By Zaheerul Hassan Rawalpindi: Interior Minister Nisar, Gen. Pervez Ashfaq Kayani, COAS, Gen Khalid Shamim Wayne CJCS along with other military and civil officials attended the funeral of three senior military officials who were martyred in a blast near Pak-Afghan border on 15 September 2013. Major General Sanaullah  Lt Colonel Tauseef and Lance Nayak Irfan Sattar were martyred in Upper Dir area when a road ...

[caption id="attachment_3368" align="alignright" width="304"] Indian masses protesting against corruption[/caption] By N Khan Pakistan is going through the economic turmoil which is result of multiple factors persisting over the decades. Amongst major causes of prevailing economic turbulence are corruption, misgovernance, lack of investment (mainly due to security reasons), inefficiency of government contro ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Delving into the history of Pak-US relations spread over six decades one finds that the US relationship was always transitory in nature. After the birth of Pakistan, Quaid-e-Azam and Liaquat Ali Khan managed to keep foreign influence at bay. Through their strength of superior leadership and character, they overcame plethora of teething problems mostly created by the British and India. Th ...

  By Sajjad Shaukat The targeted operation against terrorists, target killers, and kidnappers continues unabated, while the Rangers with the help of Police have arrested several criminals besides capturing huge catches of arms and weapons. The Present Government led by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif launched the present operation after obtaining consensus of all stakeholders like political parties, business co ...

By S. M. Hali Pakistan is facing numerous problems of a myriad nature. It is difficult to pinpoint, which is more ominous since the very existence of Pakistan is at stake. Attempts by different perpetrators to have Pakistan labeled as a terrorist state and have international sanctions imposed upon it is but one the few, which can have far reaching consequences.The discovery of Osama bin Laden (OBL)’s allege ...

                                      By Sajjad Shaukat Since the present government of Pakistan has started its move to exchange Dr. Aafia Siddiqui with Dr. Shakeel Afridi, some high officials and leaders of the ruling party have been appreciating this illogical decision. Otherwise, no comparison can be made between the cases of Aafia and Shakeel, which are quite different from each other. Dr Afridi was ar ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Having forcibly changed Qaddafi’s regime in Syria, the US and its western allies are now fully focused towards Syria since early 2011 to bring down Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Billions of dollars are being pumped in to support Syrian rebels and to keep the civil war inflamed. In April 2012 Summit held in Turkey and attended by 70 nations, a total of $ 100 million was pledged by Saudi Arabi ...

By By Mohammad Jamil The nation had mourned death of the Quaid on 11th September 1948, which was a premature death in the sense that he did not get time to translate his perception of state into action in the nascent state. The nation observes anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah on this day, and special prayers are offered for the eternal peace of the great leader of subcontinent and founder of ...