By Zaheerul Hassan Year 2013 would be remembered as smooth transaction of powers from one democratic govt to the other. The democracy lovers truly believe in the supremacy of this form of government due to its main characteristics of electing rulers through ballot and then provide them chance to comply their promises and programs made with the whole population prior of contesting the elections. U.S. preside ...

    By Sajjad Shaukat   Although democracy has displayed its success in the west, yet it has proved to be fruitless in Pakistan. Therefore, it is generally said that “any instrument can be misused.” Pakistan’s politicians have always claimed that they nourish democratic ideals, but, we could not establish this system on a strong footing due to irresponsible approach of our political entities. Hence, democra ...

HANGU:   The Five children  have been  killed in a blast outside a house in Babar Mela, Hangu today (Sunday) Out of these martyred four children were from the same family.  Explosive material had reportedly been placed outside a house in the area. According to the sources the family residing were on rent in this house. Probably some unidentified enemy probably wanted to  eliminate this family. Police office ...

      By Sajjad Shaukat   While showing their double standard openly, the US and some western countries use one pretext or the other in targeting the unfavorable small countries in order to obtain their selfish interests. Therefore, they are taking the nuclear proliferation as an ultra sensitive concern, haunting the entire world, and they feel impatient to impose unilateral sanctions against those states w ...

By Rida Zaheer On Saturday Taliban made  a ruthless attempt and killed over 21 individuals ,which include IMF representatives and Canadian individuals . The death toll from a Taliban attack on a Kabul restaurant popular with foreigners and affluent Afghans has risen to 21 people, officials said Saturday, in the deadliest violence against foreign civilians in the country since the start of the war nearly 13 ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Some of the glaring reasons that have given rise to religious extremism in Pakistan are as follows: Early demise of Quaid-e-Azam resulted in leadership crisis, which persists to this day. Growth of regionalism gave rise to fissiparous tendencies. Antagonism between seculars and Islamists impeded constitution making for nine years. Widening gulf between rich and poor and callous attitude ...

      By Sajjad Shaukat No doubt, media have been playing a key role by educating and guiding the people regarding various developments and issues which have been taking place on global and regional level. Being the fourth pillar of the state, especially electronic media have brought the matters of public interest and bloody battles into our bedrooms. Thus, it has made difficult for the politicians to wage ...

Ahmad Khan and Beenish Altaf ‘It's no secret that we live in a 24/7 society’ that is full of risks. In fact, Pakistanis usually take risks in order to find quick solutions of their lingering problems. In addition to my contention, people in Pakistan usually don’t care at large about the safety of their lives, and frequently indulge themselves in greater problems while taking risks. Actually, our mode of sur ...