By Asif Haroon Raja Presidential election held on 30 June 2013 kicked up lot of dust owing to PPP’s cranky behavior. PML-N’s demand to seek a change of date was not with mala fide intention. It was wrong on part of well-meaning but secular Fakhru Bhai not to understand the significance of 27th Ramadan which fell on 6th August and that many either sit in Aitiqaf or perform Umrah during last ten days of Ramad ...

By N Khan Recent incident in Islamabad during which presumably a mentally unstable armed person with no past record of any violence or criminal act held the capital city hostage for five hours. Event has exposed the inefficacy, mental immobility and indecisiveness of government besides lack of professionalism of LEAs and ineptness as well as immaturity of predominant media.  In this advance age when informa ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat Although Indian blame game against Pakistan about violations at the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir has hidden purposes, yet it has been creating anti-Pakistan chauvinism.  Even such a phenomenon was also created by Indian rulers in normal circumstances, when in May 1998; New Delhi detonated five nuclear tests, and compelled Pakistan to follow the suit. However, by acting upon a preplann ...

KARACHI, Aug 14 (APP): The day dawned with 21 gun salutes in the metropolis to mark the 67th Independence day of Pakistan on Wednesday.Thanksgiving prayers were also offered after Namaz-e-Fajar in the mosques at all PN units and establishments for solidarity and prosperity of the nation, said a statement. All naval ships and establishments were decorated and illuminated in Navy’s traditional manner.Various ...

 Posted By Rida Zaheer Pakistan is passing  under the  turmoil of internal and external terrorism .  We lost thousands of   individuals in fighting militancy. Our soldiers set   excellent examples of valiant actions in elimination of terrorism. In this regard over 3000 soldiers sacrifice their lives. On 14 August, 2013 , Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has called for creating a national ...

            By Ali Sukhanver Whenever we discuss the role of law enforcement agencies, particularly with specific reference to the continuous wave of terrorism in Pakistan, we simply ignore the reality that the role and responsibility of the law enforcement agencies is absolutely different from that of the intelligence agencies. And not only in Pakistan but all over the world, this difference in the working ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat Quite contrary to the propaganda of foreign-backed elements that a majority of the Baloch people has been fighting for the secession of the Balochistan province, a number of developments have indicated that the Baloch people are loyal to Pakistan. Their faithfulness to the federation proved quite true when by ignoring boycott-call of  the separatist outfits, Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), ...

Indian soldiers were killed when they tried to tresspass a house with mall intentions. ISLAMABAD: The Afghan Taliban rejected claims by Indian security officials that they  were involved in the recent killing of five Indian soldiers along the Line of Control in  Indian occupied  Kashmir region as “illogical and baseless” on Saturday. Reportedly, the Indian soldiers were killed in a clash by the locals when ...