PROFESSOR ALI SUKHANVER ‘The death toll rose to at least 37 in violence sparked by a controversial death sentence handed down against the head of an Islamic party for war crimes committed during the country's 1971 war of independence’, reported The Los Angeles Times on the first day of this March. The paper further says, ‘Tensions have been running high in recent weeks as verdicts were announced in the tria ...

By Sajjad Shaukat A recently released video by Washington Free Beacon pointed out that the US new Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel disclosed during a speech at Oklahoma’s CameronUniversity in 2011, “India has always used Afghanistan as a second front” and “has over the years financed problems for Pakistan on that side of the border.” Earlier, the then NATO commander in Afghanistan, Gen. McChrystal had revea ...

By: Sikander Shaheen Hallmarked with renewed commitments, reprioritised relationships, invariable highs and sinking lows, Pakistan’s defence sector had been the centre-stage of dramatic turn of events in the year 2012. Not only the external strategic pressures but the challenges from within as well predominantly marked the chronology of happenings on the defence side. With the standoff between Islamabad and ...

By Ishaal Zehra Much compliments for the Ministry of Climate Change, in Islamabad, on providing a framework for coping with the threats of climate change through adaptation and mitigation measures. The policy, officially launched on February 26, 2013, focuses on development sectors such as water resources, agriculture and livestock, forestry, human health, disaster preparedness, transport and energy. “The g ...

ਚੰਡੀਗੜ੍ਹ, 25 ਫ਼ਰਵਰੀ (ਗੁਰਪ੍ਰੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਮਹਿਕ): ‘‘ਭਾਰਤੀ ਨੀਊਜ਼ ਏਜੰਸੀ ਪੀ.ਟੀ.ਆਈ. ਵਲੋਂ ਅੱਜ ਦੀਆਂ ਅਖ਼ਬਾਰਾਂ ਵਿਚ ਅਤੇ ਨੀਊਜ਼ ਚੈਨਲਾਂ ’ਤੇ ਸ. ਬਲਵੰਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਰਾਜੋਆਣਾ ਦੀ 16-02-2013 ਵਾਲੀ ਚਿੱਠੀ ਜੋ ਉਸੇ ਦਿਨ ਮੀਡੀਆ ਨੂੰ ਜਾਰੀ ਕਰ ਦਿਤੀ ਸੀ ਜਿਹੜੀ ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ ਪੰਥ ਦੇ ਨਾਮ ਲਿਖੀ ਗਈ ਸੀ, ਉਸ ਚਿੱਠੀ ਨੂੰ 8 ਦਿਨ ਬਾਅਦ ਬਹੁਤ ਹੁਣ ਗ਼ਲਤ ਅਤੇ ਗੁਮਰਾਹਕੁਨ ਢੰਗ ਨਾਲ ਪੇਸ਼ ਕੀਤਾ ਹੈ।’’ ਭਾਈ ਰਾਜੋਆਣਾ ਦੀ ਭੈਣ ਕਮਲਦੀਪ ਕੌਰ ਨੇ ਸਪੋਕਸਮੈਨ ਨੂੰ ਦਸਿਆ ਕਿ ਸ. ਬਲਵੰਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਰਾਜੋਆਣਾ ਨੇ ਇਹ ਚਿੱਠੀ ਅਫ਼ਜ਼ਲ ਗੁਰੂ ਨੂੰ ...

By Elizabeth Dinan A former tenant of the Feaster Apartments public housing building is being held on $25,000 cash-only bail for a pair of felonies alleging he twice raped a disabled neighbor. tenant verification Charged with two counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault is Paul Fierley, 50, who police said was evicted from the public housing building in January, due to “his behavior toward other reside ...

By Zaheerul Hassan On February 24, 2013 a serving Indian Army Col Ajay Chowdhary, Public Relation Officer (PRO) and Spokesman to its Army was arrested on Sunday for carrying drugs in Manipur.  According to TV reports, Col Ajay was arrested with five other people’s red handed for carrying drugs worth Rs 30 crores market value.   Arrested persons also include an Assistant manager of the leading airline in the ...

By Sajjad Shaukat After the Kirani Road incident which killed more than 100 persons of the Hazara Shias in Quetta on February 17, this year, a controversial debate continues in our country, while, some politicians and media anchors have been blaming security forces and intelligence agencies about the Hazara carnage, deteriorating law and order situation of Balochistan province including overall phenomena of ...