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NEW DELHI TIMES R.N.I. No 53449/91 DL-SW-1/4124/20-22 (Monday/Tuesday same week) (Published Every Monday) New Delhi Page 24 Rs. 7.00 10 - 16 May 2021 Vol - 31 No. 15 Email : [email protected] Founder : Dr. Govind Narain Srivastava ISSN -2349-1221 MBS brings peace in Middle East Cynicism is the sure shot path to failure, Iran-Saudi only the start balancing it with idealism could aid Late on April 27, in a television interview, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) When we talk or think about cynicism and a cynic, we usually surprisingly struck a conciliatory tone towards arch- think of someone who is the kind of person prone to cast nemesis Iran. “Iran is a neighbouring country, and all doubt on the motives that drive other people. In our modern we aspire for is a good and special relationship with society, there are plenty of people who walk through life with Iran,” he said. “We do not want Iran’s situation to a sneer. Our society to some level is very cynical and has thus be difficult. On the contrary, we want Iran to grow consequently produced many cynics or instilled in us a certain [...] and to push the region and the world towards level of cynicism. Cynicism can be first found in Greek prosperity.” MBS added that Riyadh was working antiquity in the philosophy of Diogenes. Cynicism is the with regional and global partners to find solutions to most striking branch of the Socratic tradition, revolutionizing Tehran’s “negative behaviour”... moral discourse by insisting upon the basic... By Dr. Ankit Srivastava Page 3 By Dr. Pramila Srivastava Page 24 By NDT Special Bureau Page 2 The pandemic reveals how China Sociopathic Personalities: A Taliban protects foreign bases, but is now the imperialist threat hidden danger lurks kills Afghans as per secret pact As Canadians squeal on their neighbours and then squabble We live in a world full of hatred, stress, anxiety and The United States struck a landmark deal with the Taliban amongst themselves over which politician to malign for the tension. We face some or the other problem on a daily on February 29, 2020, paving the way for America to end crime of travelling overseas, Britain balances life... basis. Among us, people talk about receiving... its longest war. There have been isolated attacks... By Tarek Fatah Page 2 By Sujay Dhawan Page 4 By Himanshu Sharma Page 5 For critical insights One Year* Five Year* Subscribe Rs. 350 Rs. 1500 To Subscribe E-Paper Whatsapp +91 9999 331 600 * Details on Page 21 1 twitter@NewDelhiTimes facebook.com/newdelhitimes www.NewDelhiTimes.com 2 10 - 16 May 2021 Opinion NEW DELHI TIMES Pakistan's GSP+ status under EU's vigilant eye Imran Khan to taste own medicine violent demonstrations against France as ◆ By NDT Special Bureau “unacceptable” and is deeply concerned by @NewDelhiTimes the anti-French sentiment in Pakistan, which forced French nationals and companies to [email protected] leave the country temporarily. n April 30, the European Parliament Pakistan, officially named the “Islamic O overwhelmingly adopted a Resolution Republic of Pakistan” in 1956, has the 662 to 3-with 26 abstentions-calling for a strictest anti-blasphemy laws among all review of trade relations with Pakistan and Muslim-majority countries. The British ending its eligibility for the Generalised period law in 1927 provided maximum Scheme of Preferences (GSP) status. It noted 10 years imprisonment but General Zia-ul that Pakistan’s enforcement of blasphemy Haq made blasphemy laws too stringent laws particularly in the case of Shagufta during 1980-1986 to “Islamicize” citizens Kausar and Shafqat Emmanuel, who have by incorporating death sentence. Now been on death row since 2014 for allegedly any accusation of blasphemy exposes the sending ‘blasphemous’ text messages and implement 27 international conventions number of accusations took place in accused, police, lawyers, and judges to shortly after an argument with the accuser. including commitments to guarantee human 2020, targeting human rights defenders, harassment, threats, attacks and rioting. It rights and religious freedom.” For Pakistan, journalists, and artists, encouraged by is overwhelmingly being used to unfairly The EU Parliament “calls on the Commission the European Union is now the most highly-flawed judicial procedures and low target and extensively persecute religious and the European External Action Service important trade partner. Removal of the GSP standards of evidence. Blasphemy laws are minorities, mainly non-Muslims, to settle (EEAS) to immediately review Pakistan’s Plus status would hurt Pakistan’s economy increasingly used for personal or political personal vendettas. Many have been lynched eligibility for GSP+ status in the light of and the people. score-settling in violation of the rights to and imprisoned over unsubstantiated current events and whether there is