By Mehboob Qadir We lost our social cohesion and civil anchorage, in fact our place in history, when River Hakra, the legendary Saraswati, turned away from us thousands of years ago. It was the mother river on whose banks Indus Civilization was born and prospered to become one of the largest and the most enlightened civilizations in the world. It held sway in many different ways over the plains of united Pu ...

In recent times, a great deal of controversy has centered around the burqa. In 2011, France banned the niqab and burqa. Bulgaria, Egypt and Chad, among others, also banned the burqa, with Morocco banning the sale, import and manufacture of burqas in 2017. The reasons behind the ban have been varied, with security concerns being an overriding contributor to the decision to ban the garment. However, there are ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Pakistan is a grave victim of water scarcity, because of being on lower riparian in relation to the rivers emanating from the Indian-Held Kashmir (IHK). India has never missed an opportunity to harm Pakistan since its inception; it is creating deliberate water shortages for Pakistan with the aim to impair Pakistan agriculturally. Historically, India has been trying to establish her hegemon ...

Posted By Zaheerul Hassan  BJP government not only taken unpopular decisions but also devised highly foolish policies to run internal and external policies. The recent policy of cancellation of currency notes all over the country is being condemned. Even in this regard RBI Staff of India criticized and admitted in a letter that Indian Reserve Bank image all over the globe is being dented due to government's ...

By Asif Haroon Raja The recently approved Pakistan Electronic Crime Act by the Parliament and promulgation of cybercrime law specifying punishments to the wrongdoers operating in the world of media with absolute callousness has alarmed the dissidents and made them cautious. In the last 12 days five social media activists including blogger Salman Haider have gone missing from Islamabad and Lahore. The other ...

By Rida Zaheer Five days, Australia and Pakistan will land in Brisbane Cricket ground on January 13, 2017 (Friday) Chris Lynn and Billy Stanlake from Australia and from Pakistan sides are not going to be on the screen tomorrow. Australian Team has the edge of clean sweep in the recently held test series and thus placed No. 1 in the ICC ODI rankings, will go into the first game as favourites. Australia, the ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Displacement of pro-Saudi Mansoor Hadi’s govt in Yemen and capture of the capital city of Sanaa by the Huthis (Zaidi Shias in northern Yemen) and large swathes of territory in southern Yemen alarmed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), since its vulnerable backyard was threatened. It was already feeling uneasy because of Iran’s expanding ideological war with the help of its allies comprisi ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Terrorist carried out bomb blast in the southern city of Kandahar when meeting was going on between senior official and diplomats from UAE. The ambassador of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Afghanistan wounded along with 39 other people, including the provincial governor. At least seven people killed in this blast. In a statement, the UAE foreign ministry said it was "following the hein ...