SEMINAR HELD ON 19TH SEPTEMBER, 2013, AT THE 24TH SESSION OF THE UN: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, 9-27TH SEPTEMBER, 2013 WAS HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL -DR AWATAR SINGH SEKHON RIGHTS OF MINORITIES, CHILDREN AND WOMAN IN SOUTH ASIA SPEAKERS: Usman Khalid, Alan Hart, Dr Abdul M Chowdhary (absent due to Medical grounds), Professor of Sikhism Gurtej Singh, Sardar K J Singh, Ms Irene P Hujon & Nitin Gan ...

نغمہ حبیب ایک اور بڑا دھماکا ہوا اورپشاور لرز اٹھا۔ چیختی ہوئی عورتیں ،بلکتے ہوئے بچے، شوہروں اور بچوں کو ڈھونڈتی ہوئی عورتیں، ایک عورت اپنے سر کو مارتی ہوئی کانوں پر ہاتھ رکھتی ہے جیسے کہ وہ بُری خبر کو نہیں سنے گی توسب خیریت رہے گی، ایک اپنے بچے کے پیچھے چھیتی ہے کہ دیکھے گی نہیں تو لاشیں گریں گی نہیں۔ یہ منظر اب کوئی نیا نہیں لیکن دیکھ کر پھر بھی دل دہلتا ہے۔ نیا تو یہ اُس دن بھی نہیں تھا جب میں اسی طرح ...

                                 By Mohammad Jamil Last week, Federal Interior Minister Ch. Nisar Ali Khan had categorically stated that Pakistan will not accept any foreign pressure in regard to talks with the militants. Before Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif leaves for the US next week to attend 68th General Assembly session, the government has reiterated its position that Pakistan would not buckle under any ...

 By Asif Haroon Raja Looking into the history of Pak-US relations spread over six decades one finds that the US relationship was always transitory in nature. After the death of Liaquat Ali in October 1951, regionalism raised its ugly head and it became easier for the US to expand its perverse influence in Pakistan because of self-serving mini-mind leaders. The US influence over Pakistan has remained ever pe ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Rawalpindi: Interior Minister Nisar, Gen. Pervez Ashfaq Kayani, COAS, Gen Khalid Shamim Wayne CJCS along with other military and civil officials attended the funeral of three senior military officials who were martyred in a blast near Pak-Afghan border on 15 September 2013. Major General Sanaullah  Lt Colonel Tauseef and Lance Nayak Irfan Sattar were martyred in Upper Dir area when a road ...

[caption id="attachment_3368" align="alignright" width="304"] Indian masses protesting against corruption[/caption] By N Khan Pakistan is going through the economic turmoil which is result of multiple factors persisting over the decades. Amongst major causes of prevailing economic turbulence are corruption, misgovernance, lack of investment (mainly due to security reasons), inefficiency of government contro ...

By S. M. Hali Pakistan is facing numerous problems of a myriad nature. It is difficult to pinpoint, which is more ominous since the very existence of Pakistan is at stake. Attempts by different perpetrators to have Pakistan labeled as a terrorist state and have international sanctions imposed upon it is but one the few, which can have far reaching consequences.The discovery of Osama bin Laden (OBL)’s allege ...

                                      By Sajjad Shaukat Since the present government of Pakistan has started its move to exchange Dr. Aafia Siddiqui with Dr. Shakeel Afridi, some high officials and leaders of the ruling party have been appreciating this illogical decision. Otherwise, no comparison can be made between the cases of Aafia and Shakeel, which are quite different from each other. Dr Afridi was ar ...