By Asif Haroon Raja Imtiaz Alam is irreconcilable and incurable since he compulsively speaks negatively. He is among the small band of faultfinders in Pakistan that see everything in Pakistan through jaundiced lenses and spare no opportunity to portray Pakistan and its institutions as well as the Islamists (referred to as fundos, extremists and jihadists) in poor light. In a TV program on August 3, I heard ...

By Sajjad Shauka tFrom time to time, controversy arises between Afghanistan and Pakistan when Afghan officials refused to recognize the Durand Line which is the 2640 kilometer long and porous border, situated between both the countries. The issue again came to the limelight on June 12, 2016 when Afghan security forces started unprovoked firing at Torkham border crossing, resulting in injuries to more than 1 ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai So much for Ban Ki-moon’s heart and possibly even more so his soul. One can only recall the quote in Matthew and the betrayal of Jesus, “When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this Man's blood; see to that yourselves." The United Nations has walked away ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Suicide bombers hit three cities of Saudi Arabia on July 4, this year and killed at least four people in the holy month of Ramadan, near the day of Eid al-Fitr. The first attack occurred near the US Consulate in Jeddah. One explosion rocked Qatif in eastern Saudi Arabia when a suicide bomber attempted to launch an assault at a Shia mosque. The other suicide bomber detonated a bomb near the ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Under the pretext of American so-called counterinsurgency programme, and by implementing the anti-Muslim policy of his predecessor, the US President Barack Obama has broken all the record of human rights by extrajudicial killings of the innocent people through CIA-operated drone attacks in Afghanistan, Somalia, Yemen etc. in general and Pakistan in particular, while, the United States clai ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan is caught up in a paradoxical situation. The US as well as the unity government in Kabul have been pressing Pakistan to convince the Afghan Taliban to come to the negotiating table and help in restoring peace in war torn Afghanistan. At the same time they do not want Pakistan to maintain contacts with Taliban and are urging it to fight them. Last year, with great efforts Pakista ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Located on the southwestern coast of Pakistan, Balochistan’s Gwadar seaport is close to the Strait of Hormuz from where more than 17 million barrels of oil passes every day. Its ideal location among South Asia, the oil-rich Middle East, and oil and gas-resourced Central Asia has further increased its strategic significance. Besides, Balochistan’s abundant mineral resources irritate the eye ...

نغمہ حبیب موسموں کے غیر معمولی تغیر و تبدل نے دنیا کے طبعی حالات پر ہمیشہ اپنے اثرات چھوڑے ہیں اور پھر ان طبعی حالات نے انسانی زندگی پر بھی انمٹ نقوش چھوڑے ہیں اُس نے اسی پانی کے کنارے فصلیں اگائیں ، آباد یاں بسائیں، تہذیبوں نے اسی کے کنارے اپنے خدوخال وضع کیے، ایسا ازل سے ہور ہا ہے اور نہ صرف آج تک جاری ہے بلکہ مستقبل میں تو اسی پانی کے حصول کے لیے جنگوں کی پیشن گوئیاں کی جا رہی ہیں اور حالات و واقعات بتات ...