sufficient freedom of religion and belief and of opinion allegations of blasphemy. reason to initiate a procedure for the The Resolution noted an “alarming” increase and expression. temporary withdrawal of this status and the in the use of blasphemy accusations. Pakistan’s full-fledged crackdown on benefits that come with it”. Pakistan deteriorated in 2020 by enforcing As religious minorities get killed or atheism in 2017 led to kidnapping of blasphemy laws and failing to protect imprisoned, Pakistani Prime Minister rose many secular bloggers as government ran Pakistan was allowed the GSP+ status in religious minorities from abuses by non- to defend human rights of false accuser and advertisements urging people to identify 2014 and has so far received “considerable” state actors. There is sharp rise in targeted equated criticism of Prophet with Holocaust blasphemers, and the judges declared them economic benefits from this unilateral killings, blasphemy cases, hate speech and genocide! Should Europe reward terrorists! Far too many people have been trade agreement. Tariff was slashed to zero against religious minorities-Ahmadis, Shias, Pakistan’s mob justice targeting Christians falsely accused and incarcerated for years per cent and Pakistan’s products came Hindus, Christians and Sikhs-whereas and its Prime Minister relativising the pending a trial and, have been victims of into the EU market without paying import abduction, forced conversion to Islam, rape Holocaust? vigilante violence. duties. “As a result of GSP+, more than and forced marriage remained an imminent 78% of Pakistan’s exports enter the EU at threat for religious minority women and The “repeated and deceptive attacks against Pakistan’s propagation of religious preferential rates, and 80% of the textiles children. There has been an increasing the French authorities” by radical groups fundamentalism has caused enough and clothing articles enter the EU at a number of online and offline attacks on and recent statements by the Government of nuisance. The GSP Plus confronts political preferential tariff rate.” However, the GSP+ journalists and civil society organisations, Pakistan on the grounds of blasphemy have Islam, at last. Now Europe says enough is status “comes with the obligation to ratify in particular against women. The highest escalated. The EU Parliament considers the enough. Pakistan must reap what it sowed. The pandemic reveals how China is now the imperialist threat allowed international airlines to fly out of Wuhan to European and Asian capitals ◆ By Tarek Fatah resulting in havoc in Iran and Italy and Author & Columnist, Canada slowly across the world. @TarekFatah The coronavirus managed to reach every [email protected] corner of the world, but through its own s Canadians squeal on their neighbours genius bypassed all major Chinese cities A and then squabble amongst themselves such as Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and over which politician to malign for the crime Shenzhen. of travelling overseas, Britain balances life The once mighty United States crumbled on the edge of its worst-ever recession in 300 under the weight of this new pandemic with years and cities in the U.S. instruct ambulances people blaming President Donald Trump not to bring the sick to hospitals, I can imagine and not China. It must be added that The President Xi Jinping of China sitting back Donald dug his own grave by uttering one having a hearty laugh with his comrades on stupidity after another simply to remain in how he destroyed the West without firing a the limelight, and in the end lost an election, PC : Getty Images gun. to the glee of China and its influencers in the US. pretend to express sorrow at causing nearly tweeting articles and videos that suggest the Chairman Mao’s thesis that “a single spark two million deaths due to their biological pandemic may have begun in the U.S. can cause a prairie fire” was put into action As thousands were dying of COVID-19, experiments or the wet markets of Wuhan. in the ‘wet markets’ of the city of Wuhan or for the lack of healthcare, no one in the Adam Kamradt-Scott, a global health in central China where COVID-19 was West had the courage to point their fingers However, it seems the World Health security scholar at the University reportedly born. at China and demand a total ban on its Organization (WHO) that had so far played of Sydney, who helped write the infamous ‘wet markets’. How could we? second fiddle to Beijing’s tune has woken up international laws that govern the WHO According to National Geographic, ‘wet The mere mention of the words “China from their slumber. had this to say to the Wall Street Journal: markets’ are typically large collections of virus” risks being slandered by the ‘woke’ “This is the Chinese government open-air stalls selling among other fresh On Wednesday, WHO criticized China for upper-class leftists as ‘racist’.