenon, attracting huge audiences and a record 59 Emmy Awards. The popular television series based on George R.R. Martin’s fantasy novel A Song of Ice and Fire has already produced the TV spinoff House of the Dragon, and…
Pakistan nad Qatar :During his official visit, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif talked about Pakistan as a good place to invest in a meeting with the Qatar Businessmen Association (QBA) delegation on Friday. The prime minister paid an official two-day visit to Doha at the invitation of Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the emir of Qatar, after securing $600 million in investment pledges during his trip to Saudi Arabia. PM Shehbaz invited Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani to a “very extensive and productive” meeting on Thursday, inviting investors to investigate Pakistan’s various economic sectors. In addition, he…
Pakistan According to data released on Friday by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), Pakistan’s annual consumer price index inflation rate was 7.2% in October, up from 6.9% in September. In anticipation of a meeting of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP)’s Monetary Policy Committee next week to review the policy rate, which currently stands at 17.5 percent, the reading confirmed months of easing inflation, which reached a historic high of 38 percent in the previous year and was at 26.8 percent in October 2023. In order to achieve the objective of bringing inflation down to the medium-term target of…
European traders said on Friday that the lowest price offered in the international tender by Indonesia’s state purchasing agency Bulog to purchase approximately 500,000 metric tons of rice was $479 per tonne cost and freight (c&f) for rice that was expected to come from Pakistan. It was reported that the lowest offer was made for 26,000 tonnes. Traders stated that price negotiations are anticipated to continue in the coming days and that no purchase has yet been reported. Next week, a decision is expected. The assessments reflected in the reports come from traders, and additional estimates of prices and volumes…
