By Sajjad Shaukat Having strong foundation, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are maintaining a close friendship with each other, which covers religious, strategic, military and economic interests of a great magnitude. People of Pakistan have a strong attachment to Islam. Hence, they enormously respect Saudi Arabia as origin of Islam, where two holiest cities Mecca and Medina are situated. Millions o ...

By Asif Haroon Raja The voters went to the allocated polling stations early in the morning of July 25 to take part in the 13th general elections. The voting started at 8 a.m. amidst sea of doubts, skepticism, hopes and high emotions. 85000 polling stations had been established all over the country and elaborate arrangements were made by the caretakers to ensure free and fair elections. For the first time, t ...

ڈاکٹر شیر شاہ سید میری بیٹی نے مجھے دو دفعہ حیران کیا۔ پہلی دفعہ جب اس نے مجھے لندن سے فون کرکے بتایا کہ وہ لاہورسے آئے ہوئے اپنے ہم جماعت لڑکے کے ساتھ شادی کرنا چاہتی ہے اوروہ یہ بھی چاہتی ہے کہ اس کی ماں کومیں سمجھاؤں کیوں کہ اس کا خیال تھا کہ مجھے تو کوئی اعتراض نہیں ہوگا لیکن اس کی ماں اور نانی طوفان کھڑا کردیں گی۔ دوسری دفعہ اس وقت جب منگنی کے بعد شادی سے صرف تین ماہ قبل اس نے مجھے رشتہ ٹوٹ جانے کی خب ...

By Sajjad Shaukat When Pakistan emerged as the independent state on August 14, 1947, the country inherited 20 percent of the subcontinent’s population. Pakistan’s share in industry was less than seven percent, mostly consisting of small-scale and minor industrial units. Pakistan had no large industry. Pakistan that included East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) as well had only 34 factories. The total employment p ...

Highlits by Balbir Singh Soach Posted By Zaheerul Hassan 1. Rahul Gandhi, President of the Congress cited ‘The Economist Magazine’ to say that India has become one of the dangerous places in the world for women. He said that gangrapes and atrocities against women have drastically increased, as have brutalities against Dalits, adivasis and minorities. “I want to ask the prime minister – are Dalits, adivasis ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Birth of Pakistan was seen as a miracle of 20th century. Its survival under extreme odds was indeed a bigger miracle. History depicts that Radcliffe award was critical in sowing the seeds of animosity among numerous communities and hence led to a bloody and violent partition. Kashmir was the unfinished agenda of the partition left behind by the British which has kept India and Pakistan p ...

By Ali Sukhanver Hundreds of human rights victims, activists, diplomats, journalists and student leaders are invited to attend a summit which is organized on the eve of the United Nations Human Rights Council’s main annual session every year in the month of February. This summit is known as the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy. This Summit is sponsored by a coalition of 25 human rights NGOs from ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The Government of Pakistan and the concerned departments are providing friendly environment for investment opportunities in the petrochemical industry of Pakistan. As a result of various financial and structural reforms, the oil & gas sector has already emerged as one of the most attractive sectors for investment in the country. Such a policy for further development in the oil & ga ...