Five and a half years after the bloody saga, the Supreme Court has decided to appoint a one-man commission to look into the events surrounding the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) operation in 2007. The operation was conducted after the then government and law had shown restraint for nearly eighteen months despite open provocation by vigilantism of the students of the male and female seminaries attached to the mosqu ...

Faheem Belharvi The Dec 70 elections were held as the first free and fair elections with universal adult franchise in Pakistan. It is a tragedy of errors that such a singular achievement which could have been a harbinger of democratic federalism in Pakistan, led inexorably on to civil war, war with India and the dismemberment of the country. It was a witches brew with contributions from many a quarter but S ...

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="179"] Faiz Ghazal[/caption] Letter to Editor By FZ Khan Ever since the Fall of Dhaka, a great tragedy of our times, there has, on one side, always been “ehsas-e-ziyan jata raha”-attitude on part of our governments, civil society, intelligentsia and media, and on the other side of the border, the enemy celebrates the ‘big’ victory with heightened vigour and renewed pl ...

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="224"] A Mukti Bani Commando killing Bihari muslim[/caption] Asif Haroon Raja Going through the political history of Pakistan, one is constrained to learn that till 1956 Pakistan was without a constitution and it banked upon Government of India Act as an interim instrument to govern the country. It cannot be denied that all elections held in Pakistan were rigged. The ...

Ishaal Zehra Hilarious, but true.  Government of Bangladesh, or should I say Shaikh Hasina’s government, intends to arrange the 4th phase of honouring the “Foreign Friends of Bangladesh” who supported the liberation war. The grand ceremony is on 15th December 2012 at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre where Bangladesh will confer awards on 65 more foreign friends for their outstanding contributions ...

U.S. to "sell" Israel munitions to renew stock after Operation Pillar of Defense By StephenManual ---------- Israel is one of the largest United States military and civil aid receivers. The US has been providing huge military funds to Israel, besides providing the country with sophisticated weapons and modern gadgets. According to a latest deal, the United States is going to sell munitions worth $647 millio ...

By Mohammad Jamil Renowned anchorperson and columnist Hamid Mir in his column carried by national Urdu daily captioned jasoos idaray aur sahafi (Intelligence agencies and journalists), reproduced what Mariana Babar had earlier mentioned in her write-up: “Two persons from MI came to her residence. After politely introducing themselves, they told her that they were collecting some basic data about journalists ...

  By Sajjad Shaukat In his second tenure, it was expected that the US President Barack Obama would reassess American controversial foreign policy, especially by ceasing CIA-operated drone attacks on Pakistan. But these aerial strikes continue on Pak tribal areas. It is mentionable that Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt. Gen. Zaheerul Islam who visited America in August, 2012, emphatic ...