No. Nothing has changed for them. Nothing will change. Not until they change themselves. There have been just too many bloody revolutions in our world. There have also been just too many elections in many countries of the world. Did anything change for the people anywhere in the world?  No.  Nothing has changed. Nothing will change. Nothing will change for the people who will not be prepared to joins hands ...

‘It’s moral sin to remain mute spectators’ Srinagar, July 16: (GNS) Reacting against the unfortunate mysterious deaths of two Kashmiri youth in Mumbai and Rajasthan Chairman Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Shah Geelani has appealed people to observe peaceful protest demonstrations after Friday prayers on July 19. “It is a serious matter and until the facts are traced, it is obligatory for us to raise voice aga ...

Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan has been playing a constructive role in resolving internal feuds of Afghanistan since 1980s and has avoided the game of pitching one ethnic community against the other to serve its selfish interests. All the seven Mujahideen groups involved in Afghanistan Jihad against the Soviet forces had placed their trust in Islamabad. Nawaz Sharif during his first stint from 1990 to 1993 had a ...

Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan has been continuously advocating peace talks with Taliban and insisting upon finding a political solution, but Kabul regime and Washington preferred brute force in Afghanistan. Pakistan was also advised to follow suit and pressured to launch another major operation in North Waziristan (NW) and eliminate safe havens of Haqqani network. Pakistan has all along helped Hamid Karzai regi ...

Posted by Javed Iqbal We are seeing a new round of terrorist's violence. Either the government has no capability to stop this violence or it does not solve this issue at all. Bloodshed continues to flow in the streets, mosques, and other places even at funerals. Terrorists are successfully creating a sense of fear everywhere through their activities. It seems a complete failure on part of provincial apparat ...

Posted by Javed Iqbal News & Views Tuesday, July 16, 2013 - Before May 11 elections, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) had approached the United Nations with the request to play its role to ensure free and fair elections in Pakistan. The MQM’s US Chapter central organizer had submitted to the UN a memorandum against the Election Commission’s decision for delimitation of some constituencies in Karachi. Urgi ...

Asif Haroon Raja The new regime has been handed down a huge mess and is at a loss where to start from and which problem to tackle first. All macroeconomic indicators are in negative, national kitty is empty and foreign investment has dried up. It has inherited bankrupt economy, an unmanageable energy crisis, massive debt, lawlessness and fraught security situation. The new leaders are heard saying that they ...

By Brig Iftikhar Ayub Khan (Retd) When the end comes near and victory seems distant than survival is the only option left. TTP came into being in 2007, before that they had restricted themselves to their respective agencies; mostly operating against US/ISAF in Afghanistan. Occasionally, they used to attack Pakistan security forces in retaliation to border interdiction, drone attacks and Lal Masjid etc. In f ...