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Trump’s America: Economic triumph
Whether you like it or not, the US President has achieved statistics worthy of justifying his presidency. Donald Trump has been a champion for statistical America, and the world ought to respect that.The US economy is booming under President Trump’s supervision. The prominent long-time businessman has steered his country’s 2018 economy on track to hit the highest annual average growth rate in well over a decade. Over the past three months alone, the United States economy witnessed an impressive 4.1% GDP growth, and the creation of over half a million jobs.Since taking office, President Trump has injected over 3 million jobs into the US market; most of which has come during the second half of his tenure thus-far. These facts lead to the speculation that Trump’s economic agenda, as it...
September 02, 2018

Trump’s America: Economic triumph

GCC: Rocky the road to economic integration
MAY 25th, 1981 marks the date on which the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) was established, and this year, the anniversary of that date coincided with a continuing unrest across the region that has persisted since 2011. Thirty-seven years of cooperation has not passed without incident and there have been many challenges to the accomplishment of numerous joint ventures. However, this article focuses only on the economic aspect of the GCC’s difficult journey; in particular how it has contributed to the achievement of advanced economic integration between GCC member states, and how it directly benefits GCC nationals.Economic integration between GCC member states has gone through many stages, the first of which lasted from 1983 to 2002. In 1983, the GCC member states established a Free Trade...
August 30, 2018

GCC: Rocky the road to economic integration

Pakistanis celebrate Independence Day
PAKISTANIS within their country and abroad recently celebrated their country’s 72nd Independence Day. Several functions and seminars were held during which dignitaries and officials delivered speeches and poets recited verses to mark the historic occasion.Pakistan’s independence was declared at the end of a bitter struggle and great sacrifices made by the Muslims of the Indian subcontinent to establish their own nation after realizing that the unity of Hindus and Muslims was not possible in an independent India. Even though Hindus and Muslims joined together in their heroic struggle to put an end to the British colonial rule, it was evident that Muslims would not get equal rights with Hindus after the independence. Muslims had genuine concerns that the independence was useless for them...
August 29, 2018

Pakistanis celebrate Independence Day

Some have no remorse for such vile acts
THE following is based on true incidents. Mohammed checked his mother in a local well-known hospital, and as all private rooms were reserved, his mother had to occupy a shared room until such time that a private room would be available. Once he got her settled in, he could not help but notice a frail heap of humanity occupying the adjoining bed. It was a near lifeless form of what seemed to be a young Asian woman.The woman lay there still, and her breathing was very shallow. A near semi-comatose state as far as Mohammed could tell, and her only visitors were the doctors and nurses who frequently entered the room to check up on her and monitor her vital signs.Her face was badly bruised with red and blue welts, her hair was cropped short near to the scalp, and she looked very malnutritioned....
August 29, 2018

Some have no remorse for such vile acts

Haj ... what a journey!
WHEN I finally decided to perform Haj, few years ago, it was a holy journey into humanity. So many deep experiences, in so few days! Travel brings the best and the worst in people. Here, I must say, I only saw the best, most of the time.I was hesitant about going to Haj that year, for the same reason that kept me away most of the last decade — giving first-time performers more space.Then, all of a sudden, I was fortunate enough to receive an invitation that couldn’t be refused. A group of close friends were going, and I felt an irresistible urge to join them. They helped me get permission and organized the whole journey. It was a lifetime experience!The young African was making her rounds in Muzdalifah selling tea and coffee. We were seven Hajis, and she had other multiple orders. As...
August 28, 2018

Haj ... what a journey!

When bankrupt leader of the Muslim Brotherhood speaks
Yusuf Al-Qaradawi has no achievement to be proud of though he has aged profusely. His path in politicizing the religion is replete with shamefulness and horrors. He would not hesitate to create crises. He ridiculed and laughed at the rank and file with his devious fatwas (religious edits).This year’s Haj was an occasion to unravel more of Qaradawi’s contradictions. He considers himself the Godfather of the Muslim Brotherhood. The plots, machinations and lies of this terrorist organization he is leading have been forever uncovered.The theorist and the mufti of terrorism launched a hateful and abhorrent tweet about the Qatari pilgrims claiming that Almighty Allah did not need their pilgrimage.Is he being uncouth to Allah or is he just showing that he is a puppet to the regime of the...
August 28, 2018

When bankrupt leader of the Muslim Brotherhood speaks

Return to the economy of ‘individuals’!
TECH giant Apple, which surpassed $1 trillion market valuation recently, continues to draw public attention over its unprecedented, historic feat. Three more companies — Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet (owner of Google) — are also in a tight race to reach the same level. With the grand success of these market leaders, we are in fact witnessing a return to the past and to the economy of “individuals”. At the beginning of the 20th century, some of the private companies were named after their founders, which made their mark on the world economy. For example, Graham Bell, who is known for his invention of the telephone device, founded the Bell Telephone Company which later came to be known as American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T). AT&T, because of its monopoly, was a highly...
August 26, 2018

Return to the economy of ‘individuals’!

John Lloyd
Picturing a post-Putin Russia
IT’S not the week to say it, but Donald Trump has a point. It isn’t original and what it proposes will be hard to do, yet when he says that “getting along with Russia is a good thing,” as he did before his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki last month, he isn’t wrong.Russia isn’t a country whose enmity to the West should be shrugged off. Rather than copy its aggressive attitudes, democratic countries should remain vigilant and tough on its egregious moves on Ukraine and its intimidation of the NATO members in the Baltic states. But they should also try harder to promote cultural links, open debates with Russians of all opinions, promote educational exchanges and give platforms to Russian commentators, intellectuals and politicians.One of the many...
August 26, 2018

Picturing a post-Putin Russia

The messy meaning of the Manafort and Cohen cases
THE mixed verdict in the trial of Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, along with the guilty plea on campaign finance violations by the US president’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, is a sign of just how messy — and perhaps inconclusive — Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election will be. But Tuesday’s events also point to broader destabilization in US politics.As November’s midterm elections approach, Trump is increasingly hostile to swathes of the US national security, intelligence and law enforcement establishment. He is also getting better at manipulating Washington’s levers of power, and as he relies on whipping up his electoral base ahead of the vote, he’s increasingly likely to turn the...
August 23, 2018

The messy meaning of the Manafort and Cohen cases

Haj: Once in a lifetime spiritual journey
HAJ is the fifth pillar of Islam and Allah has made it obligatory only for those who can afford it. This means that only those who have financial means and physical ability are required to perform this ritual. It is not clear exactly when Haj was made an obligatory ritual. A few years before performing his Farewell Haj, the Prophet (peace be upon him) and his companions left Madinah for Makkah in a state of Ihram to perform Umrah and they brought sacrificial animals along with them. However, the Quraish denied them entry into Makkah and this resulted in the signing of the historic Treaty of Hudaybiyyah with the Quraish in the sixth year after Hijrah. As per the treaty, the Prophet (PBUH) and his companions returned to Madinah without performing Umrah as it allowed them to return to...
August 22, 2018

Haj: Once in a lifetime spiritual journey

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