PSLA-2016 is in its way  and presenting soft image of Pakistan every team by allowing girls to perform. Quetta Gladiators, Peshawar Zalmi & Islamabad United qualify for playoffs. (After losing to Peshawar, Karachi’s only chance to qualify for play-offs is if Lahore loses to Islamabad today. If Lahore wins, they will qualify for playoffs.) Team M W L N/R Pts RR Peshawar Zalmi 8 6 2 0 12 +0.573 Quetta Gla ...

By Asif Haroon Raja General Afghanistan is connected with South Asia, Middle East and Central Asia. It shares 1400 km border with Pakistan and its 42% of Afghan Pashtuns share religious, ethnic, linguistic and cultural ties with 15.2 million Pakistani Pashtuns. Pashtuns living in close vicinity of Durand Line have blood relations and the border has never acted as a barrier in their cross border movement. Pa ...

نغمہ حبیب پاکستان پچھلی کئی دہائیوں سے دہشت گردی اور دہشت گردوں کے خلاف برسر پیکارہے ایک فتنہ ختم ہوتا ہے تو دوسرا سر اٹھا تا ہے، روس سے جان چھوٹتی ہے تو امریکہ و بال جان بن جاتا ہے، روس افغان جنگ ختم ہو تی ہے تو امریکہ افغان جنگ شروع ہو جاتی ہے ۔ جنگ افغانستان میں اور تباہی پاکستان میں، طالبان، بے شمار قسم کے لشکر کبھی لشکر جھنگوی، کبھی سپاہِ صحابہ، مذہب کے نام پر کبھی بی ایل اے جیسی تنظیمیں علاقائی سیاست ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on his return from KPK chaired a meeting ofcorps commanders at GHQ Rawalpindi on, 10th February, 2016. In this conference, the military leadership has reviewed the progress of operation Zarb-e-Azb and emphasized on the need of eliminating terrorism, requirement of giving special focus on return of Temporarily Displaced Persons (TDPs) to the ...

By Sajjad Shaukat As regards terrorism, Machiavelli advises the rulers to have a lion-like image outwardly, and act upon the traits of goat inwardly. He also suggests them foreign adventures and the use of terror to obtain their goals. In his sense, a good ruler should be a good opportunist and hypocrite. While echoing Machiavelli, Morgenthau points out that sometimes, rulers act upon immoral activities lik ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The 11th of February is being celebrated as the martyrdom anniversary of Maqbool Bhat who was hanged by the then Indian regime on February 11, 1984 in Tihar Jail as the reprisal expressed by New Delhi. He was hanged to take the revenge of the killing of an Indian Diplomat by some unknown organization claiming to be Kashmiri. It was an act of shame for a country called India, as even after ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The 9th of February 9 is being celebrated as the martyrdom anniversary of Muhammad Afzal Guru whom India secretly hanged and buried inside the Tihar jail complex on February 9, 2013. It triggered protests in Kashmir and widespread condemnations from various political and human rights organisations. Afzal Guru was convicted in 2001 Parliament attack case and awarded death sentence. Afzal ha ...

By Ali Sukhanver Majority is authority; that is why the Indian extremists have always been afraid of Muslim majority everywhere in India particularly in the areas like Indian Occupied Kashmir. They want to turn the Muslim majority into a minority and for this purpose they are doing all their best. Under the ‘kind’ command of Mr. Modi precautionary measures are being taken seriously. Special lands are being ...