By Zaheerul Hassan Early morning of 20 January, 2016 four gunmen entered in the university and sprayed bullets on the innocent students who were busy in taking their breakfasts while sitting in their rooms of the boys’ hostel and canteen. The attackers were wearing suicide vests but were killed by security forces' before they could detonate their explosives. They also opened fire on the students and faculty ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The present government led by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had launched the targeted operation in Karachi after obtaining consensus of all stakeholders like political parties, business community and members of civil society who wanted peace in Karachi. In this regard, Karachi had been handed over to the Rangers with power to take action against the culprits without any discrimination. The o ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Six suspected terrorists in Indian Army uniform attacked Pathankot Air Base early morning on the second [caption id="attachment_13989" align="alignright" width="315"] Pathankot: An armored vehicle moves near the Indian Air Force base that was attacked by militants in Pathankot, Punjab on Saturday.[/caption] day of the year 2016. It is MiG-21 Bison base of the Indian Air Force and located ...

By Jahanzeb Afzal Janjua [caption id="attachment_13958" align="alignright" width="270"] The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi visits the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mr. Nawaz Sharif's home in Raiwind, where his grand-daughter's wedding is being held, at Lahore, Pakistan on December 25, 2015.[/caption] Sometimes an off the cuff remark suddenly strikes you like a thunderbolt. The possibilities that can be in ...

نغمہ حبیب میرے بچپن کی بات ہے جب پاکستان میں صرف ایک ٹی وی چینل تھا سارا گھر اسی کے پروگرام دیکھتاتھا زیادہ سے زیادہ اختلاف یہ ہوسکتا تھا کہ کوئی حالات حاضرہ کے پروگرام کے وقت اٹھ جاتا تھا کیونکہ اُسے دلچسپی نہیں ہوتی تھی یہی حال ڈرامے یا دوسرے پروگراموں کا تھا۔ اس دور کی خاص بات یہ تھی کہ ہر پروگرام ،ہر ڈرامے کو خاص احتیاط سے تیار کیا جاتا تھا اشتہارات کے علاوہ دو پروگراموں کے بیج کے دورانیے میں فلرز کے طو ...

By Sajjad Shaukat During a visit to Italy’s largest military cemetery of World War I, on November 14, expressing his grief over the November 13 terror attacks in Paris, Pope Francis called them a “piece of a piecemeal World War III…war is madness…even today…fought with crimes, massacres, destruction.” On September 25, this year, at the UN General Assembly, while indicating the unjust global order, Pope Fran ...

By Shah Abdul Halim Sadaqah is only for the poor [fuqaraa] and the needy [masakin] and for those employed to collect the funds [‘amilina ‘alayha] and for bringing the hearts together for Islam [mu ‘allafah qulub] and for freeing captives [fir-riqab] and for those in debt [gharimin] and for the cause of Allah [fi sabilil-lah] and for the wayfarer [ibn as-sabil] - an obligation imposed by Allah [faridatam-min ...

By Sajjad Shaukat No doubt, every country has a superior intelligence agency to protect the national interest of the state. It keeps a vigilant eye on the internal and external threats. Even by playing a double game, it thwarts the anti-state subversion through various means. Quite contrarily, from the very beginning, the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been protecting the interests of the Zionist ...