WASHINGTON(ZM) Finally Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) declared on Wednesday that he would not favour and sign a controversial religious freedom act into law. He asked the state legislature to amend the bill in the wake of criticism with purpose of facilitation discrimination against LGBT citizens and other groups. Hutchinson expressed in the press conference that he was seeking in federal Religious Freedo ...

By Ali Sukhanver  Last September, the Prime Minister of Pakistan Mian Nawaz Sharif paid a visit to Karachi to observe himself the actual situation of Karachi, the financial hub of Pakistan. In consultation with the law-enforcement agencies, he approved the urgently required strategy to curb violence. It was then decided to start a broad-spectrum operation against all those who are involved in any kind of cr ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat                                   Pakistan has become special arena of the different war, being waged by the security forces against the ruthless terrorists who have continued their terror-activities such as suicide attacks, bomb blasts, targeted killings, beheadings of the innocent people, assaults on security personnel and prominent religious figures. Besides blowing children schools an ...

سیّد ناصررضا کاظمی [caption id="attachment_2680" align="alignnone" width="300"] Indio-Pak Nuclear Programme[/caption] پتھروں کے زمانے میں مذاہب کے نام پر پتھر کے بنائے گئے بتوں کی بجائے انسانوں کی پوجا کی جاتی رہی کئی صدیاں بیت گئیں جو جتنا زیادہ بہارد ‘ بلکہ جو جتنا زیادہ بڑا درندہ صفت نما انسان تھا وہ اپنے سے کمزوراور مجبور و محکوم لوگوں کو اپنے سامنے اپنے سینے تان کر سجدہ کرواتا اور اُن پر بے تحاشا ظلم و ...

By Zaheerul Hassan After seven years of the gap a joint Armed Forces Parade held on Pakistan Day at Islamabad. Last parade was held on 23 March 2008 during the tenure of General (Retired) Pervez Musharraf when he was holding the office as a civilian president. Troops, of three forces, strategic division, civil armed forces and departments participated in the parade. Here, I would like to pay special thanks ...

By Ali Sukhanver It was really something very painful to watch on the TV screen, a very smart man of yesterday repenting over his cruelties and regretting his past and appealing for a little delay in execution on his death penalty. Was Solat Mirza a criminal by birth? Did his parents know at the time of his birth that one day their beloved son would be pushed behind the bars for his cruel activities; certai ...

By Sajjad Shaukat While echoing Hobbes and Machiavelli, Morgenthau opines that in international politics, countries act upon various immoral activities like deceit, fraud, falsehood and so on. In one way or the other, they also follow these tactics to fulfill their selfish aims. But, in the modern era of electronic and social media including open diplomacy, it is difficult for the sovereign states to contin ...

 نغمہ حبیب مسلمان برصغیر میں دو سو سال سے غلامی کی زندگی گزار رہے تھے وقتاََ فوقتاََ مسلمان رہنما اٹھتے رہے اور قوم کو جگاتے رہے آزادی کی چنگاری بجھی نہیں تھی لیکن شعلہ بھی نہیں بن رہی تھی آزادی کی خواہش بھی موجود تھی اور اسے حاصل کرنے کی لگن بھی لیکن نہ تو منزل کا تعین کیا گیا اور نہ ہی راستہ واضح تھا ۔ ایسے میں مسلمان رہنما 22 مارچ 1940 کو منٹو پارک میں جمع ہوئے اور قوم کے لیے ایک منزل کا تعین کیا ۔ اجلاس ...