By Sajjad Shaukat During the Security Council’s debate on June 20, this year, Pakistan’s permanent Ambassador to the UN Masood Khan categorically rejected the accusations of Afghan Ambassador Zahir Tanin over existence of terrorists’ sanctuaries in Pakistan, from where terrorists are being sent to Afghanistan. Khan pointed out, “terrorists’ many attacks against Pakistan are planned on Afghan soil.” He furth ...

No need for probe, culprits known: DC BURHAN KHAN Srinagar, June 30 (GNS): Massive protests broke out in Sumbal area of Bandipora in North Kashmir following the death of two persons in alleged army firing. Police have registered a case for murder against the army with administration maintaining that there was no need for any probe into the incident as ‘culprits are known.” Sources told Global News Service t ...

Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan faces formidable array of challenges, both at external and internal fronts. Internal threats are as daunting and menacing as the external threat. So much so that for the first time in Pakistan’s history, it cannot be discerned with certainty which of the two threats is more dangerous? The Army Chief Gen Kayani has however plainly graded internal threat to the security and integrity ...

 By Asif Haroon Raja On assuming office in January 2009, Barack Obama shifted the US emphasis from Iraq to Afghanistan and within a year approved two troop surges to enable Gen McChrystal to wrest the initiative from Taliban and possibly defeat them. Increase in quantum of troops and launching a major operation in Helmand rather than weakening the Taliban further galvanized them to hit back more ferociously ...

(ایس اکبر) وطن عزیز کے طول وعرض میں قائم دینی مدارس قرآن و حدیث کی تعلیم وتدریس میں اہم کردار ادا کر رہے ہیں اور یہ دینی ادارے اسلام کے امن و سلامتی کے پیغام کو فروغ دینے کا مرکز تصور کیے جاتے ہیں جن سے ہزاروں طلباء فیضیاب ہو کردینی خدمات سر انجام دے رہے ہیں ۔ افغانستان میں سویت یونین کے حملے کے بعد ان دینی مدارس میں سے  چند ایک میں افغان جہاد کے لیے جہادی تربیت کا سلسلہ شروع  کیا گیا اور جہادیوں نے اپنے ہم ...

  (ایس اکبر) جس نے ایک انسان کا قتل کیا گویا اس نے پوری انسانیت کا قتل کیا۔ (القرآن)         گزشتہ کئی سالوں سے دہشت گردی کی اذیت ناک لہر نے امتِ مسلمہ کا بالعموم اور پاکستان کو بالخصوص بدنام کر رکھا ہے۔ آگ اور خون کے کھیل نے پچھلے کئی سالوں کے دوران بہت سے بے گناہ اور معصوم انسانوں کو ہم سے جدا کر دیا اور لا تعداد خاندانوں کو دُکھوں سے آشکار کیا۔دہشت گردی کے سونامی سے زندگی مفلوج ہو کر رہ گئی ہے۔ دہشت گرد ...

United State tussle with Russia over Snowden has become a new bone of contentions between two traditional rivals. Russia denied presence of any contract with U.S. over exchange of prisoners.  Putin said, yes, he's at a Moscow airport, and no, you can't have him. Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the first official acknowledgment of the whereabouts of National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden on Tue ...

   By Sajjad Shaukat In the recent years, reports came to the limelight about involvement of Indian Amry’s high and low-ranking officials in various scandals of sexual harassment and raping women. But such abuses have enveloped the tourist ladies, assaulted by Indian civilians. Every one realises that rape against women is a shameless act of immorality in which anti-social elements driven by their animal in ...