By Sukhanver A few days back the Pakistan’s High Commission at New Delhi received an anonymous warning letter in which the staff members of the High commission were threatened seriously,” reported the Times of India last month. According to the details the staff members of the Pakistan’s High Commission raised the issue with Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs which ultimately discussed the matter with ...

  By Sajjad Shaukat Hindu politics and culture, dominated by the fundamentalist parties such as BJP, RSS, VHP, Shiv Sena and other similar groups which have been propagating Hindutva (Hindu nationalism) are feeling pleasure, because Indian elections based on media campaign against Islam and Muslims, enabled BJP hardliner Narendra Modi to get a land sliding triumph in the Indian elections 2014. Whereas the I ...

By Zaheerul Hassan  A major breakthrough has been observed when in the last week of May 2014 the Mehsud section of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) announced its delinking from Mullah Fazlullah, who was elected “Ameer” of TTP. In this connection, new spokesman Azim Tariq claimed that Pakistani Taliban are “misguided” and “agents of foreign secret agencies,” However, Mesudes of Waziristan elected Khalid ...

  By Brig® Mehboob Qadir Armies are peculiar reflections of their national history, culture and mother society. Within each army there are sub structures which correspond to the functional and operational needs of the force as it might be deployed for war, security or humanitarian tasks. However the key is that their mission statement must remain intact. An attempt to adulterate the army’s mission with subj ...

                                         By Sajjad Shaukat Although some elements have been criticizing the Geo TV channel for defaming the armed forces and ISI since the day the Journalist Hamid Mir was injured in an attack by the unidentified gunmen in Karachi, yet without naming Pak Army or Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI), they misconceived that the latter is backing the ongoing protest rallies, ...

By: Sohail Parwaz If all the channel owners or their key personnel and the chief editors are asked for their qualification, people will be shocked to know that hardly five percent of them are the professional journalists. At the same time, the professionals who believe in credibility, objectivity, and honesty as essential parts of ethical journalism are being sidelined where they just sulk and spit. The ala ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Staunch Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi propelled his right-wing fascist party BJP to a stunning electoral triumph on May 16, 2014, with the biggest winning margin any government in India has enjoyed in the last three decades. BJP traces its roots to Bharatiya Jana Sangh, established in 1951, as a political wing of RSS. In 1967, BJP gained substantial foothold in Hindi speaking regions o ...

By Ali Sukhanver Intelligence agencies are established to strengthen and safeguard the boundaries of a country against the hostile forces. The working of intelligence agencies has always been one of the most favourite topics for the political analysts throughout the world but usually the writers and analysts avoid direct commenting on the working and organizational set up of the intelligence agencies of the ...