WHY NEDUVASAL ( TAMIL NADU, INDIA ) RESIDENTS PROTEST AGAINST GAS EXPLORATION PROJECT & WHAT WAY OUT ? N.S.Venkataraman, Director, Nandini Consultancy Centre interacted with the local people living in and around Neduvasal in Pudukottai district in Tamil Nadu , who are protesting against the proposal to take up natural gas exploration projects in the region. The interaction took place during a two hour s ...

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 ...

نغمہ حبیب [caption id="attachment_15227" align="alignleft" width="476"] Maulana Fazlullah, Pakistani Taliban leader. The Pakistani Taliban vowed to carry out Indian Sponsored attacks  against  innocent people of  the country . The rise of Fazlullah, whose men shot and badly injured schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai too . The nation demands his hanging at public place.[/caption] 2014 میں جب دہشت گردوں نے ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai India and Pakistan have had more than 150 official rounds of talks in the last seven decades to discuss conflicts and differences between them. The by-product of every round of talk was an agreement to meet again to talk. In consequence, the peace process between India and Pakistan has always remained an illusion. Talks have always proved barren because both India and Pakistan have ne ...

By Dr Firoz Mahboob Kamal The disconnection The most important agenda of Islam is to connect humans with their Almighty Creator. For a human, nothing is more important than this connectivity with his Supreme Lord. Whether a man will reach heaven or hell is solely decided on this single factor. The basis of this Divine connectivity of a believer is the perfect congruity of his vision, mission and objective w ...

نغمہ حبیب 1979 میں سویت یونین نے افغانستان پر حملہ کیا اور اس کی فوجیں افغانستان کے اندر داخل ہو گئیں تو ہزاروں لاکھوں افغان مہاجرین ہجرت کرکے پاکستان میں داخل ہوئے اور پشاور میں پشاور کی اپنی آبادی سے زیادہ افغانی نظر آنے لگے۔ پاکستانیوں نے انتہائی کھلے دل سے ان افغان مہمانوں کو خوش آمدید کہا اور در حقیقت ہجرت مدینہ کی یاد تازہ ہوگئی۔ افغانیوں کی تین نسلیں یہاں جوان ہوئیں اور پچھلے اڑتیس سال میں پیدا ہونے ...

By Sajjad Shaukat On the midnight of 18-19 February 2007, India-Pakistan Samjhota Express train was bombed in which 68 Pakistani nationals were killed. A Hindu extremist leader Swami Aseemanand, a leader of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has confessed that he was involved in several bombings incidents. He also claimed to have been a part of the incident. In fact, ideology of Hindutva (Hindu nationalism) prevai ...

BY YASMEEN AFTAB ALI No handouts, no whitewash! [caption id="attachment_15167" align="alignright" width="455"] Pakistani residents cast their votes at a polling station in Islamabad on May 11, 2013. Pakistanis queued up to vote in landmark elections, defying Taliban attacks to cast their ballots in polls marking a historic democratic transition for the nuclear-armed state. AFP PHOTO / AAMIR QURESHI (Photo c ...