By Zaheerul Hassan Pakistan’s Foreign minister has invited leading members of the Executive Council of APHC, senior veteran pro-movement leader Syed Ali Gilani and Yasin Malik visit Pakistan from 15 to 22 December 2012. Probably, purpose behind the invitation was to take initiative and paving path for resolution of an old and burning issue of “Kashmir” through consultative process between the political lead ...

Posted by Faheem Belharvi Recent overtures from both sides clearly indicate that the Pakistan and India want to improve their bilateral relationship. President of Pakistan’s non-state visit to India and the ensuing joint communiqué, grant of MNF status for India, resumption of sporting activities and Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid’s recent wish that: ‘it is high time India and Pakistan move forward ...

By Nivritchari The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) of Bangladesh has issued a notice to the UK based newsweekly The Economist on Thursday 6 December. The tribunal’s chief Justice Nizamul Huq Nasim has directed The Economist to explain why punitive action should not be taken for interfering with the trial. The newsweekly was accused of violating the privacy of a judge by hacking in to his conversation wi ...

     By Sajjad Shaukat Some media anchors of Pakistan have misperceived that Islamabad has set aside the solution of Kashmir issue due to its internal crises including subversive acts, while paying more attention on the Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) with India. It was a wrong assessment as Pakistan has endless focus on Kashmir Issue. In this regard, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has in ...

By Zafar Ahmed Since my young age, when I started to realize the surroundings and recognize the world around consciously, I have always been wondering how a country like  Pakistan can be poor or needy or underdeveloped?!  A country possessing  rich and generous supply of all kinds of resources: human resources (with a population now around 190 million), natural resources (the Indus river and its tributaries ...

Professor Ali Sukhanver Do we really need guns and cannons, drones and bombs particularly when we don’t have sufficient milk and food for our innocent children, medicines for our ailing patients and books for our deserving students? Certainly not; we will have to decide what we need and what we not. The wrong choice of needs and necessities is always the basic flaw that leads a society to a catastrophic des ...

Posted by Faheem Belharvi How long will Indian ruling junta cash on this terrorism bogey and get away with the state terrorism committing genocide on hapless people for over six decades remains to be seen. On the rejuvenated new relationships having even arch rival Pakistan on board, the international community needed a reminder about India victimized by terrorism and execution of Ajmal Qasab, Mumbai attack ...

Posted by Faheem Belharvi Jimmy Carter is right here that “As long as Gaza remains isolated the situation in and around Gaza will remain volatile." He further adds that” Israel's leaders don't want a Palestinian state, question arises here that if isolated Gaza has to remain volatile and Israel will not allow a free Palestinian state then how can be the peace possible. Jimmy explained certain aspects of pea ...