Chinese naval ships in Pakistan's Gwadar port call for a rethink of India's regional policy Regional alignments are shifting with China, Pakistan, Russia and Iran coming together. by MK Bhadrakumar Published Nov 27, 2016 The transformation of Gwadar port on the Pakistan coast as a base for Chinese Navy ships was long expected, but when media reports actually appeared on Friday to that effect, it was startli ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Gen Musharraf after coming to power through a military coup on October 12, 1999 decided to boost up and modernize electronic media by allowing foreign ownership in the name of freedom of expression and to show soft image of Pakistan to the west. His concept of enlightened moderation also had similar ambition of promoting liberalism. Private TV channels were given a free hand to broadcast ...

By Zaheerul Hassan As per tradition  of Pakistan Army Incumbent Army chief, General Raheel Sharif will hand over command to newly appointed as General Bajwa Chief of Army Staff (COAS) on November 29, 2016. Whereas, , General Zubair Mahmood Hayat has been appointed Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJSC). Incumbent CJCSC General Rashid Mahmood is also set to retire on November 29. A notification anno ...

By: Balbir Singh Sooch-Sikh Vichar Manch We should not ever oppose blindly if we find good results of the steps taken like ‘DEMONETIZATION’ Etc though we as individuals are useless to help anyone, whoever is anytime in the grip of agony and or State Terrorism like facing many since long in India including I and my family faced in the hands of terrorism of State of Punjab and continuing so. But nobody can de ...

By  Asif Haroon Raja MQM’s fascism The MQM under Altaf Hussain reigned supreme in urban Sindh from 1988 till March 2013. It expanded its political power by introducing the cultures of dead bodies filled in sacks, extortion, kidnapping for ransom, torture cells, target killings, no-go areas and strikes to paralyze the city. Despite its policy of fascism, terrorism, blackmailing tactics and imperiousness, and ...

نغمہ حبیب دہشت گردی کی لہر نے پوری دنیا کو ہلا کر رکھا ہوا ہے ہر روز کہیں نہ کہیں کسی نہ کسی ملک میں کبھی دھماکہ کبھی حملہ، کچھ نہ کچھ ہوتا ہے لیکن پاکستان نے جتنا نقصان اس جنگ میں اٹھا یا ہے شاید ہی کسی اور نے اٹھا یا ہوگا ۔ پاکستان کا المیہ یہ بھی ہے کہ یہ دوسرے کی جنگ میں گھسیٹا جا رہا ہے اور مارا جا رہا ہے۔ اس کے عوام غیروں کی خواہشات کی بھینٹ چڑھ رہے ہیں یہاں اگر طالبان بنے تو سب جا نتے ہیں کہ یہ طالبا ...

By Sajjad ShaukatAt least 65 people were killed and more than 100 others were injured when a blast struck at the shrine of the Sufi saint Shah Noorani in Balochistan’s Hub Tehsil on November 12, this year. The Islamic State group (Also known as Daesh, ISIS, ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack via Amaq, its affiliated news agency. ISIS claimed responsibility for a terror attack on the Police Training ...

By Sajjad Shaukat While, the US-led developed countries have spent billions of dollars for development in Afghanistan with a view to attaining stability and peace in the war-torn country, but, India has been destabilizing Afghanistan through various sinister designs. In this regard, renowned writer Musa Khan Jalalzai in his recent article “Afghanistan teeters on the brink, “published in the Daily Times on N ...