In his write up titled ‘The Sensible Course’ appearing in The News dated June 13, 2012, Amir Zia discusses about growing chasm between two uneasy allies and the US losing patience because of Pakistan’s refusal to eliminate sanctuaries of Haqqani network in North Waziristan (NW). That was the time when Pak-US relations were at its lowest ebb because of closure of supply lines and American leaders were ...

Maimuna Ashraf Finally a decided decision has explicitly declared, NATO supply has been resumed since the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was ‘sorry’ for the loss of life in a botched air raid.  This sorry is being issued after seven months of the demise of twenty-four Pakistani soldiers, who lost their lives as a result of NATO attack on Pakistani military check post. The US [caption id="att ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Recently, Pakistan reopened the NATO supply route across the country to Afghanistan after accepting the US apology regarding the killing of 24 Pakistani soldiers in November 2011 by American air strike on Salala check posts. But after a few days of signing the agreement, a US drone attack killed 21 people in North Waziristan. Pakistan’s ambassador to the US Sherry Rehman who played a key r ...

 Zaheerul Hassan Acoording to ISPR five people killed in   an MI-17  helicopter crash of the Pakistan Aviation. The helicopter  was on its test flight.  The pilot and a co-pilot, have also been  killed . Reportedly,  the helicopter was on a routine flight when it caught fire near the Skardu airport.The pilot tried landing the helicopter at the nearest airbase, but it crash after catching fire. ...

The accession to Pakistan Resolution was adopted by Jammu and Kahmir Muslim conference on 19th July 1947 during an emergency convention at the residence of Kashmiri leader, Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan in Abi Guzar (Srinagar). The convention was presided by Kashmiri leader Chaudary Hamid Ullah Khan and the resolution was presented by Khawaja Ghulam-ud Din Wani and Abdul Rahim Wani, with 59 representative le ...

13 the July is the milestone in the history of Kashmir struggle for freedom. On 13th July 1931 thousands of people thronged the central Jail Srinagar to witness the in-camera trial of Abdul Qadeer. At Zuhar time, one of the youth stood up and starting reciting "Azan for Zuhar prayer. He was killed by Dogra soldiers, next youth started the Azan where it was left by the martyred youth. He was also killed and ...

Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai Washington, D.C. Tuesday, July 10, 2012 [caption id="attachment_2056" align="alignright" width="212"] KashmirI Lake[/caption] Saying goodbye is sometimes easy but sometimes a very difficult thing to do, particularly when I am saying goodbye, though temporarily, to freedom and to a mission that I have given my life to.  But the real goodbye is not the words that I have formed in my head b ...

Asif Haroon Raja Obama worries about Pakistan’s disintegration and safety ofits nuclear warheads. In reality he and his team are least concerned aboutPakistan’s fragmentation since this has been among the many goals Washingtonhad perceived at the time of invading Afghanistan. Real concern is the nukesand not the fate of Pakistan. The US has already started seeing Pakistan as afailing state at the brink of c ...