By Sajjad Shaukat Some analysts see terror-attacks on various religious communities, sects and ethnic groups in isolation, while these are part of a perennial wave of subversive acts in the country, arranged by the anti-Pakistan foreign countries, and followed by a deliberate propaganda to destabilize and denuclearize it. In this respect, Indian aggressive designs could be judged by its civil and militar ...

                                           By   Mohammad Jamil According to Additional Inspector General of Karachi Police Shahid Hayat, the detained suspect MQM worker Kazim Abbas Rizvi, had killed Advocate Naimat Ali Randhawa for pursuing the case of TV reporter Wali Khan Babar who had been killed in 2011. He said Advocate Randhawa’s murder was a “politically motivated targeted killing”. Addressing a pres ...

 by Asif Haroon Raja The Army and paramilitary forces are fighting a guerrilla war against home based militants in the northwest since 2002 without a break. The militants are Islamists waging an ideological war to establish Islamic Caliphate. They neither believe in Pakistan’s constitution nor in democracy saying these are of western model and anti-Islamic. They had picked up arms against the state in react ...

                           By   Mohammad Jamil The destiny of a nation depends on the determination of its people; but there has to be a leader with vision, courage and wisdom with a credible team to inspire them to unite in their struggle for safeguarding the sovereignty and independence of their country. In Pakistan, the myriad political and religious parties, intellectuals, pseudo-intellectuals have vari ...

  By    Mohammad Jamil The Pakistani Taliban has demanded release of militant prisoners and withdrawal troops from the tribal areas. “Pakistan must take steps which can develop an atmosphere of trust and can remove doubts and suspicion. We cannot move forward unless the government accepts our demands”, spokesman for the banned TTP told the BBC and western news agencies. As a gesture of goodwill or confidenc ...

                                      By Sajjad Shaukat Since the present government of Pakistan has started its move to exchange Dr. Aafia Siddiqui with Dr. Shakeel Afridi, some high officials and leaders of the ruling party have been appreciating this illogical decision. Otherwise, no comparison can be made between the cases of Aafia and Shakeel, which are quite different from each other. Dr Afridi was ar ...

By Mohammad Jamil        Life was paralysed in Karachi on Wednesday amid gunfire and arson attacks after police arrested Nadim Hashmi, a former MPA of the MQM, on murder and terror charges over the killing of two cops. At least four vehicles were torched, and schools, shops and petrol stations were closed. Since the targeted operation started in Karachi, scores of activists belonging to religious outfits, p ...

By Brig  (Retired)  Sher Shah This is apropos letter of Air Cdre ® Khayyam Durrani on some suggestions for national security policy, published in Dawn of August 30, where in he has suggested deputing intelligence agencies to formulate National Security Policy. With due respect, I differ to say that these agencies are equipped to provide input but formulation of national security policy is beyond their prowe ...