By Sajjad Shaukat Demonstrations and violence have hit more than 30 Islamic countries by the Muslims who protested against blasphemous US-made film “Innocence of Muslims,” produced by Israeli-American filmmaker Sam Bacile. In Pakistan, a national holiday was announced on September 21 to observe it as Yaum-e-Ishq-e-Rasool (PBUH) against the sacrilegious film. Violent protesters plunged the country into chaos ...

By Sajjad Shaukat [caption id="attachment_2967" align="alignright" width="300"] Balochistan[/caption] Recently, the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances visited Pakistan in connection with the missing persons, especially focusing on the Province of Balochistan. In this regard, during hearing, the Supreme Court has questioned on September 19, this year that when the case of ...

By Zaheerul Hassan [caption id="attachment_2961" align="alignright" width="300"] Protest against U.S.[/caption] Coming October might be lucky for Obama’s wife since chances of her husbands’ re-election as U.S. President is much more than Republican’s candidate Mitt Romney But overwhelming contributing factors in Obama’s better position over his opponent are; Osama bin Ladin’s(OBL) massacre, under the garb o ...

Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf will be the chief guest at the Ishq-e- Rasool Conference to be held here on Friday (today) to observe Friday as ‘Youm-e-Ishq-e-Rasool’ against the blasphemous film that sent wave of anger among the Muslims all over the world.The government took the decision in the Federal Cabinet meeting and announced public holiday to peacefully observe Friday as ‘Youm-e-Ishq-e-Rasool’ in ...

Martin Murphy This, at least, is how Wang Yilin, Chairman of the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), chooses to view them. He reportedly told an audience at CNOOC’s headquarters in Beijing in May that ‘large-scale deep-water rigs are our mobile national territory and a strategic weapon’. This writer is no Sinologist and lacks the qualifications to parse his words for hidden meanings. At the sam ...

Posted by Faheem Belharvi Anti-Islamic movie “Innocence of Muslims” has sparked global protests and outrage in the Muslim world. Many countries of the world have condemned the documentary made by a California-based Israeli filmmaker including Saudi Arabia and Turkey that have also condemned the killing of United States envoy and three other embassy staff in Benghazi describing it unfortunate. But the uprisi ...

Asif Haroon Raja The reason why foreign powers get attracted towards Balochistan is because of its strategic importance and wealth. It has Makran coastline in the south, which connects it with Iran in the southwest and Afghanistan in the northwest. It has a seaport at Gawadar that was built by China. Gawadar along Makran coastline lies at the opening of Strait of Hormuz. Balochistan has huge quantities of n ...

Letter to Editor [caption id="attachment_2940" align="alignright" width="300"] prime Minister House Islamabad[/caption] Mr Najam Sethi’s September 17 article in The News “Who will be caretaker prime minister?” (in the interim setup for conducting next general elections) must have been read with keen interest; it shows how deep has the Aapas ki Baat-fame journalist an ingress in the circles of power. His art ...