(Part 2) By   Asif Haroon Raja Conflict between the Houthis under Abdul Malik al-Houthi and the elected government of Abd-Rabbuh Mansour al-Hadi, now in exile, is seen as part of a regional power struggle between Shia-ruled Iran and Sunni-ruled Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), which shares a long porous border with Yemen. The sectarian problem certainly looms in the background somewhere but is not the main fa ...

By Iftikhar Hussain Butt          Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi and ISIL have emerged from the shambles of Al-Qaeda in Iraq and Syria but their violence, atrocities and criminality have even humbled Al-Qaeda and its affiliated terrorist outfits. Dr Ayman Al-Zawahiri had disavowed his ties with Baghdadi because he had provoked internal fighting in Al-Qaeda in which thousands of operatives were killed in Iraq and Syri ...

By Iftikhar Hussain Jazib Al-Qaeda’s assassinated chief Osama Bin Laden (OBL) and its current Amir      Dr Ayman Al-Zawahiri were not known as religious personalities before Afghan jihad. Both had received their formal education at secular institutions. OBL had studied Economics, Business Administration and civil engineering while Dr Zawahiri had studied Medicine to become an eye surgeon. This lack of relig ...

ایس اکبر حال ہی میں کالعدم تحریک طالبان نے انسدادِ پولیو مہم سے منسلک ڈاکٹرز اور دوسرے رضا کاروں کے لیے ایک دھمکی آمیز خط شائع کیا ہے جس میں انھیں اس مہم سے دور رہنے کی دھمکی دی گئی ہے ۔اس خط میں واضح طور پر یہ بتایا گیا ہے کہ انسدادِ پولیو مہم غیر اسلامی ہے اور مغربی ممالک کی ایماء   پر شروع کی گئی ہے۔ اسلامی جمہوریہ پاکستان اور عالم اسلام کے علماء متعدد بار انسدادِ پولیومہم کے ضمن میں فتویٰ جاری کرچکے ہیں ...

ایس اکبر دہشت گردوں کی جانب سے اقلیتوں کو بم دھماکوں اور خود کش حملوں کے ذریعے نشانہ بنانے کاسلسلہ جاری ہے ۔جمعہ کے دن بوہرا کمیونٹی کی   مسجد پر خود کش حملہ اسی سلسلے کی ایک کڑی ہے۔جس میں تقریباً 20سے زائد لوگ زخمی جبکہ 2افراد جاں بحق ہوگئے اس سے قبل یوحنا آبادلاہور میں واقع کیتھولک اور کرائسٹ چرچ میں خودکش حملوں میں تقریباً 19 افراد جاں بحق اور 95 افراد زخمی ہوگئے۔چرچ میں دعائیہ عبادت جاری تھی ۔ کالعدم تن ...

(Part 1)  By  Asif Haroon Raja Harking back into the history of Yemen which stretches back to 3000 years, it will be worthwhile to know certain essential details about the country. It lies at the tip of Arabian Peninsula and it borders Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to the north and Oman to the east. Yemen is strategically important because it sits on the Bab al-Mandab strait, a narrow waterway 40 km wide li ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Indian society is intensely witnessing violent waves of radicalization in the form of vandalism of Christian Churches, forceful conversions of Muslims and Christians in the name of Shudhi (purification) or Ghar Wapsi, ban on beef and cow slaughter and inclusion of Hindu religious books in curriculum. In these terms, dangerous radicalization of India needs immediate attention. The gravity o ...

Rida Zaheer Dhaka (ZM): Many cricket experts and local spectators declared favourite Pakistani Cricket team in the forthcoming Cricket Series.  Pakistan Team will reach in Dhaka on 13 April 2015. The schedule for Pakistan's tour of Bangladesh has been confirmed with the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur set to host the limited-overs leg, starting with the first ODI on April 17. The three-match ODI ser ...