BY YASMEEN AFTAB ALI Why did the Panama case judgement refer Puzo’s bestseller? The Panama case judgment starts with a reference to Godfather, a renowned novel by Mario Puzo 1969 and the epigraph selected by the author is fascinating: “Behind every great fortune there is a crime.” –Balzac The original version in French reads as follows: ‘The Secret of a great success for which you are at a loss to account i ...

علی سخن ور جیمز بانڈ کی فلمیں ہر دور کے نوجوانوں میں جاسوسی کو بطور پیشہ اختیار کرنے کی ترغیب کا باعث بنتی ہیں، چمکتی دمکتی لمبی لمبی گاڑیوں کو کالی سیاہ سڑکوں پر بلا کسی روک ٹوک دوڑاتے ہوئے اچانک سے سامنے گہرے سمندر کا آجانا، اور پھر سمندر کے عین وسط میں کھڑی کسی پر تعیش سی موٹر بوٹ پر انتظار کرتی ہوئی نیم برہنہ حسینہ کی بے تابانہ مسکراہٹ اور پھر ایک دم سے آسمان پر کسی ہیلی کاپٹر کی گھڑگھڑاہٹ اور اس ہیلی ک ...

by Asif Haroon Raja “In the coming days the American people will learn that the (US) Intelligence Community knew that Syria did not drop a military chemical weapon on innocent civilians in Idlib”. Former DIA Col Patrick Lang The civil war was triggered in Syria in March 2011 by the Syrian rebels supported by the US, NATO, Saudi led Gulf States and Turkey. The war has wrought havoc and the country lay utterl ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Although the Pakistan day is being celebrated every year on March 23, yet this time, this very day has come at a time when Pakistan stands at the crossroads of its destiny, facing internal and external challenges and threats to the national security of the country, which demands selfless national unity among all the segments of society. The 23rd of March 1940 was a watershed in the history ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Dr. Subhash Kapila has written an article in Eurasia Review the theme of which is, “Afghanistan cannot be abandoned to China-Pakistan-Russia Troika”. A highly melancholic and distressful picture has been painted by the writer in a bid to remind Donald Trump Administration that Afghanistan is slipping out of the hands of the US and unless urgent and immediate measures are taken to foresta ...

By Yasmeen Aftab Ali Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a faction of the Taliban recently announced attacks on institutions across Pakistan under the slogan of ‘Operation Ghazi’. Attack on Mall Road was followed by an attack on a shrine at Lal Shahbaz Qalander. Jamaat ul Ahrur is an offshoot of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. This has shaken whatever confidence was built under General Raheel. Shocking was suggestion by many secti ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai “Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be inevitable.” John F. Kennedy Peace has eluded Kashmir for more than 69 years, every since British sovereignty lapsed on August 15, 1947. The Government of India holds the decisive cards to end Kashmir’s convulsions and carnage on a genocidal scale. No peace formula worth its salt, however, depends on altruism or unselfishness senti ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” Article 5, Universal Declaration of Human Rights The statement of Mr. Ban Ki-moon - UN Secretary General deserves an appreciation who wants to console people by saying: “On Human Rights Day, let us recommit to guaranteeing the fundamental freedoms and protecting the human rights of all." ...