By Sajjad Shaukat Pak-Iranian relations are rapidly strengthening day by day. During the visit of Iran’s Vice President for International Affairs Ali Seedlou, both the countries signed three agreements on November 13, this year as part of Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) to promote economic cooperation, timely completion of Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline project and electricity import from Iran. Both th ...

By Susanne Posel Communist-in-Chief and Zionist-controlled, President Barack Obama says that he is “fully supportive of Israel’s right to defend itself from missiles landing on people’s homes and workplaces and potentially killing civilians, and we will continue to support Israel’s right to defend itself.” This announcement came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began to expand Israel’s “military ...

By Professor Ali Sukhanver:   [caption id="attachment_3997" align="alignright" width="236"] Malala-Yousaf undr treatment in Uk[/caption] What happened to Malala is not simply a tale of brutality, cruelty, violence and aggression, it is something else based on intrigue and conspiracy. Though the militants in Pakistan are being held responsible for this cowardly inhuman action against an innocent young girl b ...

Tom Hanks says his latest film, Cloud Atlas, is a 'piece of art'. The actor takes on six different characters in the sci-fi drama, which also stars Halle Berry and Hugh Grant. The complex storyline required all actors to play multiple people and Tom believes the film could be a breakthrough piece of cinema. 'This is a unique piece of art; it’s going to have a scope that’s bigger than anything I’ve ever seen ...

by Khalid Khokhar WHILE addressing a group of officers at GHQ on November 5, the Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani warned that much is desired for all state institutions to work within their constitutional limits. The political pundits observed that the statement carried veiled challenges to the judiciary as well as media creating uproar in political, legal and social circles. The stateme ...

A court in Pakistan has dropped a controversial blasphemy case against a Christian girl accused by her neighbour of burning pages from the Koran. The girl, known as Rimsha and aged 14, was held in a maximum security jail in July prompting international concern. Her arrest followed accusations by a Muslim cleric now facing a case for allegedly planting evidence. Rimsha's lawyer said the case had been a misus ...

In the face of adversity, Alastair Cook has produced a typically composed hundred that has kept England alive in the first Test at Ahmedabad. Facing a huge deficit in the second innings, England needed his calm and exemplary discipline to battle the Indian spinners. There was a stutter in the middle after the opening partnership flourished, but Cook remained unfazed throughout and stuck to his meticulous ga ...

Poated:  Zaheerul Hassan November 18, 2012 "Al Jazeera" --- Al Jazeera's Nadim Baba, reporting from Gaza, has said that the search continues for survivors of an Israeli air strike that killed nine members of the same family in Gaza. Our correspondent said rescue workers worked frantically to pick up the debris from "the massive crater where the residential building stood". Five children were among the nine ...