Chinese naval ships in Pakistan's Gwadar port call for a rethink of India's regional policy Regional alignments are shifting with China, Pakistan, Russia and Iran coming together. by MK Bhadrakumar Published Nov 27, 2016 The transformation of Gwadar port on the Pakistan coast as a base for Chinese Navy ships was long expected, but when media reports actually appeared on Friday to that effect, it was startli ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Gen Musharraf after coming to power through a military coup on October 12, 1999 decided to boost up and modernize electronic media by allowing foreign ownership in the name of freedom of expression and to show soft image of Pakistan to the west. His concept of enlightened moderation also had similar ambition of promoting liberalism. Private TV channels were given a free hand to broadcast ...

By Zaheerul Hassan As per tradition  of Pakistan Army Incumbent Army chief, General Raheel Sharif will hand over command to newly appointed as General Bajwa Chief of Army Staff (COAS) on November 29, 2016. Whereas, , General Zubair Mahmood Hayat has been appointed Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJSC). Incumbent CJCSC General Rashid Mahmood is also set to retire on November 29. A notification anno ...

By Sajjad Shaukat On 26th of November 2011, the US-led NATO forces attacked two Pakistani check-posts on Pak-Afghan border and martyred 24 Pakistani military personnel indiscriminately. In this regard, two American Apache helicopters and two F-15 Eagle fighter jets targeted the two Pakistani posts, Boulder and Volcano, situated at Salala in the Baizai tehsil of Mohmand Agency. The airstrike was carried out ...

By  Yasmeen Aftab Ali  On 9 November 2016, Donald Trump was elected as the President of the United States. This sparked widespread concern across the globe, especially among the international Muslim community. Trump has, during his presidential campaign, made several remarks which indicate that the Muslim minority in the United States are likely to be subject to discrimination once Trump assumes office in 2 ...

By: Balbir Singh Sooch-Sikh Vichar Manch We should not ever oppose blindly if we find good results of the steps taken like ‘DEMONETIZATION’ Etc though we as individuals are useless to help anyone, whoever is anytime in the grip of agony and or State Terrorism like facing many since long in India including I and my family faced in the hands of terrorism of State of Punjab and continuing so. But nobody can de ...

By  Asif Haroon Raja MQM’s fascism The MQM under Altaf Hussain reigned supreme in urban Sindh from 1988 till March 2013. It expanded its political power by introducing the cultures of dead bodies filled in sacks, extortion, kidnapping for ransom, torture cells, target killings, no-go areas and strikes to paralyze the city. Despite its policy of fascism, terrorism, blackmailing tactics and imperiousness, and ...

By Asif Haroon Raja The political temperature that had begun to boil from 28 October onward became menacing on the following three days, but mercifully it scaled down dramatically on the evening of November 01 after Imran Khan (IK) decided to call off his much hyped foray into Islamabad (Isbd) on November 2. IK led PTI had been drumming up the Panama papers scandal since April 2016 and straining their lungs ...