By Sajjad Shaukat On December 9, this year, the fifth ministerial Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process Conference was held in Islamabad in which high-level representatives of supporting regional and international organizations from over 30 countries including especially the US, China and Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj participated. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani ad ...

By Sajjad Shaukat In one of the bloodiest-ever terror attacks in Pakistan, six Taliban militants mercilessly killed at least 141 people, including 132 children and nine staff members of the Army Public School and College in Peshawar, on December 16, 2014. They also burnt a lady teacher alive. After eight hours operation, Pak Army’s commandos cleared the school area, and six militants were killed. On the sam ...

By Sajjad Shaukat On December 13, 2001, five terrorists had attacked the Indian parliament by penetrating the tight security in a car with home ministry and parliament labels, and resulted into deaths of the gunmen along with six police officers, after an exchange of gun battle. The day has come at a time when in one way or the other, India has been repeating the similar blame game against Pakistan. On Dece ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Progress on China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is on its fast track since 17 September and first phase of the project is likely to be completed by the end of 2017. However, the CPEC is a 15 year project between Pakistan and China spanning 2015-2030, while the Western route has to be completed by 2018. This Western route starts from Gwadar and leads to Kashgar in China passing through ...

By Ali Sukhanver India has once again started blaming Pakistan of supporting the freedom fighters in the Indian Occupied Kashmir through it premier intelligence agency the ISI. The tradition of dragging Pakistan into Kashmir conflict is very old but after Modi’s coming into power this tradition has become stronger. On one hand where Muslim actors, film directors, poets and singers are being victimized in In ...

By Ali Sukhanver Issues and problems could never be settled down unless we honestly and sincerely try to resolve them. Terrorism is also one of such problems in Pakistan. For the last many years this menace had been pinching the whole of Pakistani nation like a poisonous thorn; now under the command of Gen. Raheel Sharif, all of our security forces have joined hands together to curb this monstrous evil. The ...

By Rida Zaheer  Chief of Pakistan Army Staff General Raheel  Sharif paid a visit to CIA Headquarter and discussed security challenges with  Director CIA John Rennan. He emphasized need of   permanent stability and requirement of conducive environment in region for re-initiating Afghan leadership reconciliation process. The CIA Director lauded the accomplishments of Operation Zarb-e-Azb, saying it will have ...

By Yasmeen Ali Reproducing news snippets from different newspapers and TV channel websites reference Moon Garden building: “The builder, Abdul Razzak Khamosh, owned a 363-yard plot in Gulshan-e-Maymar, which he replaced with a 4,000-square-yard plot at the current location, in connivance with the KMC and revenue board officials. Subsequently, the Moon Garden project was issued survey number 309 by the KMC. ...