By Sajjad Shaukat [caption id="attachment_2967" align="alignright" width="300"] Balochistan[/caption] Recently, the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances visited Pakistan in connection with the missing persons, especially focusing on the Province of Balochistan. In this regard, during hearing, the Supreme Court has questioned on September 19, this year that when the case of ...

By Zaheerul Hassan [caption id="attachment_2961" align="alignright" width="300"] Protest against U.S.[/caption] Coming October might be lucky for Obama’s wife since chances of her husbands’ re-election as U.S. President is much more than Republican’s candidate Mitt Romney But overwhelming contributing factors in Obama’s better position over his opponent are; Osama bin Ladin’s(OBL) massacre, under the garb o ...

Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf will be the chief guest at the Ishq-e- Rasool Conference to be held here on Friday (today) to observe Friday as ‘Youm-e-Ishq-e-Rasool’ against the blasphemous film that sent wave of anger among the Muslims all over the world.The government took the decision in the Federal Cabinet meeting and announced public holiday to peacefully observe Friday as ‘Youm-e-Ishq-e-Rasool’ in ...

Posted by Faheem Belharvi Anti-Islamic movie “Innocence of Muslims” has sparked global protests and outrage in the Muslim world. Many countries of the world have condemned the documentary made by a California-based Israeli filmmaker including Saudi Arabia and Turkey that have also condemned the killing of United States envoy and three other embassy staff in Benghazi describing it unfortunate. But the uprisi ...

Asif Haroon Raja The reason why foreign powers get attracted towards Balochistan is because of its strategic importance and wealth. It has Makran coastline in the south, which connects it with Iran in the southwest and Afghanistan in the northwest. It has a seaport at Gawadar that was built by China. Gawadar along Makran coastline lies at the opening of Strait of Hormuz. Balochistan has huge quantities of n ...

Letter to Editor [caption id="attachment_2940" align="alignright" width="300"] prime Minister House Islamabad[/caption] Mr Najam Sethi’s September 17 article in The News “Who will be caretaker prime minister?” (in the interim setup for conducting next general elections) must have been read with keen interest; it shows how deep has the Aapas ki Baat-fame journalist an ingress in the circles of power. His art ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Since the Supreme Court of Pakistan has been dealing with the cases of Memogate scandal, Mehran Bank and of missing persons, our internal entities have continuously been maligning Pak Army and Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI) by ignoring the real facts. At this critical juncture, foreign elements like US, India and Israel which have been conspiring against the integrity of Pakistan ...

Posted by Faheem Belharvi Last week was one to remember. It was the 11th anniversary of the Al Qaeda attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon — the symbols of US might, its soft and hard power and prowess. For the last few years, Al Qaeda seemed to be in retreat, dismantled, with its wings chopped off with the killing of Osama Bin Laden and other top operators and leaders being tracked ...