By Asif  Haroon Raja West Bank, Gaza Strip and Jerusalem are under illegal military occupation of Israel for the last 47 years. When Hamas won elections in 2003, Israel refused to recognize the election results. The US and the West backed Israeli stance and jointly declared Hamas a terrorist outfit. Israel then created rift between Fatah Party led by Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas. Consequently, Abbas led Fatah fo ...

      By Sajjad Shaukat In his interview to an Indian TV channel, leader of the fundamentalist BJP-led ruling party Dr. Subramaniam Swamy, a staunch promoter of Hindutva (Hindu nationalism) said on July 12, this year that India needed only two years to defeat Pakistan militarily, and it would not shy away from a nuclear war because ultimately there would be no Pakistan left. He elaborated, “May be 100 milli ...

By  Asif Haroon Raja Commotion in the Middle East from 2003 onwards didn’t occur accidently but it up surged systematically in line with the US-Israeli-Western plan of splitting powerful Arab and North African States into small quasi-States, changing the boundaries of Middle East and then paving the way for establishment of Greater Israel stretching from River Nile to Euphrates and in total control of oil, ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat Terrorism is based on symbolic strategy to communicate connotative meanings by conveying the message to different segments of society and administrative echelons that terrorists are powerfully dangerous, deadly and treacherous. Hence, the terrorists select sensitive targets like airports, women, children and lone bread-earners of a family, Police officials, judges and others representativ ...

By  Sajjad Shaukat  The blasphemy of the Holy Quran is regarded as a serious crime in Pakistan, and can easily spark public violent towards the accused person. While the text of the original Arabic Quran is identical and unchanged since its revelation, we will find various translations and interpretations. Anytime, a translation is done into another language, and the translator (who is only human) has to in ...

   By Sajjad Shaukat  Although begging is very common in the less developed countries, yet in case of Pakistan, it is free, having no restriction. It has turned into a profession and is not only for the poor, disabled, invalidated and injured people, but is owned as a choice by many who believe that begging is a thriving business. Presently the administration seems unconcerned as the social evil of begging ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat While the military operation, “Zarb-e-Azb” against the militants in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) has rapidly been making progress, as the jets of Pakistan Air Force have bombed militants’ hideouts, and Pak Army has been recapturing the areas, controlled by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). So far, armed forces have killed several militants, destroyed their bomb-making factories and f ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat While the military operation, “Zarb-e-Azb” against the militants in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) has rapidly been making progress, as the jets of Pakistan Air Force have bombed militants’ hideouts, and Pak Army has been recapturing the areas, controlled by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). So far, armed forces have killed several militants, destroyed their bomb-making factories and f ...