Facts behind Balochistan’s Missing Persons Unmasked

By Sajjad Shaukat Since the Supreme Court of Pakistan has been hearing the cases of the missing persons of Balochistan by taking notice of the deteriorating law and order situation, the province has perennial been in the limelight. [caption id="attachment_2111" align="alignright" width="109"] Love Pakistani Balochistan[/caption] While hearing a petition, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on July 12 o ...

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Kashmir: Black Day Today – July 13

By Sajjad Shaukat The Martyrs’ Day, popularly known as Youme Shuhada-e-Kashmir is observed on July 13 every year on both sides of the Line of Control and all over the world by the Kashmiris to pay homage to 22 Kashmiris who were martyred in 1931 to free Kashmir from the brutalities of despotic Dogra rulers. The day is the milestone in the history of Kashmiri struggle against foreign occupation. The history ...

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The new untouchables of India

Aijaz Zaka Syed A couple of years ago, when rising Bollywood star Emraan Hashmi complained of facing religious discrimination at the hands of a housing society in Mumbai, he had invited instant derision and ridicule. Known as the ‘serial kisser’ for his onscreen shenanigans, Hashmi was accused of hunting for cheap publicity. Wagging tongues fell silent only when Shabana Azmi, one of India’s finest actresses ...

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Rejoinder to Amir Zia

  In his write up titled ‘The Sensible Course’ appearing in The News dated June 13, 2012, Amir Zia discusses about growing chasm between two uneasy allies and the US losing patience because of Pakistan’s refusal to eliminate sanctuaries of Haqqani network in North Waziristan (NW). That was the time when Pak-US relations were at its lowest ebb because of closure of supply lines and American leaders were ...

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Play Dynamically not Dubiously

Maimuna Ashraf Finally a decided decision has explicitly declared, NATO supply has been resumed since the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was ‘sorry’ for the loss of life in a botched air raid.  This sorry is being issued after seven months of the demise of twenty-four Pakistani soldiers, who lost their lives as a result of NATO attack on Pakistani military check post. The US [caption id="att ...

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Reopening the NATO Supply and Drone Attacks

By Sajjad Shaukat Recently, Pakistan reopened the NATO supply route across the country to Afghanistan after accepting the US apology regarding the killing of 24 Pakistani soldiers in November 2011 by American air strike on Salala check posts. But after a few days of signing the agreement, a US drone attack killed 21 people in North Waziristan. Pakistan’s ambassador to the US Sherry Rehman who played a key r ...

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Pakistani helicopter crashed near Skardu airport

 Zaheerul Hassan Acoording to ISPR five people killed in   an MI-17  helicopter crash of the Pakistan Aviation. The helicopter  was on its test flight.  The pilot and a co-pilot, have also been  killed . Reportedly,  the helicopter was on a routine flight when it caught fire near the Skardu airport.The pilot tried landing the helicopter at the nearest airbase, but it crash after catching fire. ...

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Be Back Soon

Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai Washington, D.C. Tuesday, July 10, 2012 [caption id="attachment_2056" align="alignright" width="212"] KashmirI Lake[/caption] Saying goodbye is sometimes easy but sometimes a very difficult thing to do, particularly when I am saying goodbye, though temporarily, to freedom and to a mission that I have given my life to.  But the real goodbye is not the words that I have formed in my head b ...

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