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 Sajjad Shaukat In the recent years, reports came to the limelight about involvement of Indian Amry’s high and low-ranking officials in various scandals of sexual harassment and raping women. But such abuses have enveloped the tourist ladies, assaulted by Indian civilians. Every one realises that rape against women is a shameless act of immorality in which anti-social elements driven by their animal in ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Shocking and sad news was waiting for me, once I reached after Jumma prayers back to my home. But of course, it would have been more miserable and shocking for the relatives of victims who have been martyred in attack during prayers in Shia Muslim’s Mosque at Peshawar. Killing of MPA Sajid Qureshi and his son “Waqas” again would have been proven a great setback for ther love ones. The dec ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat While following the double standard of some western countries about terrorism, and speaking in the US baseless tone that Pakistan should ‘do more’ against the militants, Indian Defence Minister AK Antony said on June 18, this year that Pakistan must take strong action against terrorist groups operating from its soil. Antony’s statement becomes India’s blatant joke about terrorism, if we w ...

  By Sajjad Shaukat June 15 was the blackest day in the history of Pakistan as militants carried out the most dastardly terror-attack on Quaid-e-Azam residency in Ziarat, Balochistan. They damaged the entire structure of the residence, and replaced Pakistan’s flag with that of Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA). Quaid’s residency was a symbol of the state; therefore the attack which suddenly shocked the enti ...