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 So much so is about the armies but there are incidents when the civilians volunteer themselves to be used as human shields. In November 2006, Palestinian women volunteered as human shields to allow the escape of Hamas gunmen from Israeli forces in Beit ul Hanuon in the Gaza Strip. The armed Palestinians had confined themselves in a mosque which was surrounded by Israeli troops and tanks. M ...

By Sajjad Shaukat [caption id="attachment_2898" align="alignright" width="300"] North Waziristan[/caption] On June 15, this year, Pakistan’s armed forces started a full scale operation “Zarb-e-Azb” against terrorists in North Wazirastan Agency. In this regard, DG, ISPR, Gen. Asim Saleem Bajwa said: “On the directions of the Government, Armed forces of Pakistan have launched a comprehensive operation against ...

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: Sohail Parwaz First premise: All Christians believe in God. Second premise: All Muslims believe in God. Conclusion: All Christians are Muslims. This is rather an extreme but certainly ideal example of abusing logic and drawing a biased conclusion from perfectly correct premises. People do make logical mistakes and the conclusion drawn from the premises given here is also the same type of muddle, but wit ...

WASHINGTON , Jun 13(ZM36 News Agency) U.S. President Obama stated that still no decision have been made with regards to landing U.S. troop in aid of Iraqi  Forces. While taking here on Friday he said that he would make a decision “in the days ahead” about whether to use American military power to help the besieged Iraqi government stave off collapse at the hands of Islamist insurgents, but he ruled out usin ...

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 ...

No doubt, law protects the rights of the weak and the poor by addressing the grievances of the distressed parties. Fairness of judicial system resuscitates the entire national edifice through distinguished and valuable verdicts, while maintaining symmetrical impartiality. The system ensures provision of justice to every citizen, irrespective of color, creed, caste, political affiliation, socio-economic stat ...