Mohammad Jamil The Memo Commission, headed by Chief Justice Balochistan High Court Justice Qazi Faiz Isa, has submitted its report to the Supreme Court, and according to its finding the memorandum was real and was authored by Hussain Haqqani former Pakistan ambassador to the US. The commission’s report has vindicated Army’s stand on the issue, and credit of course goes to General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and fo ...

By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta all but ruled out an apology over an air strike last year that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers and badly set back efforts to improve U.S.-Pakistani ties, saying it was "time to move on." Pakistan banned trucks from carrying NATO supplies into neighboring Afghanistan after the air strike, a move that costs U.S. taxpayers $100 million a month ...

By KIMBERLY DOZIER WASHINGTON — Say you're sorry. That's what the Pakistani government says it wants from the United States in order to jump-start a number of initiatives between the two countries that would help the hunt for al-Qaida in Pakistan and smooth the end of the war in Afghanistan. Pakistan wants the U.S. to apologize for a border incident in November 2011 in which the U.S. killed 24 Pakistani tro ...

As a suicide bomber struck an Afghan-NATO patrol thuggishly in the Afghan city of Khost on Wednesday, the embedded western media dutifully reminded the audience that "this eastern city is close to the border with Pakistan". But so what? Isn't many a Canadian and Mexican city close to the border with the United States of America? Doesn't each and every country all over the world has cities of its neighbourin ...

  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. [caption id="attachment_1751" align="alignrigh ...

Nazia Nazar Unfair criticism and biased allegations against own intelligence agencies result into creation of negative impact on the efficiency and effectiveness of these agencies, especially when the allegations/insinuations come from prominent persons like Asma Jahangir, ex-president of Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan and a proclaimed human rights activist with social standing of a significant c ...

Mohammad Jamil After Osama-bin-Laden (OBL) was killed by US Navy SEALs in Abbottabad, Al Qaeda has unleashed propaganda against Pak Army. The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) published a study in May 2012 titled 'Emerging Al Qaeda strategy targeted at damaging Pakistan Army in Muslim eyes, assassinating its senior officers, annihilating it after US drawdown from Afghanistan in 2014'. Author Tufa ...

Dr Muqsudul Hassan Nuri, Asghar Ali Shad This article touches on some of the instances of oppression, persecution, and discrimination Christians in India have faced for the last 64 years. The article’s author points out that, “the stark reality of persecuting and tormenting the Christians in India is an ongoing concern.” Chief Minister of the Indian state of Gujerat, Narendra Modi, criticized former Indian ...