Srinagar, Oct 12: (GNS) Albeit state and central government’s huge pay out in building better road connectivity across state, believe it or not, the Mankal village in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district is still without roads. The village lies about 25 kilometers away from Handwara area of North Kashmir. Manzoor Gujri, a local from this small hamlet told GNS that our area is like a primitive one which doesn’t ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Kakul , Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani reviewed an impressive Passing out parade of 128th PMA Long Course, 25 th Technical Graduate Course , 47 th Integrated Course , 11 Ladies Cadet Course  and 2nd  Mujahid Course at Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul, as the chief guest on Saturday. The passing out parade of Pakistan Army’s 128th long course was held at the Milit ...

He was called the gentlemen's gentleman. Whoever branded cricket the gentleman's game decades ago must have foreseen someone like him gracing the sport in the future. He was called “The Wall” for his robust, rock-solid, and near-impregnable defence while batting. He was called the epitome of the spirit of the game for his unblemished character. He was called the grammar of cricket for being the living incar ...

It was great delight to read ‘Not will of the people’ by S Iftikhar Murshed (The News dated 29 Sep). The author has highlighted ‘Tehreek Taliban Pakistan (TTP)’s criminal activities and their real agenda for grabbing power. TTP is  involved in blasphemous acts of killing  innocent people in the name of merciful God and His Prophet. I fully agree with author that  response of spineless legislators and short- ...

By Zaheerul Hassan According to US Geological Survey a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit southwestern Pakistan today. It struck at  4:29 pm local time in Baluchistan province at a depth of 23 kilometers. The temblor, which had its epicenter 69 km from Awaran in Balochistan province, was felt in Karachi, Hyderabad, Larkana and other cities of Sindh province in Pakistan. According to the sources 2 individ ...

By Brian Cloughley During the Second Afghan War (1878-1880) there was a particularly competent British army officer called Henry Brooke whose well-written diaries of the period are published as Brigade Commander: Afghanistan. He had little time for Afghans, and in April 1880 wrote that "An Afghan is so natural a liar that no one thinks of believing them, and among themselves they are never weak enough to pu ...

By ROD NORDLAND Taliban insurgents have reportedly captured or killed large numbers of Afghan government forces in the remote and usually quiet northeastern corner of the country for the second time this year, officials said Thursday. According to Dawlat Mohammad, the governor of Warduj district, insurgents ambushed a police convoy in the district on Wednesday, killing 10 policemen and taking 16 others pris ...

By Ray Takeyh In an autumn ritual, an Iranian president is once more coming to New York for the United Nations' annual meeting of the heads of state. Media frenzy is likely to follow, as the smiling visage of President Hassan Rouhani dominates the airways next week. Beyond vague pledges of cooperation and lofty rhetoric about turning a new page, the question remains how to assess the intentions of the new I ...