By Shabbir H. Kazmi One completely fails to understand why installing a “caretaker” is taking such an extraordinarily long time to be installed to oversee fair, free and transparent general elections in Pakistan? There is a growing perception that ‘Too many hands are spoiling the curry’. One also wonders why no consensus can be developed on a person in a country that has a population of nearly 200 million p ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Cold war era though ended after disintegration of Soviet Union, but pilling up of weapons has multiplied the arms race generally all over the globe. The reasons of multiplication of arm race are; capturing markets, power game and desire of getting strong hold over naturally enriched regions with a view to boost the economy. Religious and social discrimination further widens the gap betwee ...

By:M Khan Chishti The recent incident of vandalism at a predominantly Christian colony over an alleged blasphemy in Badami Bagh Lahore, startled all concerned quarters regarding possibility of reactive inter-faith clashes across the country. But fortunately, a truly prudent reaction was shown by the hapless Christian victims and their supporters, who restrained their anger simply to protest demonstrations. ...

Summary At the same time that Pakistan has experienced an increase in religious extremism and terrorism, the country has been on a path toward democratization. March 17 marked the first time since the country's founding in 1947 that a democratically elected Pakistani parliament has completed a full term. The outgoing government has been in talks with the opposition to nominate a caretaker prime minister, wh ...

Posted by Irshad Ahmed Saturday, March 16, 2013 - Our heads hang in shame over the tragic incident at Badami Bagh Lahore, where more than 175 houses were burnt in a mob attack on a Christian colony over an alleged blasphemy incident. The mob comprising thousands of people attacked Joseph Colony, torched houses, ransacked several shops and looted them. The police took into custody a 28-year-old sanitary work ...

Amany Maged assesses President Mohamed Morsi’s current visit to Pakistan and India Egypt’s new regime is apparently shifting the focus of its foreign policy. Instead of focussing on the West, as the old regime did, Mohamed Morsi is heading eastward. Morsi started his foreign visits with a trip to China in late August 2012. And, on Wednesday 20 March, he wrapped up an Asian tour that took him to Pakistan and ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Supreme Court of India maintained Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt’s punishment and ordered to send him jail. Sanjay Dutt is a famous and well known name of Bollywood and he is in the list of superstars of Bollywood.   Actor has charge that he has some dealings with the criminal who was involved in Mumbai bomb blast on 12 March 1993. There were 12 bomb blasts from 1:33 PM to 2:40 PM which kill ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The 23rd of March 1940 was a watershed in the history of the Sub Continent, when All India Muslim League passed the Resolution in Lahore for the creation of an independent state. Now, it is popularly called as Pakistan Resolution. Earlier, in his address to the Muslim League at Allahabad in 1930, the idea of a homeland for Muslims in their majority areas had been envisioned by the poet All ...