by Zaheerul Hassan Majlis-e-Wehdat-e-Muslameen (MWM), Unity Council of Quetta, Shia Ulema Council, All Pakistan Shia Action Committee have called for an end to the nationwide protests and sit ins condemning the Quetta bombing on Tuesday. The Shia leader Allama Amin Shaheedi made this call while addressing the media alongside Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira.   Kaira was heading a six member government mission to ...

Posted by Faheem Belharvi THE Siachen dispute has exacted a toll. A study by Dr Ghulam Rasul of the Pakistan Meteorological Department entitled Climate Data and Modelling Analysis of the Indus Ecoregion warns that the Siachen glacier has been reduced by 5.9 kilometres in longitudinal extent between 1989 and 2009. A ‘Siachen proposal’ was formulated some months ago at Lahore by a group of retired military of ...

Staff Reporter Strategic Gwadar Port handed over to China Port to remain property of Pakistan, It will become regional hub of trade: Zardari Strategic Gwadar Port handed over to China Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - Islamabad—A signing ceremony was held were Monday to hand over Gwadar Port to a Chinese company. The Chinese company will fully assume the responsibility of Gwadar Port. The port will remain proper ...

Posted by Tommy Francis Trade resumed after a 20-day hiatus when six Pakistani trucks carrying goods crossed into Indian administered Kashmir last Tuesday (29 January), according to an official. Reportedly, halt was sparked by deadly clashes on the Line of Control earlier this month, followed by accusations of aggression and breach of peace by India and Pakistan against each other. Talking about the Line of ...

Posted by Faheem Belharvi Monday, February 11, 2013 - This year, ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’ was observed under peculiar circumstances. Recent violations of ceasefire have brought the Kashmir conflict under renewed focus at the international level. This dispute has been on the agenda of the UN for more than six decades, it is indeed an unfulfilled obligation of the UN. The government and people of Pakistan con ...

By MR. MOHAMMAD YOUSUF NAQASH PRESS RELEASE January 18, 2013 Senior Hurriyat member and Chairman Islamic Political Party (JK) Mr.Mohammad Yousuf Naqash has stressed Kashmiri people to speed up diplomatic efforts for International intervention and mediation to counter obdurate, unrealistic and unprincipled Kashmir policy of Indian government with the sole aim of securing the birth right, Right to Self -Deter ...

Posted by Zaheerul Hassan Pakistan's Supreme Court has ordered NAB  to arrest Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf for alleged corruption.   Arrest orders have also been issued for 15 others in the same case, which dates back to 2010, the BBC reported.   Ashraf is accused of taking bribes to approve new energy projects while he was Pakistan's minister for water and power. He denies the allegations.   All 16 de ...

By Our Correspondent Quetta blast, Altaf address and firing on Kashmir border by Indian army are most likely interlinked and it seems to be conspiracies to instable Pakistan QUETTA: Three blasts in Quetta on Thursday left 93 dead and many with serious injuries. The blasts took place in Shahrah-e-Iqbal and Alamdar Road area. The second and third blasts were suicide blasts at a snooker club on Alamdar Road.Th ...