By:  Sohail Parwaz The History of Terrorism Almost every dictionary conveys fear, horror, fright, dread, shock, panic and alarm as the meanings of terror but has failed to further elaborate it as to what could be those occasions or events which, if provide reasons to cause fear, horror, panic or shock, could qualify that specific event as an act of terror. The history shows many such events where an armed r ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat In the last few weeks, conflicting are coming about the success of Pak-US negotiations in order to reach an agreement in connection with the reengagement of Pakistan with America as last year, Pakistan closed ground supply routes through its territory to Afghanistan to protest a cross-border NATO air attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. On June 12, this year, Pentagon Spokesman Georg ...

Ikram Ullah Khan A debate is observable at various public forums that Pakistan is a nuclear power that has insufficient electricity to fulfill its domestic needs. In addition to this why it is continuously investing in its nuclear weapons program (missiles tests) rather than to invest in development sector. Ironically, a number of Pakistani people have been influenced with this debate and rising questions e ...

Dr Raja Muhammad Khan For almost a year now, the infamous memogate remained as an ambiguity, baffling the nation. After a thorough scrutiny of the case in the Supreme Court, it was handed over for a detailed investigation to a Judicial Commission. The commission comprising three provincial chief justices; Balochistan High Court's Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa (head of commission), Justice Mushir Alam, Chief J ...

  By Sajjad Shaukat On December 15, last year, in his reply to the Supreme Court of Pakistan in the memogate case, the Chief of Army Staff Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani stated that the memo was a reality, and a conspiracy was being hatched against the army and national security. Ex-Chief of the Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI) Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha also submitted his reply, stating that Mansoor Ija ...

Asif Haroon Raja While the US and India are incessantly blaming Pakistan for fomenting terrorism in Afghanistan and in India, Pakistan on the other hand remain on the defensive and never tire of giving lengthy explanations. Our leaders prefer to ignore the vicious propaganda of the two accusers despite the fact that Pakistan is the biggest victim of terrorism and its sacrifices far outweigh the sacrifices r ...

   Iran expects its right to enrichment is recognized in Moscow: Jalili    Tehran expects that its right to nuclear technology, including uranium enrichment, will be recognized in the nuclear talks with major powers in Moscow, Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator and Supreme National Security Council secretary says.  Saeed Jalili made the remarks during an exclusive [caption id="attachment_1639" align="alignrigh ...

By Brad Knickerbocker President Obama's announcement on young illegal immigrants this week was a smart tactical move. But the main question he still faces is: 'Are you better off now than you were four years ago,' as Ronald Reagan put it in ousting Jimmy Carter in 1980. Barack Obama’s surprise announcement on immigration this week – in essence, a DREAM Act end-run around Congress – had immediate political b ...