By Ali Sukhanver ‘We won’t let you visit the Kashmir valley because we have turned it into a blazing hell of death and horror’, it must have been the honest response to every request presented to the Indian authorities by the international human rights caretakers for the visit of Indian Occupied Kashmir. And this situation is not a new one; even ten years back, the response must have been the same. I rememb ...

 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 Rida Zaheer Argentina beat Dutch in penalties kicks and went into final of World Cup 2014. Sergio Romero became hero after saving twice as Argentina defeated the Netherlands 4-2 on penalties on Wednesday. Argentina will play third World Cup final against Germany on Sunday. The Monaco goalkeeper parried spot kicks from Ron Vlaar and Wesley Sneijder Both sides did not able to goal in  120 minutes and match ...

   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 ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat                    In the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 tragedy in the US homeland, American government, opposition, media and public had become one by showing collective wisdom, because the country was at war against the non-sovereign entities, popularly called terrorists. When the Pakistan Government decided to launch the ongoing military operation “Zarb-e-Azb” against the militants i ...

By: Sohail Parwaz It’s the sixteenth day of operation “Zarb-e-Azb” that started in North Waziristan Agency on June 15, 2014. So far more than three hundred and eighty militants have been killed in air raids and ground operation and dozens of hideouts, dens and underground tunnels have been destroyed by the forces. For the first time in this war on terror about 19 terrorists have either surrendered or they h ...