Asif Haroon Raja During the infamous tenure of PPP led regime from March 2008 to March 2013, the parliament was a dummy with its controls in the hands of President Zardari with a tainted past. The central government believing in making hay as long as the sun shone was rived in mega scandals and record breaking corruption. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government was the most corrupt, Balochistan (Bln) government ...

Ishaal Zehra  It was fiery June of 1984. There was a large crowd of people in the Holy Shrine gathered to observe the martyrdom day of their Guru Arjun Dev, an event of special significance in the development of Sikh faith. Sikhs from all over the world had travel long distances to become part of this Holy ritual. Many of whom wouldn’t have even thought in their wildest dreams that this could be their last ...

Pakistan’s foreign policy will not change with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) coming into power and all agreements signed by the former government, including Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project, will be pursued, Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani declared on Friday. Addressing a weekly press briefing along with Pakistan ambassador to China Khalid Masood, Jilani said that Pakistan was facing worst ene ...

ਦਮਦਮੀ ਟਕਸਾਲ ਦੇ 15ਵੇਂ ਜਥੇਦਾਰ ਸੰਤ ਬਾਬਾ ਰਾਮ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਨੇ ਕੌਂਸਲ ਆਫ ਖਾਲਸਤਾਨ ਦੀ ਇਤਿਹਾਸਕ ਪੁਸਤਕ ਨੂੰ ਭਾਈ ਦਾਖਾ ਦੇ ਗ੍ਰਹਿ ਵਿਖੇ ਰਲੀਜ ਕੀਤਾ । ਹਿੰਦ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਜੂੰਨ 1984ਚ ਸਿੱਖ ਕੌਮ ਤੇ ਹਮਲਾਵਰ ਬਣ ਕੇ ਆਈ ਜਿਸ ਨਾਲ ਹਿੰਦੋਸਤਾਨ ਤੇ ਖਾਲਸਤਾਨ ਦੀ ਪਹਿਲੀ ਜੰਗ ਦਾ ਮੁੱਢ ਬਜਾ । ਦਮਦਮੀ ਟਕਸਾਲ ਦੇ 14ਵੇਂ ਜਥੇਦਾਰ ਸੰਤ ਬਾਬਾ ਜਰਨੈਲ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਨੇ ਪੁਰਾਤਨ ਸਿੱਖ ਇਤਿਹਾਸ ਨੂੰ ਦੁਹਰਾਉਂਦਿਆਂ ਹਿੰਦੋਸਤਾਨ ਫੌਜ ਨੂੰ ਲੋਹੇ ਦੇ ਚਣੇ ਚਬਾਉਂਦਿਆਂ ਸ਼ਹਾਦਤ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕੀਤੀ । ਪਰ ਸ਼ਹਾਦਤ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਨ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲ ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Amidst the hullabaloo of election campaign when all eyes were focused on the outcome of May 11 election results, Dr Fahad Rafique Dogar came out with a bloomer. His article titled ‘Curriculum reform’ in ‘The News’ dated May 9, 2013 was out of place with no relevance to the overall environment. However, the message in the article was quite clear and in line with similar articles written o ...

 By Ikram Sehgal   Visiting China is a never ending revelation, the amazing 7.7% growth rate in a sluggish global economy is considered “disappointing”.  Of China’s 31 Provinces, Guangdong has the highest GDP, US$ 960 billion with a growth rate of 8.2% while Tibet lags behind lowest with 12% growth rate and a GDP of US$ 11 billion.  Guizhou Province has the highest growth rate 12%, bordering Pakistan vastly ...

    By Sajjad Shaukat                         Although elections 2013 were free and fair, yet isolated incidents of rigging which are very common in South Asia are creating uncertainty in Pakistan where terrorists continue their subversive activities to further destabilise the country by blocking the way of democracy. Even, observers of the EU remarked that only 10 percent rigging occurred, while on the who ...

Asif Haroon Raja The people have lost trust in their leaders because they have repeatedly betrayed them in the name of democracy. While democracy was sold as the remedy for all their ailments, democracy made the lives of the lower class of society miserable. The elites enriched themselves by using state resources and looting the national wealth but did little to allay the sufferings of the under privileged. ...