By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai So much for Ban Ki-moon’s heart and possibly even more so his soul. One can only recall the quote in Matthew and the betrayal of Jesus, “When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this Man's blood; see to that yourselves." The United Nations has walked away ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The Martyrs’ Day, known as Youme Shuhada-e-Kashmir is observed on July 13 every year on both of the Line of Control and all over the world by the Kashmiris to pay homage to 22 Kashmiris who were martyred in 1931 to free Kashmir from the brutalities of despotic Dogra rulers. The day is the milestone in the history, as it has become genesis of the Kashmir’s struggle for independence against ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Killing of 22 years young freedom fighter and alleged Hizbul Mujahideen Commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani by the security forces fueled the situation in Sri Nagar, capital city of Indian Occupied Kashmir on 9 July 2016. The clashes started all over the valley when Para-Military Forces opened ruthless fire on empty handed innocent Kashmiris including women, children and senior citizens. As re ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The militants attacked on the Holey Artisan Bakery (Restaurant) in the diplomatic district of Dhaka on July 2, this year and killed at least 20 hostages and two police officers. It includes nine Italians, seven Japanese and one American. The Islamic State group (Also known as Daesh, ISIS, ISIL) claimed responsibility for terror attack on the restaurant. But, without any investigation, Home ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Legendary personality and philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi has moved to Heaven at the age of 88. He borne in a village called Bantva of Indian Gujarat state. He shifted to Pakistan in 1948. According to Guinness Book of World Record of 2000, He i runs the biggest Ambulance Service in the World. He started the Ambulance Service in 1948 and uptill now has more than 1200 ambulances which inc ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Suicide bombers hit three cities of Saudi Arabia on July 4, this year and killed at least four people in the holy month of Ramadan, near the day of Eid al-Fitr. The first attack occurred near the US Consulate in Jeddah. One explosion rocked Qatif in eastern Saudi Arabia when a suicide bomber attempted to launch an assault at a Shia mosque. The other suicide bomber detonated a bomb near the ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Pakistan’s military capabilities qualify it to play a balancing role in the Muslim World in general and the Middle East in particular. In this regard, rift between Saudi Arabia and Iran widened in the aftermath of the execution of the prominent Shia religious leader Nimr al-Nimr as part of Riyadh’s executions of 47 persons on terrorism charges, on January 2, this year. Saudi Arabia and oth ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Under the pretext of American so-called counterinsurgency programme, and by implementing the anti-Muslim policy of his predecessor, the US President Barack Obama has broken all the record of human rights by extrajudicial killings of the innocent people through CIA-operated drone attacks in Afghanistan, Somalia, Yemen etc. in general and Pakistan in particular, while, the United States clai ...