Muhammad Akram Zaheer
Chinese spy balloon
On February 2, a high-altitude Chinese balloon assumed to be loaded with sensitive surveillance gear traveled over Alaska, Canada, and the northern United States. It turns out to have been one of several over time – and the Pentagon watched it travel over Montana, home of one the US military’s land-based, nuclear-tipped Minuteman III missile …
Earthquake Strike Turkey and Syria
On February 2, a high-altitude Chinese balloon assumed to be loaded with sensitive surveillance gear traveled over Alaska, Canada, and the northern United States. It turns out to have been one of several over time – and the Pentagon watched it travel over Montana, home of one the US military’s land-based, nuclear-tipped Minuteman III missile …
Contradictions of US Foreign Policy
By: Dr. Muhammad Akram Zaheer ¬¬ In the last week of July 2022, the United States attended a regional conference on counterterrorism in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, where Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Mutaqi said his government had considered Afghanistan as a base against the international terrorism and honored promises which should not be used as such. …
The Theory of Heartland
The Heartland theory is a form of geopolitics. Geopolitics is politics influenced by geography. Since human geography is about how humans are affected by geography, we would say that geopolitics has a lot to do with Human Geography. This theory was proposed by Sir Halford Mackinder in his 1904 essay “The Geographical Axis of History”. …
Chinese Flag Fluttered in Riyadh
Dr. Muhammad Akram Zaheer akramzaheer86@yahoo.com President Xi’s visit to Saudi Arabia is aimed at deepening China’s decades-old relationship with the Gulf region particularly Saudi Arabia. The tour is an effort to secure oil, and arms sales, technology transfers. A complex relationship has involving infrastructure projects as well. According to Gedaliah Afterman, director of the Asia …
Hindu Nationalist Government
The Hindu nationalist project, as conceived by its founders in the 1920s, aims to create a Hindu state in which there is congruence between the main cultural force in Indian society and political power. Since the 1980s, this goal has been sublimated into policies to build a Ram temple in place of the Babri Masjid …
Iranian Women Protest against Compulsory Hijab
By: Dr. Muhammad Akram Zaheer The latest round of public protests in Iran erupted over the killing of a 22-year-old woman named Mehsa Amini. She was killed by the so-called morality police on September 16 for allegedly violating Iran’s public veiling laws. Amini’s tragic death is another reminder of how Tehran’s Islamist rulers continued to …
Global Warming Devastated Pakistan
Dr. Muhammad Akram Zaheer Summer flood killed more than 1,500 people in Pakistan. Since June rain swept away buildings, flooded homes and destroyed roads. One third of the country was under water. Scientists still can’t say exactly how climate change contributed to the disaster, but they do know that global warming is dramatically increasing the …
Discrimination in Employment and Occupation
By: Dr. Muhammad Akram Zaheer Discrimination is one of the most controversial incidents that are challenging HR practices in the workplace. Sociologists, politicians and jurists have discussed this topic intensively and it is an important topic. Despite advances, gender discrimination persists and is still experienced by women in modern workplace. Discrimination is associated with depressive …
Israeli attacks on Palestinians and the International Response
By: Dr. Muhammad Akram Zaheer In the third week of August, Israeli forces raided and forcibly closed the offices of six Palestinian non-governmental organizations (NGOs), including three leading human rights organizations in the occupied West Bank. The move follows Israeli Defense Minister Benjamin Gantz’s decision to designate six civil society groups as “terrorist” organizations in …
