by Sajjad Shaukat Although endless wave of terror-attacks continues in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Karachi, yet deteriorating circumstances of Balochistan also need special attention, raising the question as to how deal with the complex situation of the province. Recent incidents of terrorism in Balochistan, which targeted Quaid-e-Azam residency in Ziarat, replacing Pakistan’s flag with that of Balochistan Libe ...

Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan faces formidable array of challenges, both at external and internal fronts. Internal threats are as daunting and menacing as the external threat. So much so that for the first time in Pakistan’s history, it cannot be discerned with certainty which of the two threats is more dangerous? The Army Chief Gen Kayani has however plainly graded internal threat to the security and integrity ...

By Oriental Review "Oriental Review" -- The ongoing Syrian crisis will be certainly viewed by future generations as a classic example of how a completely false reality, as presented by the dominant Western political class and corporate media, has inscrutably resulted in the moral and political reinforcement of the opposing party, which was desperately defending the principles of law and justice under unprec ...

 By Asif Haroon Raja On assuming office in January 2009, Barack Obama shifted the US emphasis from Iraq to Afghanistan and within a year approved two troop surges to enable Gen McChrystal to wrest the initiative from Taliban and possibly defeat them. Increase in quantum of troops and launching a major operation in Helmand rather than weakening the Taliban further galvanized them to hit back more ferociously ...

(ایس اکبر)          تحریک ِ طالبان جو پاکستان کو غیر مستحکم کرنے کے لیے ہر ظلم اور شیطانیت کی حد سے گزرجانے کے درپے  ہےاوراپنی ذاتی اور سیاسی مقاصد کی جنگ کو جہاد کا نام دے کر بہت سے معصوم نوجوانوں کو خودکش حملوں میں استعمال  کر رہی ہے۔ آج خود  اندرونی انتشار کا شکار ہو چکی ہے۔ گزشتہ دنوں  ڈرون حملے میں ہونے والی ولی الرحمان کی موت در اصل طالبان کے آپسی انتشار کا نتیجہ ہے۔ان کے ذاتی نظریات میں اختلاف اس حد ...

  (ایس اکبر) جس نے ایک انسان کا قتل کیا گویا اس نے پوری انسانیت کا قتل کیا۔ (القرآن)         گزشتہ کئی سالوں سے دہشت گردی کی اذیت ناک لہر نے امتِ مسلمہ کا بالعموم اور پاکستان کو بالخصوص بدنام کر رکھا ہے۔ آگ اور خون کے کھیل نے پچھلے کئی سالوں کے دوران بہت سے بے گناہ اور معصوم انسانوں کو ہم سے جدا کر دیا اور لا تعداد خاندانوں کو دُکھوں سے آشکار کیا۔دہشت گردی کے سونامی سے زندگی مفلوج ہو کر رہ گئی ہے۔ دہشت گرد ...

 By Zaheerul Hassan  Newly elected democratic government is facing challenges like restoring of economy, energy crises, the most sensitive security issue and price hike.  The government instead taking steps of improving upon and meeting the said challenges, the federal government on 24 June 2013 has informed the Supreme Court that it was ready to take action under the ‘high treason’ act against former Presi ...

Kashmir Valley hold a strike called by Kashmiris to protest against the visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday. Both factions of Hurriyat Conference and JKLF have called for a general strike. Shops, business establishments, educational institutions, banks and private offices remained closed due to the strike. Police and paramilitary CRPF personnel have been deployed in numbers across the city whi ...