By Waheed Hamid The Pakistan  Army enjoys a unique position of  love and trust which it has acquired from the people of Pakistan. The Army is looked upon as part of the solution to all problems, a panacea, an “AmritDhara” as most of its ranks from a soldier to a general belong to the class which has its roots in the public. Today we find a definite   effort  to make it  look  as part of all problems.   The ...

 by Sajjad Shaukat Although endless wave of terror-attacks continues in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Karachi, yet deteriorating circumstances of Balochistan also need special attention, raising the question as to how deal with the complex situation of the province. Recent incidents of terrorism in Balochistan, which targeted Quaid-e-Azam residency in Ziarat, replacing Pakistan’s flag with that of Balochistan Libe ...

Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan faces formidable array of challenges, both at external and internal fronts. Internal threats are as daunting and menacing as the external threat. So much so that for the first time in Pakistan’s history, it cannot be discerned with certainty which of the two threats is more dangerous? The Army Chief Gen Kayani has however plainly graded internal threat to the security and integrity ...

By Oriental Review "Oriental Review" -- The ongoing Syrian crisis will be certainly viewed by future generations as a classic example of how a completely false reality, as presented by the dominant Western political class and corporate media, has inscrutably resulted in the moral and political reinforcement of the opposing party, which was desperately defending the principles of law and justice under unprec ...

 By Asif Haroon Raja On assuming office in January 2009, Barack Obama shifted the US emphasis from Iraq to Afghanistan and within a year approved two troop surges to enable Gen McChrystal to wrest the initiative from Taliban and possibly defeat them. Increase in quantum of troops and launching a major operation in Helmand rather than weakening the Taliban further galvanized them to hit back more ferociously ...

(ایس اکبر) وطن عزیز کے طول وعرض میں قائم دینی مدارس قرآن و حدیث کی تعلیم وتدریس میں اہم کردار ادا کر رہے ہیں اور یہ دینی ادارے اسلام کے امن و سلامتی کے پیغام کو فروغ دینے کا مرکز تصور کیے جاتے ہیں جن سے ہزاروں طلباء فیضیاب ہو کردینی خدمات سر انجام دے رہے ہیں ۔ افغانستان میں سویت یونین کے حملے کے بعد ان دینی مدارس میں سے  چند ایک میں افغان جہاد کے لیے جہادی تربیت کا سلسلہ شروع  کیا گیا اور جہادیوں نے اپنے ہم ...

 By Zaheerul Hassan  Newly elected democratic government is facing challenges like restoring of economy, energy crises, the most sensitive security issue and price hike.  The government instead taking steps of improving upon and meeting the said challenges, the federal government on 24 June 2013 has informed the Supreme Court that it was ready to take action under the ‘high treason’ act against former Presi ...

Fierce Clashes between the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other militant groups erupted in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region as hundreds of fighters attacked TTP bases situated in Kunar and Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. Taliban sources said hundreds of armed fighters comprising Lashkar-i-Taiba, Ansarul Islam (AI), 'Mohmand force' and other local militias (lashkars) were part of a joint attack ...