By Zaheerul HassanMilitary courts Convicted 25 civilians and sent them to prison ranging from two to 10 years for their involvement in violent attacks on military installations during nationwide riots on May 9, 2023. Earlier, Supreme Court Constitutional Bench conditionally allowed military courts to pronounce the verdicts of 85 under-custody civilians in cases pertaining to the May 9 riots. The culprits we ...

By Zaheerul HassanUnited States alleged Pakistan for continuing proliferation of long-range missile development, and imposed sanctions on Pakistanii enterprisers through an Executive Order (E.O.) 13382. The sanctions would freeze any U.S. property belonging to the targeted entities and bars Americans from doing business with them. The banned enterprisers are:• Islamabad based, The National Development Compl ...

By Asif Haroon Raja “I have learnt from history that people do not learn from history”. Napoleon Bonaparte Post-1971 Challenges After the emergence of Bangladesh (BD) in Jan 1972, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and other Awami League (AL) leaders admitted that they had contingency plans in case the Army decided to use force. (The Deliberate Debacle, by Dr. Safdar Mehmood, 1976, p 128-9). Three contingency battle pla ...

By Zaheerul Hassan ICC approved PCB-proposed 'fusion formula’ to hold 2025 Champion Cricket Trophy accepted by India. According to this formula, till 2026, Pakistan and India will play their matches against each other on neutral venue of Colombo and Dubai. Pakistan did not ask any extra or additional funds in case of change of venue. In fact, except India all other ICC members’ countries supported Pakistani ...

by Asif Haroon Raja Turmoil in the Middle East has thickened after the sudden fall of the Bashar al Assad regime in Syria. The situation in Syria is in a flux and no one knows what will happen in this war torn country which has gone through a bloody civil strife since 2011. It is now an established fact that in accordance with its objectives of Arab Spring, the US had planned to change the regime in Syria a ...

By Dr. Firoz Mahboob Kamal No red line for the Israelis The awful helplessness of the people of Gaza now needs little description. They are the perfect lame ducks at the mercy of the Israeli war criminals. None of the world powers is coming to their help. More than thirty six thousand Palestinians are killed and more than 70 thousands are maimed. The Israeli war criminals have no red lines. They enjoy full ...

Asif Haroon Raja Hypocrisy is at its height. Dr AQ Khan was heroically remembered by the PTI and cult followers of IK on the occasion of 28 May, celebrated as Yaum e Taqbeer, merely to undermine Nawaz Sharif. Efforts were made to convince the people that NS was reluctant to carry out nuclear tests and was forced by Gen Karamat. If Dr AQ was the lone hero, why didn't IK look after him, or visit him, when he ...

By Firos Mahboob Kamal Israel committed the wholesale genocide and destruction in Gaza to test the reaction, unity and defence ability of the Muslims all over the world. The Muslims showed their full impotence, complete powerlessness and total non-committance to encounter Israel. The global Muslims only could make some empty noises on the streets and in the social media. Now the Muslim rulers beg mercy from ...