By Iftikhar Hussain Butt          Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi and ISIL have emerged from the shambles of Al-Qaeda in Iraq and Syria but their violence, atrocities and criminality have even humbled Al-Qaeda and its affiliated terrorist outfits. Dr Ayman Al-Zawahiri had disavowed his ties with Baghdadi because he had provoked internal fighting in Al-Qaeda in which thousands of operatives were killed in Iraq and Syri ...

By Iftikhar Hussain Jazib Al-Qaeda’s assassinated chief Osama Bin Laden (OBL) and its current Amir      Dr Ayman Al-Zawahiri were not known as religious personalities before Afghan jihad. Both had received their formal education at secular institutions. OBL had studied Economics, Business Administration and civil engineering while Dr Zawahiri had studied Medicine to become an eye surgeon. This lack of relig ...

(Part 1)  By  Asif Haroon Raja Harking back into the history of Yemen which stretches back to 3000 years, it will be worthwhile to know certain essential details about the country. It lies at the tip of Arabian Peninsula and it borders Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to the north and Oman to the east. Yemen is strategically important because it sits on the Bab al-Mandab strait, a narrow waterway 40 km wide li ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Indian society is intensely witnessing violent waves of radicalization in the form of vandalism of Christian Churches, forceful conversions of Muslims and Christians in the name of Shudhi (purification) or Ghar Wapsi, ban on beef and cow slaughter and inclusion of Hindu religious books in curriculum. In these terms, dangerous radicalization of India needs immediate attention. The gravity o ...

 سیّد ناصررضا کاظمی 7 ؍ اپریل ایک ایسا ’یوم سانحہ پاکستانیوں کی یاد داشت اگر کمزور نہیں اور وہ اپنے محب و جانثار تحفظ ونگہداری کے آئینی فرض سے ہمہ وقت آشنا بہادر و جراّت مند شناروں کے فرائضِ منصبی کے دوران اُن پر کوئی آسمانی مصیبت وابتلا ء کی خوفناک آفت اچانک آگرے تو قوم اُن دنوں اور اُن لمحات کو کیسے فراموش کر سکتی ہے اور کچھ نہیں تو قوم اُن شہداء کو خراجِ عقیدت پیش کرنے سے کیسے کیونکر پس وپیش کر سکتی ہے پ ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat Indian covert and overt activities against the federation of Pakistan had led to the separation of the former East Pakistan in 1971. Now, India has been promoting sub-nationalism in Khyber Paktunkhwa, Sindh and even among the Karachiates (Mohajirs). Undoubtedly, various antagonistic forces are relentlessly conspiring against the unity and territorial integrity of Pakistan, while their sin ...

By Sajjad Shaukat      On April 7, 2012, an avalanche hit a military base at Gayari sector in Siachen Glacier, trapping 140 soldiers and civilian contractors under deep snow. It was the worst tragedy which the Pakistani military has experienced in the area. The incident occurred at about an altitude of 16,000 feet and 180 miles northeast of Skardu, the capital of Baltistan. Pakistan’s then President Asif Al ...

 سیّد ناصررضا کاظمی دنیا کے ممتاز آبی ماہرین پاکستان کو دنیا کے اُن چند خوش قسمت ملکوں میں سمجھتے ہیں قدرت نے جسے پانی کی بے پایاں قیمتی دولت سے نوازا ہوا ہے، اِس کے ساتھ وہ یہ کہتے ہوئے بھی ہمیں عجیب الفطرت قوم سمجھتے ہیں’’ یہ کیسی قوم ہے جسے اپنی آزادی کے 67 برس گزرنے کے بعد آج تک یہ توفیق نہیں ہوئی کہ وہ اپنی آئندہ نسلوں کی بقا کے لئے ‘ اپنی لڑکھڑاتی ہوئی معیشت کی بحالی کو رواں دواں رکھنے کے لئے اپنے بے ...