Asif Haroon Raja Presidential election held on 30 June 2013 kicked up lot of dust owing to PPP’s cranky behavior. PML-N’s demand to seek a change of date was not with mala fide intention. It was wrong on part of well-meaning but secular Fakhru Bhai not to understand the significance of 27th Ramadan which fell on 6th August and that many either sit in Aitiqaf or perform Umrah during last ten days of Ramadan. ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Presidential election held on 30 June 2013 kicked up lot of dust owing to PPP’s cranky behavior. PML-N’s demand to seek a change of date was not with mala fide intention. It was wrong on part of well-meaning but secular Fakhru Bhai not to understand the significance of 27th Ramadan which fell on 6th August and that many either sit in Aitiqaf or perform Umrah during last ten days of Ramad ...

By N Khan Recent incident in Islamabad during which presumably a mentally unstable armed person with no past record of any violence or criminal act held the capital city hostage for five hours. Event has exposed the inefficacy, mental immobility and indecisiveness of government besides lack of professionalism of LEAs and ineptness as well as immaturity of predominant media.  In this advance age when informa ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Tension between India and Pakistan accelerated when recently, the former set off a series of unprovoked cross-border firings at the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir including Working Boundary in Sialkot and Nakiyal sector, which killed some civilians. On the other side, Pakistan Army and Rangers responded with equal response. Acting upon shrewd diplomacy, Indian External Affairs Minister S ...

By Asif Haroon Raja India is the largest country in South Asia and its leaders never tire of boasting that India is the super power of the region and a potential world power. Indira doctrine advocated India’s unrestricted influence over the whole region. India is past master in covert operations and propaganda war and habitually resorts to intrigues, economic coercion and blackmail. It never shies of threat ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat Although Indian blame game against Pakistan about violations at the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir has hidden purposes, yet it has been creating anti-Pakistan chauvinism.  Even such a phenomenon was also created by Indian rulers in normal circumstances, when in May 1998; New Delhi detonated five nuclear tests, and compelled Pakistan to follow the suit. However, by acting upon a preplann ...

Posted by Javed Iqbal Egypt's interim government finally ran out of patience with the Muslim Brotherhood supporters who have been camping out in permanent protest at the dismissal of former president Mohammad Mursi. After weeks of seeking an accommodation with the Islamists, the government finally started to end the protests by sending in bulldozers to remove the mounds of sand, brick walls and barricades. ...

By Iftikhar Hussain Jazib According to recent media reports, terrorist organisations and the criminal networks are gathering millions in foreign currency as ransom from people without facing any resistance in the twin-cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Top industrialists, business tycoons, ministers, politicians and lawyers are frequently receiving threatening letters and phone calls from the terrorist net ...