by Zaheerul Hassan [caption id="attachment_3335" align="alignright" width="322"] Grossman - Hina Rabbani Khar[/caption] Pakistan has convincingly taken up the issue of cross-border attacks from Afghanistan with US special envoy Marc Grossman, and sought his help in persuading the Afghan government and ISAF to quell insurgents’ infiltrations into Pakistan side, diplomatic sources said on Sunday. “The civil ...

Asif Haroon Raja [caption id="attachment_3331" align="alignright" width="313"] Malala-Yousafzai Under treatment in UK- Improving now[/caption] Attack on 14 years old Malala Yousafzai in Swat was an abhorrent act which has rightly been condemned by great majority. Like others, I also condemn the deplorable attack in strongest words. It generated not only an extraordinary sympathy blitz both in Pakistan and r ...

Letter to Editor According to an exclusive report published in leading daily, the Taliban have threatened various top-ranking working journalists and TV anchorpersons to either stop spitting out venom against them or get ready for the consequences. That means: (a) the war on terror has further expanded; (b) the threat is not restricted to security forces personnel or general masses but it is now out to take ...

Asif Haroon Raja [caption id="attachment_3321" align="alignright" width="286"] Great Pakistani Balochistan[/caption] Balochistan despite being the richest province of Pakistan in terms of natural resources has remained backward and neglected. There have been sporadic spurts of violence unleashed by the Baloch nationalists who are convinced that their resources are being plundered by other provinces and reso ...

By Sajjad Shaukat 27th of October is being celebrated every year as the “Black Day” by every Pakistani and Kashmiri all over the world as a protest against Indian illegal occupation of the Kashmir, when India had forcibly taken over the land on October 27, 1947. During the partition of the Sub-continent, like other princely states, the people of the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) which comprised an ov ...

Letter to the Editor [caption id="attachment_3273" align="alignright" width="350"] Terrorist Head of Swati Taliban[/caption] Finally the world has woken up. “A bad guy is a bad guy, he must be eliminated.” Dana Priest’s story published on October 17 must be taken as an eye-opener. The report says that Fazlullah, notoriously known with the name of ‘Mullah Radio’ and infamous for his long campaign against fem ...

[caption id="attachment_3269" align="alignright" width="178"] US President Obama[/caption] Letter To Editor Criticism against America is coming from within and outside. Former President Jimmy Carter’s latest tirade against the Obama administration is worth mentioning. "The United States is abandoning its role as the global champion of human rights." Carter added: "Revelations that top officials are targetin ...

  [caption id="attachment_3261" align="alignright" width="229"] Himachal Pradesh[/caption] Posted By zaheerul Hassan The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) in its fact finding report, “The State of Juvenile Justice in Himachal Pradesh” (http://www.achrweb.org/reports/india/JJ-HP-2012.pdf) stated that juveniles in Himachal Pradesh are effectively being denied access to justice. For its 12 districts, H ...