By  Zaheerul Hassan A blast was reported to have taken place in a Muharram mourning procession on Misrihall road in Rawalpindi, Express News reported. The police sources had told him that the blast took place in the mourning procession near Dhok Saeydan. President, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has strongly and PML(N) Chief Nawaz Shrief condemned the bomb blast in Rawalpindi, and expressed grief and sor ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Pak-Iranian relations are rapidly strengthening day by day. During the visit of Iran’s Vice President for International Affairs Ali Seedlou, both the countries signed three agreements on November 13, this year as part of Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) to promote economic cooperation, timely completion of Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline project and electricity import from Iran. Both th ...

By Professor Ali Sukhanver:   [caption id="attachment_3997" align="alignright" width="236"] Malala-Yousaf undr treatment in Uk[/caption] What happened to Malala is not simply a tale of brutality, cruelty, violence and aggression, it is something else based on intrigue and conspiracy. Though the militants in Pakistan are being held responsible for this cowardly inhuman action against an innocent young girl b ...

by Khalid Khokhar WHILE addressing a group of officers at GHQ on November 5, the Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani warned that much is desired for all state institutions to work within their constitutional limits. The political pundits observed that the statement carried veiled challenges to the judiciary as well as media creating uproar in political, legal and social circles. The stateme ...

Posted By Zaheerul Hassan Pop star Justin Bieber's 'Baby' video has become the first promo to pass 800 million views on YouTube. Bieber hit the milestone on Friday, 33 months after his break-out video debuted in February, 2010, reported Daily Express. The feat appears to be remarkable until you consider South Korean pop sensation Psy's video for Gangnam Style is just 60 million views behind. Psy's promo fir ...

Asif Haroon Raja India is largest in size and population and militarily and economically the strongest country in South Asia. Indian Army of 1.4 million with 34 combat divisions is the third largest in the world and Indian air force and navy too are formidable. India has made its standing in the world because of its geo-strategic importance and huge economic market. Diplomatically it is well placed in the w ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Although corruption is rampant in many Third World countries, yet it has rapidly increased in India where some families have good standards of living due to corruption, while the majority cannot get two meals a day. In this regard, Indian activist Anna Hazare who incited the country last year with his hunger strikes against corruption, began a new fast on July 29, this year to press demand ...

Asif Haroon Raja US-NATO continue to reiterate the old allegation that the ISI is ‘intimately involved’ with the insurgency in Afghanistan and is secretly aiding Haqqani network. Although the allegation is frivolous, even for argument sake it is hypothesized that the ISI is involved, what is so strange about it and why should it surprise NATO or the US? Why should it cause so much anguish since all the inte ...