Asif Haroon Raja Although maligned by all and sundry, the fact is that all the bosses of Gen Yahya Khan in the Army gave him excellent reports and none doubted his military capabilities. Notwithstanding his failings, he was not corrupt and sincerely wanted to resolve the East Pakistan crisis to the best of his abilities. But he neither had political experience nor much understanding of political and constit ...

   By Sajjad Shaukat By following the violent path of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Baochistan separatist outfits, especially Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) and Baloch Republican Party (BRA) had accelerated their terror-activities by targeting the political leaders, election-sites of Balochistan National Party (BNP) and the National Party (NP) including independent candi ...

by Asif Haroon Raja   Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan’s presidential form of government under the 1962 Constitution brought in unitary system, which could not be digested by centrifugal forces in East Pakistan as well as in other smaller provinces having tendencies of detachment from the federation of Pakistan. The disillusionment in East Pakistan (EP) radical leaders was not actually related to lack of sh ...

By R.  Zaheer Foreign sponsored TTP and hit Peshawar, Waziristan and Quetta in which at least six persons were reportedly killed and 50 injured in three different actions. It includes security elements too. TTP headed by Mullah Fazalluah accepted the responsibility and intensified the militancy after rejecting the offer of negotiations made by the government on December 17, 2013. In this regards Prime Minis ...

 By Tariq Rizwan Execution of Dhaka of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Qader Mollah has prompted violent protests across Bangladesh. Found guilty of involvement in the death of civilians during the civil war of 1971, he was hanged in Dhaka under Indian pressure, putting the interests of Bangladeshi business community abroad. The European Union is strictly against executions and considers it as violation of hum ...

By  M Khan Chishti Jihad is one of the pillars of Islam that elucidates Muslims’ obligation towards the religion whereas terrorism takes into account the ferocious tactics employed by an individual or a group to impart feelings of scare and terror amongst wide-ranging audience. Nowadays, the notion of terrorism has been assorted with Jihad by extremists, who attempt to corroborate their activities with Jiha ...

 By Zaheerul Hassan World can’t be a piece of heaven till the time  state and its organs are not ready to abide by  international laws and every individual does not voluntarily ready to observe  or impose self discipline on him.  We have to follow and respect the customs and norms of that particular society, where we are living.  But currently Kashmir has become that piece of land where inhabitants are bein ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Countrywide violence started after 65 years old Mullah Abdul Qadir’s judicious murder in Bangladesh. In this ongoing blast wave 29 individuals had been killed, many injured,  in addition to  firebombing of train stations, pro-government businesses and blocking of  roads. Bangladesh has executed the famous leader Abdul Qadir Mullah, who was sentenced for allegedly committing murders of loc ...