By Asif Haroon Raja In the aftermath of 9/11 which paralyzed the American society, when born-again Christian George W. Bush backed by intellectually bankrupt bunch of neo-cons announced his decision to launch a crusade against Afghanistan, there was a thunderous applause from Americans. The Europeans joined the chorus of jingoists. Tony Blair acted more loyal than the king and volubly supported the invasion ...

By  Asif Haroon Raja BJP under Narendra Modi is ruling the roost in India for the third time. This time its victory was comprehensive. 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 of northern India. BJP firmly established itself under Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1980. In 1984, the BJP won only tw ...

By: Sohail Parwaz “. ………. Particularly I thank our Muslim brethren of the tribal areas across the NWFP for their messages of good wishes and greetings, which have come in large numbers, and I take this opportunity to assure them that we shall, adjust and settle our affairs in a brotherly way. There is no desire on our part to interfere with their freedom. We shall be happy to meet them and enter into such a ...

by Ali Sukhanver Absence of law and misuse of law are absolutely two different things belonging to the same category but the latter is more dangerous rather heinously harmful.  Wise people say ‘a society could never be made prosperous through charity; prosperity is directly linked with the presence of justice.’ Misuse of law means injustice. Unfortunately even in highly developed, educated and civilized soc ...

By  Asif Haroon Raja “How many deaths will it take till he knows      that too many people have died?” – Bob Dylan Before discussing the diametrically opposing options, it will be worthwhile to delve into the recent history and bring to light the circumstances which have brought Pakistan to such an impasse. Ongoing dialogue process has run into difficulties and seems to be collapsing. Authenticity of 9/11 T ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Gen Musharraf after coming to power through a military coup on October 12, 1999 decided to boost up and modernize electronic media by allowing foreign ownership in the name of freedom of expression. Private TV channels were given a free hand to broadcast their own programs and news in 2002. Till that time, apart from few private channels, PTV had remained the sole channel. Within few yea ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Indian spin masters in league with other adversaries of Pakistan are deeply involved in bringing a bad name to Pakistan and its premier institutions through a calculated psychological war since 2002. 9/11 had given an opportunity to India to conduct proxy war against Pakistan using Afghan soil. Covert war designed to destabilize Pakistan and force it to accept India as the regional hegem ...

"Dr Awatar Singh Sekhon (Machaki) Comments" Janab Ahmed Sohail Siddiqui ji, Aslaam O Alaikum! Indeed, I fully agree with your call of 26th May, 2014, to boycott the swearing in ceremony of criminal Narender Modi, whose administration carried out the "Genocide of Muslims of Gujarat" in 2002-2003, in which more than 15,000 innocent Muslims (unborn infants, their pregnant mothers' stomachs slashed, fetuses rem ...