By Sajjad Shaukat A Gallup survey for the UK international official body, Department for International Development (DFID) conducted on July 20, this year, revealed that the vast majority of the Baloch people oppose the idea of an independent Balochistan. According to the survey, 67 percent of the people of Balochistan including Baloch and Pashtuns, oppose independence and support greater provincial autonomy ...

ATTOCK: Seven heavily armed militants stormed the Pakistan Air Force’s (PAF) Minhas airbase at Kamra during the early hours of Thursday, sparking an intense gun battle lasting almost five hours. The militants were said to be armed with automatic weapons, grenades and suicide vests. Intense exchange of fire between militants and security forces ensued after the attackers infiltrated the base, located in Atto ...

Posted  By : Zaheerul Hassan [caption id="attachment_2570" align="alignright" width="226"] Syria[/caption]   A NUN who has been superior at a Syrian monastery for the past 18 years has warned that media coverage of ongoing violence in that country has been “partial and untrue”. It is “a fake”, Mother Agnes Mariam said, which “hides atrocities committed in the name of liberty and democracy”.   Supe ...

  "ROBBED" SIKH NATION, "annexed" TO THE BRITISH EMPIRE, ON 15th AUGUST DAY, 1947, THE BLACK DAY FOR THE SIKHS & MINORITIES [caption id="attachment_2566" align="alignright" width="153"] Sikh Nation Faced brutality in June 1984[/caption] Awatar Singh Sekhon (Machaki)*   Just before the end of 15th August, 1947, the "annexed" Sikh Nation, PUNJAB to the British Empire on 29th March, 1849, the Sik ...

 by Umar Hayat The strategic importance of Pakistan is unique as it bridges important regions like Middle East, CARs, South Asia and Southeast Asia having common borders with China, India, Iran and Afghanistan. It also bridges energy abundant Middle East and Iran and energy wanting China and India. China. Pakistan offers the shortest route of 2600 kilometers as compared to Iran (4500 kilometers) or Turkey ( ...

[caption id="attachment_2556" align="alignright" width="264"] Pakistan Aircraft[/caption] By Zaheerul Hassan Pakistani nation has celebrated its 66th Independence Day on 14 August, 2012 with full enthusiasm. Every Independence Day always infused new spirit in me. Last midnight of 13-14 August, rounding up of Lahore city with the family in the company of  82 years old Squadron Leader, Retired Abdul Ali Shauk ...

By Sajjad Shaukat          The 14th August which is celebrating every year as the Independence Day, has come at a time when Pakistan is facing multiple threats of serious nature, which are not only worrying all the citizens, and creating divisions among the federal institutions, but also putting the very integration of the state at stake. No doubt, it was due to the strong unity among the Muslims under the ...

        By Sajjad Shaukat [caption id="attachment_2541" align="alignright" width="195"] DG ISI Visited US[/caption] Since the DG of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt. Gen. Zaheerul Islam returned Pakistan, both foreign and our media analysts have been misguiding the general masses regarding the outcome of his trip to the US. Initially, false reports had already started by some of US so-called think t ...