Media and judiciary are generally viewed as the strong pillars of any democratic country. Traditionally, judiciary and media in India have maintained reasonably good standards and have gained considerable public support. Unfortunately, in recent times, judiciary has been subjected to much criticism and several of the judgements have been received with skepticism by the people. In the same way, Indian media, ...

By Sajjad Shaukat On January, 20, this year, at least 21 persons, including students, a faculty member and security guards were killed at Bacha Khan University in Khyber Pakhtunkha’s Charsadda town, when heavily-armed terrorists of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) entered the university and opened fire on them. It was due to the quick response of Pakistan’s security forces, including Special Serv ...

By Sajjad Shaukat When every year, on January 26, is being celebrated by India as the Republic Day, Kahmiris on both side of the Line of Control (LoC) and all over the world, including their Pakistani brethren commemorate it as the Black Day in protest against Indian illegal occupation of Kashmir, while, the issue is still alive due to continued struggle of the Kashmiri people. On January 26, 1930, the Indi ...

By Zaheerul Hassan DG ISPR Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa while briefing media disclosed in Peshawar that five terrorists have been arrested from Charsadda and surrounding. These facilitators have helped those terrorists who attacked innocent students of Bacha Khan University in Charsadda on 20 January 2016. In this attack 21 people were killed and more than 60 were injured. According to DG ISPR the operation has ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Early morning of 20 January, 2016 four gunmen entered in the university and sprayed bullets on the innocent students who were busy in taking their breakfasts while sitting in their rooms of the boys’ hostel and canteen. The attackers were wearing suicide vests but were killed by security forces' before they could detonate their explosives. They also opened fire on the students and faculty ...

Press Release [caption id="attachment_2502" align="alignright" width="409"] Grieved Family of Sikh[/caption] Obama's Representative Reassures Sikhs in America Washington, January 11, 2015: Melissa Rogers, Special Assistant to President Barack Obama and head of the Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships office of the White House, delivered a message of reassurance from the U.S. President to the ...

By Sajjad Shaukat [caption id="attachment_2790" align="alignright" width="241"] Map of Pak-Afghanistan[/caption] On January 13, this year, at least seven personal of the Afghan security forces died during the suicide attack which targeted the Pakistani consulate in Jalalabad. Islamic State group (ISIS or Daesh) claimed responsibility for the terror-attack. The attack, which coincided with efforts to restart ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The present government led by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had launched the targeted operation in Karachi after obtaining consensus of all stakeholders like political parties, business community and members of civil society who wanted peace in Karachi. In this regard, Karachi had been handed over to the Rangers with power to take action against the culprits without any discrimination. The o ...