Friday Feature-The Spirit Of Islam Mufti Taqi Usmani Friday, May 24, 2013 - Rajab is the seventh month in the Islamic lunar calendar. This month was regarded as one of the sacred months (Al-Ashhur-al-hurum) in which battles were prohibited in the days of the Holy Prophet (PBUH). It is also a prelude to the month of Ramadan, because Ramadan follows it after the intervening month of Sha’ban. Therefore, when t ...

Posted By Zaheerul Hassan It's an honor to return to the National Defense University. Here, at Fort McNair, Americans have served in uniform since 1791– standing guard in the early days of the Republic, and contemplating the future of warfare here in the 21st century. For over two centuries, the United States has been bound together by founding documents that defined who we are as Americans, and served as o ...

By Zaheerul Hassan United States is closing down from Afghanistan in 2014 but still failed to issue the schedule of shutting down of Guantanamo. Detainees of the jail were used to be dealt inhumanly by the investigators. The question arises whether in the next 24 hours; President Obama could finally move to close Guantanamo -- the most notorious prison camp on earth. With inmates on a 100-day hunger strike ...

ਦਮਦਮੀ ਟਕਸਾਲ ਦੇ 15ਵੇਂ ਜਥੇਦਾਰ ਸੰਤ ਬਾਬਾ ਰਾਮ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਨੇ ਕੌਂਸਲ ਆਫ ਖਾਲਸਤਾਨ ਦੀ ਇਤਿਹਾਸਕ ਪੁਸਤਕ ਨੂੰ ਭਾਈ ਦਾਖਾ ਦੇ ਗ੍ਰਹਿ ਵਿਖੇ ਰਲੀਜ ਕੀਤਾ । ਹਿੰਦ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਜੂੰਨ 1984ਚ ਸਿੱਖ ਕੌਮ ਤੇ ਹਮਲਾਵਰ ਬਣ ਕੇ ਆਈ ਜਿਸ ਨਾਲ ਹਿੰਦੋਸਤਾਨ ਤੇ ਖਾਲਸਤਾਨ ਦੀ ਪਹਿਲੀ ਜੰਗ ਦਾ ਮੁੱਢ ਬਜਾ । ਦਮਦਮੀ ਟਕਸਾਲ ਦੇ 14ਵੇਂ ਜਥੇਦਾਰ ਸੰਤ ਬਾਬਾ ਜਰਨੈਲ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਨੇ ਪੁਰਾਤਨ ਸਿੱਖ ਇਤਿਹਾਸ ਨੂੰ ਦੁਹਰਾਉਂਦਿਆਂ ਹਿੰਦੋਸਤਾਨ ਫੌਜ ਨੂੰ ਲੋਹੇ ਦੇ ਚਣੇ ਚਬਾਉਂਦਿਆਂ ਸ਼ਹਾਦਤ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕੀਤੀ । ਪਰ ਸ਼ਹਾਦਤ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਨ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲ ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Amidst the hullabaloo of election campaign when all eyes were focused on the outcome of May 11 election results, Dr Fahad Rafique Dogar came out with a bloomer. His article titled ‘Curriculum reform’ in ‘The News’ dated May 9, 2013 was out of place with no relevance to the overall environment. However, the message in the article was quite clear and in line with similar articles written o ...

 Two more dead bodies of Shaheed soldiers, who came under a huge snow slide last year, were recovered from Gayari sector in the ongoing search operation during last 36 hours. According to a spokesman of Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) here Wednesday, so far 131 bodies had been recovered while search for remaining nine bodies was continuing. It may be mentioned that on April 7, 2012, 140 soldiers and ...

 By Ikram Sehgal   Visiting China is a never ending revelation, the amazing 7.7% growth rate in a sluggish global economy is considered “disappointing”.  Of China’s 31 Provinces, Guangdong has the highest GDP, US$ 960 billion with a growth rate of 8.2% while Tibet lags behind lowest with 12% growth rate and a GDP of US$ 11 billion.  Guizhou Province has the highest growth rate 12%, bordering Pakistan vastly ...

F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: The newly-elected Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang is arriving in Pakistan today (Wednesday) on a two-day official visit along with a high level delegation to give further impetus to strategic relations between the two countries. The new Chinese Prime Minister is expected to sign several agreements and memorandums of understanding (MoUs) on various sectors including science, technolo ...