By Asif Haroon Raja Authenticity of 9/11 Terrorist Attacks. It has so far not been established whether 9/11 episode was real or engineered and whether Osama bin Laden (OBL) was behind it. Why Terrorism Confined to Muslims Only? George W. Bush led neo-cons most immoral act after 9/11 was to attribute terrorism to Muslims only. Global war on terrorism was hence confined to Muslim world only while the non-Musl ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Unlike late Hakimullah Mehsud who disfavored talks, his deputy Waliur Rahman favored dialogue and had convinced sizeable number of TTP Shura members to make an offer of dialogue to the government.  His group suggested Maulana Fazlur Rahman, Munawar Hassan, Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan to act as guarantors to preclude possibility of backtracking from the agreement. The offer was not taken ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Anti-peace lobby is making hue and cry as to why the government is insisting on holding talks with the TTP when the hands of its new leader Maulana Fazlullah are dripping in blood of people of Swat and surroundings and is a captive of Afghan government. They argue that it is pointless to hold talks with Fazlullah who has a history of breaking deals and had terrorized Swat. Those suggesti ...

  By Sajjad Shaukat Although war against terrorism is quite different, as it is against an invisible and ruthless enemy which does not respect any rule, yet we can remember Shakespeare’s poetic expression which described war as ‘sons of hell’ is even applicable today in Pakistan where terrorists’ violent acts of destruction, fire and devastation have engulfed the entire span of living and social order, espe ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Al-Qaeda as a terrorist organization was hardly known in Pakistan till the US declared openly that 9/11 attacks on World Trade Centre were undertaken by Al-Qaeda. The group known as Al-Qaeda was organized by Osama bin Laden (OBL) who was simply an ordinary Jihadi volunteer from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) with traces of Yemeni background having passion for participating in Islamic Jiha ...

  ਵੋਟਾਂ ਦੀ ਖਾਤਰ ਸਭ ਭੱਜੇ ਫਿਰਦੇ ੍ ਪਰਮਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਸੇਖੋਂ ਦਾਖਾ  ਅਸੀਂ ਕਰਕੇ ਇਤਬਾਰ ਹਿੰਦੋਸਤਾਨੀ ਲੀਡਰਾਂ ਤੇ ੍ ਹਿਮਾਚਲ ਹਰਿਆਣਾ ਰਾਜਸਥਾਨ ਦੇ ਰੁੱਖ ਪਟਾ ਬੈਠੇ। ਅਸੀਂ ਲੱਭਦੇ ਕੁਰਸੀ ਵੱਧ ਅਧਿਕਾਰਾਂ ਦੀ ੍ ਤਖਤ ਅਕਾਲ ਤੇ ਹਮਲਾ ਕਰਵਾ ਬੈਠੇ। ਅਸੀਂ ਕਰਕੇ ਇਤਬਾਰ ਹਿੰਦੋਸਤਾਨੀ ਲੀਡਰਾਂ ਤੇ ੍ ਹਿਮਾਚਲ ਹਰਿਆਣਾ ਰਾਜਸਥਾਨ ਦੇ ਰੁੱਖ ਪਟਾ ਬੈਠੇ। ਨਾ ਕੁਰਸੀ ਵਰਗਾ ਖੇਲ ਕੋਈ ਨਾ ਤਿਹਾੜ ਨਾਭੇ ਵਰਗੀ ਜੇਲ੍ਹ ਕੋਈ ੍ ਜੋੜੀਆਂ ਜੱਗ ਥੋੜ੍ਹੀਆਂ ਕਿਸਮਤ ਨਾਲ ਮਿਲਦਾ ਮੇਲ ਕੋਈ। ਘਰ ਪੱਕੇ ਵੇਖ ਸ਼ਰੀਕਾਂ ਦੇ ਕੱਖਾਂ ਦ ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat For her second tenure, Prime Minister of Bangladesh and leader of the ruling party, Awami League, Sheikh Hasina Wajid won the general elections 2014 in wake of bloodshed due to her dictatorial steps. In this regard, head of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Begum Khaleda Zia who was leading the alliance of the opposition parties protested against the rigging, deliberately practised ...

By Asif Haroon Raja When the Taliban captured Kabul in 1996 and took over power, Indian influence in Afghanistan waned. Consequently, India in league with Iran and Russia started supporting Northern Alliance (NA) comprising Afghan Uzbeks, Afghan Tajiks and Afghan Hazaras, which retained control over Panjsher Valley in the north. Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and UAE recognized the Taliban regime while the US maint ...