By Sajjad Shaukat Located on the southwestern coast of Pakistan, Balochistan’s Gwadar deep-seaport is close to the Strait of Hormuz from where more than 17 million barrels of oil passes every day. Its ideal location among three key regions, South Asia, the oil-rich Middle East, and oil and gas-resourced Central Asia has further increased its strategic significance. Its development with Chinese assistanc ...

Lahore:  Major Danish of the sensitive organization has embraced “Shahadat” on Sunday Night (16 February 2014) in Lahore. The officer had   suffered severe bullet injury, when he along with other elements encountered with terrorists near Chub Kalan police station in Khanewal district.  In this raid t two suspected suicide bombers were killed and two more were arrested by intelligence agency operatives, poli ...

In the past it was thought that people should limit the number of eggs they eat because they contain dietary cholesterol. But it is now known that saturates – in which eggs are relatively low – are more influential in raising blood cholesterol than dietary cholesterol itself. Over 30 years of prospective epidemiological surveys of coronary heart disease (CHD) risk have consistently found no independent rela ...

By  Muhammad Daim Fazil The simmering Big Three row in game of gentlemen, cricket, has turned into possibly the biggest intimidation to the game since the 1970 fiasco when South Africa was barred from playing cricket until 1992. South Africa returned to mainstream of the game because money was not extensively involved at that time. However, contemporary blow is not confined to one nation; rather it has ster ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Throughout the country, in the last 15 days more than 120 people have been killed in various terrorists’ actions. As usually, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) took the responsibility of killing innocent people, including persons of security forces. On 13 February 2014, TTP terrorists planted a bomb in the van and blown it off when police bus, carrying commandoes reached near to explosive ...

By Rida Zaheer TTP terrorist planted a bomb in the van and blown it off when police bus carrying commandoes reached near to the van in Karachi. 13 police commandos killed and at least 57 injured at least 57 on 13 February 2014. According the reports the  explosion took place near the exit of the Razzaqabad Police Training Centre in Shah Latif Town area just as a police bus was leaving the premises. The bus ...

by Abu Ezaan [caption id="attachment_2670" align="alignright" width="418"] South Asia Conflict Map[/caption]   Pakistan has undeniably suffered the most with the ongoing Afghan instability, and as mainly prophesied, the trend is not expected to change in the foreseeable future. Notwithstanding the countless sacrifices, Pakistan continues to be projected as the part of problem and pointed finger at for every ...

By  Muhammad Daim Fazil National game hockey, which was once considered the pride and glory of the nation, now has become tarnish on country’s sports. Sixty six years of splendid hockey are over, the team which holds four World Cups and 3 Champions Trophy along with dozens of other unbreakable records, has failed in a bid to even qualify for hockey World Cup of 2014. 3rd place in the 9th Asia Cup was not su ...