An NSTN Perspective Recent disruptions to global supply chains have highlighted the importance of diversified logistics corridors. For Iran, supply chain resilience depends on having multiple international gateways that reduce reliance on any single port or transport route. Pakistan is now well positioned to become one of those strategic gateways. The Government of Pakistan has...
Poverty remains Pakistan’s greatest socio-economic challenge. Millions of families struggle every day to meet their basic needs for food, healthcare, education, and shelter. Despite numerous poverty alleviation programmes, subsidies, and cash transfer schemes introduced over the past several decades, rural poverty continues to persist. The challenge before Pakistan is therefore not simply to provide temporary...
A woman in the Kashmir Valley has not slept properly in eleven years. She cannot identify the exact night the sleeplessness began. It may have been the raid. It may have been the detention. It may have been the curfew that lasted so long her children forgot what school felt like. She has never seen...
Dr. Ghulam Nabi FaiChairmanWorld forum for Peace & Justice July 21, 2022 The United Nations marked Nelson Mandela Day at its headquarters in New York on 20 July 2026, although the international observance falls each year on 18 July—the date of Mandela’s birth. Established by the United Nations in November 2009 and first observed in...
For more than seven decades, Pakistan’s development policies have largely underestimated the true economic importance of the livestock sector by treating it merely as a sub-sector of agriculture. This outdated approach has kept one of the country’s largest economic assets in the shadow of agriculture, denying it the policy attention, institutional recognition and public investment...
Dr. Ghulam Nabi FaiChairmanWorld Forum for Peace & Justice July 18, 2026 Once again, Pakistan finds itself debating a proposal that has surfaced repeatedly over the years—and every time it does, it raises the same fundamental question: why weaken our own position on Kashmir? A group of senior members of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly, led by...
The 15th of July 2026 will be remembered as a watershed moment in the history of Pakistan’s livestock sector. On this historic day, the Prime Minister of Pakistan announced the establishment of the country’s first indigenous Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccine production plant with 100% government funding. This landmark decision is far more than...
The 15th of July 2026 will undoubtedly be remembered as a watershed moment in the history of Pakistan’s livestock sector. On this historic day, the Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC), in collaboration with the Ministry of National Food Security and Research (MNFSR), organized a high-level national seminar and dialogue titled “Harnessing the Livestock Potential of...
Dr. Ghulam Nabi FaiChairmanWorld Forum for Peace & Justice July 13, 2026 Every nation has days that transcend the calendar. They become part of a people’s identity, reminding each generation of sacrifice, resilience, and the unfinished pursuit of justice. For millions of Kashmiris around the world, July 13 is such a day. Ninety-five years after...
History is not only about dates; it is about people, their challenges, their dreams, and the lessons they leave behind. Some dates do not immediately change the course of history, but they change people and the way they perceive their future. For the people of Kashmir, 13 July 1931 is one such date. Whether viewed...
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