By Sajjad Shaukat                         Although elections 2013 were free and fair, yet isolated incidents of rigging which are very common in South Asia are creating uncertainty in Pakistan where terrorists continue their subversive activities to further destabilise the country by blocking the way of democracy. Even, observers of the EU remarked that only 10 percent rigging occurred, while on the who ...

Asif Haroon Raja The people have lost trust in their leaders because they have repeatedly betrayed them in the name of democracy. While democracy was sold as the remedy for all their ailments, democracy made the lives of the lower class of society miserable. The elites enriched themselves by using state resources and looting the national wealth but did little to allay the sufferings of the under privileged. ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat During the election campaign, the militants of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its affiliated groups who had accelerated their terror-activities to sabotage the elections 2013 in Pakistan failed in their nefarious designs as they did not want to see democracy to be flourished in the country. TTP which had accepted responsibly for terror-assaults on the election-sites, especially ...

By Imran Malik   Indeed, the tide is turning. In one multidimensional election season, the Pakistani nation has matured beyond belief. Undeterred by the threats spewed forth by the Taliban, it voted in droves as never before. And in doing so, it crossed a very important psychological Rubicon. It looked the Taliban threat in the eye and stared it down. It courageously prevailed over the militants, who t ...

Posted By I.B.M Balti KARACHI: 22 years old Samina Baig has become the first Pakistani woman to reach on the summit of the Mount Everest, Geo News reported Sunday.Mirza Ali, a brother of Samina Baig, told in a message that he along with his sister reached the world’s highest mountain with a peak at 8,848 metres. According to reports, Baig completed the climb to the summit at around 7:30am local time with he ...

Monday, May 20, 2013 - ARMY Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, who demonstrated his pro-democracy credentials during the last five years, went a step ahead in contacting Raiwind, and had a lengthy meeting with Prime Minister-elect Mian Nawaz Sharif in Lahore on Saturday. The three and half hour meeting provided them ample opportunity to put across their point of view on defence and security related issues ...

 By Ali Sukhanver Though the nation is very much delighted over the continuity of democratic process in Pakistan but this feeling of joy and happiness won’t last longer if the tree of democracy does not bear the desired fruit. The list of the problems which this nation has been facing since long is not endless but it requires a lot of hard work, determination and above all a sincere will to resolve these pr ...

By Zaheerul Hassan On 18 May 2013, the Army Chief called on PML (N) head and designate Prime Minister-Nawaz Sharif met in Lahore and discussed the prevailing security situation of the country. Notably just a day before terrorists carried out suicidal attack in mosques of Malakand Agency in which 20 individuals killed and more than 50 injured. Gen. Kayani, who sought the meeting, called on Mr. Sharif at his ...