By Zaheerul Hassan The two were cycling from Orchha, a heritage tourism spot, to Agra when they decided to camp in a jungle near Jhadia village. Around 9pm, the criminals, mostly in their 20s, broke into their camp, handcuffed the husband and raped the woman. They then fled with their mobile phones, a laptop and Rs. 10,000. Battered and bruised, the couple took a lift from a passerby and reached the police ...

By Manzer Durrani Major Pakistani newspapers have given the Indians free rein to challenge the Foundational Principles of Pakistan. India has writing clubs in Chennai, Delhi, Kolkotta, and Mumbai to target Pakistani & Global newspapers sites to negate the very principles on which Quaid-i-Azam and Muslims of India separated from British India. Indians are promoting that the very basis of the split with B ...

Posted by Sumera Banned outfit Tehrik Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has withdrawn the peace talk’s offer saying that the government is not serious in the process. TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan in a video of about 8 minute duration delivered to media from an unknown location accused the ruling alliance of being non-serious, corrupt and have done nothing for the welfare of the people. He further said in his video t ...

Amos Guiora [3] The Israeli movie The Gatekeepers, nominated for an Oscar award earlier this year, serves as extraordinary background for a discussion of critical issues—and not just with respect to the Israel-Palestine conflict. What makes the movie compelling is the direct, unapologetic and reflective manner in which the limits of power is addressed. What makes the movie even more compelling is that six r ...

Posted by Faheem Belharvi It is a truth worth studyingt gathered during interaction with grown-ups, and that is: Kashmiri and Pakistani youths share each other’s sorrow and joy, they feel and think alike. They assert they are victims of injustice: social, economic, cultural and political. They hasten to make up their mind to resist a person, or a group, a country or a group of countries, or a self-appointed ...

By Isobel Coleman Pervez Musharraf, former general and president of Pakistan, returned to Karachi after years in exile to contest the country’s upcoming national election expected later this spring. As the election season heats up, many Pakistanis are expressing concern that the anticipated vote will be derailed for one reason or another. Imran Riffat, a former financial industry professional and longtime P ...

By Akbar Ahmed With the United States relying on the use of drones to target Islamic extremists, Nonresident Senior Fellow Akbar Ahmed writes in his new book, The Thistle and the Drone, that what began as the war on terror after the 9/11 attacks is now a war against tribal Islam. Ahmed explains that women are the innocent victims who suffer the most and argues that America must re-evaluate its war on terror ...

By Salman Shaikh The humanitarian tragedy unfolding in Syria is probably the most serious crisis facing the world today. And yet, the international community is struggling to find a way forward. With more than four million Syrians in need of humanitarian assistance and three million internally displaced – a conservative UN estimate based on surveys of 6 out of 14 governorates in Syria – the humanitarian res ...