By Zaheerul Hassan Handing over two pusher tugs on Tuesday, Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KS&EW) is all set to deliver to Pakistan Navy the 4th F-22 P Frigate PNS ASLAT next month. Also, the KS&EW is constructing for Navy a fast attack missile craft and a 32-ton tug expected to be handed over as per contract schedule. The Navy has also signed a contract with KS&EW for construction of ...

MODERATOR:  Zaheerul Hassan  It is evident from the reprots that Pakistan has taken a stern action against the culprits those burnt Christians' houses  in Lahore. But on the other side state terrorism has been done against Muslims, Siks and Christians. Following the presentations of the Dalit and Christian speakers, there was still about 80-min left for the session to go. The moderator, Dr Graves, had told ...

By Balbir Singh Sooch Rape (the crime of using force somebody to have sexual intercourse with somebody) is directly proportional-relative, comparative to complicated-complex, difficult, intricate, knotty, full of twists and turns (composed of many interrelated parts or features-difficult to understand, deal with, or explain-as life is complicated enough as it is) social (collective has also different meanin ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Although peace and brinksmanship cannot co-exist in the modern era, yet India seeks to destabilise South Asia through its aggressive designs. In this regard, in its report, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) disclosed on March 20, 2012, “India is the world’s largest recipient of arms…India’s imports of major weapons increased by 38 percent between 2002-06 and 2007 ...

 Asif Haroon Raja Making an assessment of the Pakistan’s obtaining internal and external environment, it will not be wrong to say that the situation is far more critical than what it had been in 1970-71. At that time it was only eastern wing which was in turmoil. Rebellious Mukti Bahinis were in league with India and Soviet Union was in backup support. But now Pakistan is up against Indo-US-Israel-UK-Afghan ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Jorge Mario Bergoglio 76-year-old Archbishop of Buenos Aires has been choosen Poper and to be called Pope Francis. He became a cardinal in 2001. He was reportedly one of the front runners in 2005 and now appears to have been elected as the first pope from outside of Europe. The election procedutre took  3 days . It's the first time the name has ever been chosen and perhaps there is a symb ...

  By Sajjad Shaukat By rejecting US growing pressure and defying the threat of sanctions, on March 11, this year, Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari inaugurated the much-delayed section of a $7.5 billion Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline project with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. President Ahmadinejad hailed that work on the pipeline project was going ahead despite US-led international sanctions a ...

By Asif Haroon Raja   The US-NATO-CIA-Afghan regime-India have been continually casting aspersions on the ISI that it is ‘intimately involved’ with the insurgency in Afghanistan and is secretly aiding Afghan Taliban. They allege that but for ISI’s support; the Taliban couldn’t have snatched the initiative from them and forced them to withdraw. Although the allegation is baseless and unsubstantiated, for arg ...