By Zaheerul Hassan Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, General Raheel Shrif along with Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Sun Weidong has inaugurated the grand opening ceremony of the strategically vital Gwadar port on November 13, 2016. The Gwadar Port currently has 11.5 meters depth, however; it would be more deepen uptill 14 meters and will enable docking of larger ships with a deadweight tonnage of up to ...

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 YASMEEN AFTAB ALI Imran Khan pulled out the plug on the November 2 dharna at the eleventh hour, reposing faith in the judiciary upon its taking up the case and converting a protest day into one of thanksgiving. This act of Imran Khan was stated by many to be ‘umpire’ guided or blamed on his naiveté at reposing trust in promises made. Others made fun of how he had failed his supporters and lesser numbers ...

نغمہ حبیب بر صغیر کے مسلمان برطانوی سامراج کے خلاف جس کسمپرسی اور بے کسی کی زندگی گزار رہے تھے وہ بے بسی کی مکمل تصویر تھی۔ ایسا نہیں ہے کہ رہنما نہیں تھے یا خواہش نہیں تھی سب کچھ تھا مسلمانوں نے غلامی کو کسی بھی حال میں قبول نہیں کیا تھا لیکن وہ اپنی سمت کا درست تعین کرنے میں ابھی تک ناکام تھے انہیں وہ رحیل کارواں چاہیے تھا جو اس قافلے کو جانب منزل لے کر چلے اور پھر ایسے میں حضرت علامہ اقبال کی شاعری نے کس ...

By Sajjad Shaukat This time Jammu Martyrs Day has come at time when the people of Kashmir have accelerated their legitimate struggle in the aftermath of the martyrdom of the young Kashmir leader Burhan Wani by the Indian security forces in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) in wake of continued sieges and prolonged curfew. Since July 8, 2016, Indian forces have martyred more than 100 innocent persons who hav ...

By Sajjad Shaukat When during the regime of the President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan initiated the construction of Gwadar deep-seaport in Balochistan province in March 2002 with Chinese assistance, sirens went off in the capitals of some European countries, especially the US, India and Israel which took it as a threat to their global and regional plans. Located on the southwestern coast of Pakistan, Ba ...

By Asif Haroon Raja The ISI had developed its long arm capability during the tenures of Gen Akhtar Abdur Rehman, Lt Gen Hamid Gul and Lt Gen Javed Nasir as DG ISI. It was owing to this capability of hitting the chosen target outside the frontiers of Pakistan that the ISI earned the reputation of a dreaded outfit and the best in Asia. The long arm began to shrivel when Benazir Bhutto was PM from 1988 to 1990 ...

By Sajjad ShaukatWaging a prolonged war in Afghanistan, the US and other NATO countries have realized that after the withdrawal of foreign troops, Afghanistan would be thrown in an era of uncertainly and civil war. They realize the fact that there is a co-relationship of terrorism or stability in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Therefore, US-led developed nations which also spent billions of dollars for the devel ...