By Sajjad Shaukat                                 After the continued aerial strikes by the Pakistani jets and helicopters which have bombed militants’ hideouts including bomb-making factories in some tribal and surrounding areas of North Waziristan, killing several terrorists, on March 1, this year, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has announced a month-long ceasefire with the government for resumption of ...

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By Zaheerul Hassan According to the media reports an Indian soldier has killed five of his colleagues before killing himself in Indian-administered Kashmir. The killing of soldier took place on night February 26, 2014 at a military camp of the Rashtriya Rifles paramilitary force in Safapora village in Ganderbal district about 20km (12 miles) north of the city of Srinagar.  The military authority ordered the ...

By Sajjad Shaukat While disagreeing with the past thinkers who say that human nature is aggressive, which radicalizes the youngsters, modern sociologists and psychologists agree that a number of factors such as historical background, cultural setup, education etc. play a key in putting the youth on right direction by deradicalizing them. They opine that these factors including some other ones are essential ...

By Muhammad Daim Fazil If you go through daily newspapers of recent days, you will discover one frequent connotation, however, with dissimilar arguer, and that is “Constitution of the country is based on Islamic values and no law can be enforced other than Quran and Hadith”. People read and move to next headline but nobody has bothered to ponder on this statement. Even some religious scholars have bluntly s ...

[caption id="attachment_10524" align="alignright" width="269"] The World Largest Dam[/caption] By Sohail Parwaz Mark Twain gave a famous quote that "whisky is for drinking; water is for fighting over". No one would have ever given a serious thought to it but unfortunately a series of reports from intelligence agencies and research groups indicate the prospect of a water war is becoming increasingly probable ...

By Rida Zaheer KARACHI:  MQM displayed solidarity with Armed Forces for start of operation against terrorists.   Thousands of people gathered in Karachi and paid tribute to the martyred of security forces. “We hold this endeavor in high regard as it will go a long, long way in boosting the 'esprit de corps' of Pakistan’s sentinels”, a spokesman for the paramilitary troops said. Praying for the steadfastness ...

 By Zaheerul Hassan Government suspended negotiations with Taliban when public pressures built up after repeated attacks of militants on security forces and the innocent people. According to the credible reports 308 civilians, 114 military soldiers including officers, 38 police persons  have been martyrdom and 1,264 (684 civilians, 531 military, 49 police) suffered with severe injuries due to terrorists act ...