Asif Haroon Raja India’s four-fold caste system which tears apart its social fabric and divides people into warring groups is a unique case in world history. Brahmans insist that castes are divinely sanctioned and cannot be changed or abrogated. The system devised by the Brahmans gives them the divine right to rule, to plunder wealth of lower castes. Latter are destined to remain subservient to higher caste ...

                     By Sajjad Shaukat:   Majority of our political experts see CIA-operated drone attacks in Pakistan in isolation, while these are co-related with other subversive activities, which have perennially been taking place in various regions as part of the US secret strategy against the country. When in the past, the elected government of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) had signed the peace agreeme ...

Sikh organisations delivered a Memorandum to 10 Downing Street on 6 June 2013, on the 29th anniversary of the Indian army attack on the Golden Temple in Amritsar in June 1984 . The Memorandum sought a reconsideration of UK foreign policy towards India in the light of India's recent steps towards hanging Sikh prisoners Balwant Singh Rajoana and Professor Devinderpal Singh Bhullar. Characterising those moves ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Much have been written on the topics “Massacre against Sikhs” or in government terms “Operation Blue Star”, or “Ghallughara" but constant factor   of the operation remains the same i.e. “Crushing ruthlessly Sikhs at Golden Temple”. In this regard government plea was, entering and elimination Sikhs freedom fighters were unavoidable due to their presence   inside of the most holy place of t ...

Posted By Zaheerul Hassan It's an honor to return to the National Defense University. Here, at Fort McNair, Americans have served in uniform since 1791– standing guard in the early days of the Republic, and contemplating the future of warfare here in the 21st century. For over two centuries, the United States has been bound together by founding documents that defined who we are as Americans, and served as o ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Amidst the hullabaloo of election campaign when all eyes were focused on the outcome of May 11 election results, Dr Fahad Rafique Dogar came out with a bloomer. His article titled ‘Curriculum reform’ in ‘The News’ dated May 9, 2013 was out of place with no relevance to the overall environment. However, the message in the article was quite clear and in line with similar articles written o ...

 By Ikram Sehgal   Visiting China is a never ending revelation, the amazing 7.7% growth rate in a sluggish global economy is considered “disappointing”.  Of China’s 31 Provinces, Guangdong has the highest GDP, US$ 960 billion with a growth rate of 8.2% while Tibet lags behind lowest with 12% growth rate and a GDP of US$ 11 billion.  Guizhou Province has the highest growth rate 12%, bordering Pakistan vastly ...

Posted By Zaheerul Hassan NEW DELHI: The Navy has been hit by yet another alleged sex scandal as the wife of a senior officer has charged her husband with forcing her to get "sexually involved" with his colleagues, prompting defence minister A K Antony to order a probe. The case has come up on a day when the defence minister asked the top brass of the Navy in its Commanders' conference to take sternest poss ...