By Balbir Singh Sooch In a dramatic development, the Supreme Court of India has issued a contempt notice to former apex court judge Markandey Katju. The contempt notice was issued for a blog he had written criticising judges. Justice Katju was in the Supreme Court to present his argument on why a three-judge bench was wrong on the Soumya murder case verdict. Legal experts have noted that this is first time ...

October 25, 2016 To The Registrar, Supreme Court of India, Tilak Marg, New Delhi-110 201 (India) supremecourt@nic.in Subject: Law in Theory and Practice: Both Way Discretionary in India? Why? By: Balbir Singh Sooch* The way Learned Judges has to say honestly interpreting Law within the constitution of India, the conclusion from the conclusions of their Judgments, can safely be drawn and inferred that the La ...

By Sajjad Shaukat When during the regime of the President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan initiated the construction of Gwadar deep-seaport in Balochistan province in March 2002 with Chinese assistance, sirens went off in the capitals of some European countries, especially the US, India and Israel which took it as a threat to their global and regional plans. Located on the southwestern coast of Pakistan, Ba ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Each year, United Nations Day is celebrated on October 24. On this day in 1945, the United Nations (UN) came into force when the five permanent members of the Security Council ratified its charter This followed a declaration by the UN General Assembly in 1947 which designated 24th of October as United Nations Day, by proclaiming that the day would be instrumental in making people aware of ...

By Asif Haroon Raja The US took Pakistan on board as a tactical partner after 9/11 to achieve its short term objectives but had listed it as one of its targets. It married up with Pakistan since it knew that without its intimate support and cooperation, the Afghan venture would become onerous and very expensive. It kept Pakistan on board to net Al-Qaeda operatives that had sneaked into FATA and Baluchistan ...

By  Asif Haroon Raja The Army, paramilitary forces and the police are fighting the US dictated war on terror since 2003 but have yet not been able to completely root out terrorism. I will be frank in stating that the Army was not mentally prepared, trained, equipped, acclimatized and motivated when it was suddenly launched to conduct irregular warfare in South Waziristan (SW). As a result, its performance f ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Indian journalist Ajai Shukla who is a retired Colonel of Indian Army and writes articles on defense policy has exposed Indian designs against Pakistan in the aftermath of the Uri base terror attack. In his article, under the caption Uri attack: Military Reviews ‘Escalation Ladder’ which was published in the Business Standard on September 21, 2016 also reproduced on the website http://ajai ...

نغمہ حبیب پاکستان کی خوش نصیبی ہے کہ یہاں بہت اچھے اچھے منصوبہ ساز پیدا ہوئے بڑے اچھے منصوبے بنے جو دیکھنے میں انتہائی عملی محسوس ہوتے ہیں لیکن اس کی بد قسمتی یہ ہے کہ یہ منصوبے فائلوں میں بند پڑے رہ جاتے ہیں بنانے والے تو انہیں بنا کر پیش کر دیتے ہیں لیکن بنوانے والے انہیں بنوا کر عوام کو سبز بلکہ سر سبز و شاداب خواب دکھا کر ان سے داد وصول کرکے اور ان کے ووٹوں سے منتخب ہو کر حکومت اور سیاسی جوڑ توڑ میں مصر ...