By Sajjad Shaukat Quoting some top US officials, the Wall Street Journal reported on September 26, this year that the US has Pakistan’s tacit consent for the CIA-operated drone strikes. While showing contradiction, the Journal elaborated that over these strikes, Pakistan “government’s silence and clearing of airspace interprets acquiescence as a green light.” The Journal added, “Top legal adviser Harold Koh ...

By Sajjad Shaukat After passing years of self-imposed exile in London, President of the Balochistan National Party (BNA), Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal who returned to Pakistan has external and internal connections with the anti-state elements of the country. During the hearing in the Supreme Court of Pakistan in relation to the case of missing persons and deteriorating law and order situation in the province of ...

Indian Army (approx. 1,380,000)   is the second-largest standing military in the world whereas the United States of American Army (477800) is not even half of it. However according to international media   Indian Army is on the top in global crimes list  due to its insolvent in  bribery, sexual harassment, war crimes, killing, injuring and raping  of innocent Kashmiries, Sikhs, Maoists, Christians and Gujra ...

Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry has bluntly rejected claims by the Obama administration that it tacitly approves CIA drone strikes on its territory, saying that ‘drone attacks are illegal, counterproductive, in contravention of international law and a violation of Pakistani sovereignty.’ The remarks came after the Wall Street Journal revealed that US claims of legality appear built on a monthly fax from the CIA ...

Posted by Faheem Belharvi The main person responsible for 9/11 tragedy, Osama Ben laden is dead. His outfit Al-Qaida is immensely debilitated. President G. W Bush announced in the aftermath of 9/11 that justice would done for the death of 3000 Americans killed on that bleak day. Iraq’s Saddam Hussein an enemy of Israel and ruthless dictator is gone. Libyan ruler Mohammad Qaddafi died a very humiliating deat ...

Brig (R) Asif Haroon Raja General Receding into the past, I find many sweet memories of various events through which the 4th Battalion the Frontier Force Regiment has marched ever the years.  Mingled with them are the memories of many of our comrades, the best amongst us, who laid down their lives and thus made the supreme sacrifice in the defence of motherland.  We live to remember the chivalry of late Maj ...

Posted by Faheem Belharvi The sacrilegious film “Innocence of Muslims” that mocked Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and Islam has profoundly hurt the sensitivities of Muslims and sparked violent protests all over the world. It has renewed the debate about sanctity of religion and controversial approaches towards freedom of speech. What is freedom of speech and expression? Does it allow hum ...

Posted by Faheem Belharvi In the aftermath of 9/11 events, when the symbols of economic and military power were attacked, the US and the West consider Muslims as terrorists. Today, one can visualize the action replay of post-Second World War with regard to the division of the countries, this time round especially Muslim countries. In the recent past, UNSC resolution was passed within days and implemented wh ...