By Sajjad Shaukat The US drone strikes which killed Hakimullah Mehsud, the Chief of the Tahreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on November 1, this year, cannot be seen in isolation because it is ingredient of continued subversive activities, especially taking palace in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Karachi arranged by the foreign powers against Pakistan. As part of psychological warfare, these terrorist ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Nawaz government realizing that economic health of the country couldn’t be revitalized without peaceful conditions organized APC on September 9, 2013 to push the peace process. Much to the chagrin of anti-peace lobbies, the APC passed a unanimous resolution seeking dialogue with the militants without pre-conditions. Positive response from the TTP welcoming the outcome of APC gave reason ...

[caption id="attachment_2832" align="alignright" width="525"] Terrorists Commander[/caption]      By Sajjad Shaukat Since the Tahreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Chief Hakimullah Mehsud was killed by the US drone strikes on November 1, this year, leaders of the ruling and opposition parties including prominent figures and Unlmas (Religious scholars) have stared taking the event as a conspiracy against Pakistan ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Six poor coalminers of Hazara Shia community of Quetta were gunned down near Machh town, in Bolan district, on first day of November 2013. The banned outfit Jaish-ul-Islam claimed responsibility, while talking to journalists on phone from an unspecified place, Jaish-ul-Islam’s spokesman Ghazi Haq Nawaz said his organisation had carried out the attack in retaliation for security forces’ op ...

Asif Haroon Raja While India brags about democracy, secularism and human rights, in reality Hindu Brahmans aspire for Hindu Raj. They consider themselves to be pure and superior and all other communities impure and inferior. Four-fold caste system was conceived by the Brahmans to maintain their unchallenged supremacy. Brahmans insist that castes are divinely sanctioned and cannot be changed or abrogated. Th ...

By Abu Ezaan Afghan presidential elections scheduled in April 2014, if held as announced and planned, would be third such accomplishment in the post Taliban Afghanistan. The post Taliban political course for Afghanistan was charted during an International conference (Bonn-I) at Bonn, Germany in December 2001, which was mandated by the United Nations (UN). The Bonn-I was led by UN envoy to Afghanistan, Ambas ...

Asif Haroon Raja After occupation of Afghanistan in November 2001 by US led western forces and Afghan Northern Alliance force, the US inspired constitution and democracy was pushed down the gullets of Afghans. Ground was prepared for elections and the US spent huge amounts in winning over the loyalties of warlords and to make the elections successful. The first presidential election was held in 2004 which e ...

ALI SUKHANVER Fame and prominence are very natural type of desires. Living and dying in this world without any recognition and without being acknowledged is something very difficult and very unnatural. Different people adopt different ways and manners to satisfy their desire of fame and recognition. Some take the sword of knowledge in their hands and some opt for the service of suffering humanity but some u ...