Posted By Zaheerul Hassan [caption id="attachment_3656" align="alignright" width="333"] Khalistan[/caption] Paramjit Kaur Khalra, widow of Sardar Jaswant Singh Khalra, the late chairman of the Human Rights Wing, who exposed the Indian government’s policy of secret cremations with his study of the cremation grounds in Patti, Tarn Taran, and Gurgiana Mandir, recently said that Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale ...

 by Zaheerul Hassan Former commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, retired four stars General and CIA Director David Petraeus has resigned after proven of his extramarital relations with a married lady researcher Paul Broadwell.  Petraeus’s 14-month tenure as CIA director is one of the shortest in agency history.  Michael J. Morell, who served as Petraeus’s deputy at the CIA, will serve as interim director ...

By Zaheerul Hassan After doing graduation, post graduation and diplomas in medical, engineering and other fields’ number of people are returning to Pakistan and other countries from China, Russia and Central Asian states. In Pakistan successful returnees have to undergo the officially arranged tests prior to carrying out the medical practice in the field. In this context local educational authorities have t ...

[caption id="attachment_3617" align="alignright" width="315"] Malala Yousafzai sits up in her hospital bed with her father, Ziauddin, and her two younger brothers, Atal Khan, right, and Khushal Khan.[/caption] Mullah has haven, as U.S. Forces aim at other threats The Taliban leader who sparked international outrage by ordering the attack on a Pakistani schoolgirl last month has escaped retribution by hiding ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Pakistan’ 7th Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS) opened at Karachi Expo Centre Wednesday show casing locally manufactured military equipment. Some of the major indigenously developed products being showcased in IDEAS-2012 include main battle tank Al Khalid, JF 17 Thunder fighter aircraft, jet trainer aircraft and UAVs in addition to other armaments and communication equipment. While i ...

Posted By Zaheerul Hassan Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today advocated strengthening trade and commerce ties between India and Pakistan as these could be catalytic in opening most difficult barriers between two brother countries. Speaking at the official luncheon meeting hosted by Chief Minister of Easter Punjab Province Shahbaz Sharif here at his residence today, Badal said that India a ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Although India’s borders are not contiguous to Afghanistan, it has always vied to maintain friendly ties with Afghanistan and to keep Pak-Afghan relations frosty. To India, ties with Kabul mean new trade routes, access to Central Asia’s vast energy reserves and a way to stave off the rise of Islamic militancy. It gives an opportunity to India to undermine Pakistan, as it nurtures its sup ...

Obama won re-election in a tight campaign, besting Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in enough swing states to secure four more years in office. State by state State Poll closing Electoral Votes % Reporting Obama Romney Pre-Election Estimate A Alaska 12 a.m. 3 0% 0% 0% Strong Romney B Alabama 8 p.m. 9 96% 38.20% 60.90% Strong Romney C Arkansas 8:30 p.m. 6 78% 36.90% 60.60% Strong Romney D Arizona ...