Asif Haroon Raja The new regime has been handed down a huge mess and is at a loss where to start from and which problem to tackle first. All macroeconomic indicators are in negative, national kitty is empty and foreign investment has dried up. It has inherited bankrupt economy, an unmanageable energy crisis, massive debt, lawlessness and fraught security situation. The new leaders are heard saying that they ...

  By Sajjad Shaukat Besides other aspects of the recently released report of Abbottabad Commission which was constituted to probe Abbottabad tragedy in which Osama Bin Laden was killed on May 2, 2011, the statement of the former Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha is of particular attention. Lt. Gen. Shuja Pasha revealed that Gen. Pervez Musharraf had caved in s ...

By Ali Sukhanver  “That was no doubt the most dreadful night of my life,” a Swiss tourist in her late thirties was talking to the media in a tone filled with harassment and fear. She had been on a visit to India this March with her husband. “I had just changed my dress and was simply wearing a night gown when six wild stinking Indians thronged at the door of my room. They started beating my husband ruthless ...

Asif Haroon Raja The Indo-US-Western-Israeli media has been orchestrating a malicious campaign to ridicule and defame Islam to supplement liquidation drive undertaken by the neo-con crusaders. This was coordinated by American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee. All those within the Muslim world who help them in undermining Islam and eliminating practicing Muslims and scholars are richly rewarded. Since the wo ...

Staff Reporter Mustung, Baluchistan, June 24: Locals witnessed heavy clashes between the two rival groups where the Baloch Musalah Defah Tanzeem(BMDT) a pro Pakistan militia led by Haibatan Mengal cleaned the district Mustung from Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and hoisted the national flag right in front of the 'Farrari camp' used by BLA militants,on Monday, signalling the wipe-out of militants from the ...

FAZIL QAYOOM Srinagar, July 06: (GNS) With Kashmiri cricketer Parvez Rasool making it to Indian national cricket team as the first one from Jammu and Kashmir to achieve such feat, the social networking sites remained a buzz from past few days. For some, India is playing the “Parvez Card” to legitimize its presence in Kashmir while others adopted a liberal approach vis-à-vis his selection in the national squ ...

By Sajjad Shaukat During his trip to Beijing, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang signed eight agreements on July 5, this year in various fields, which will pave the way for inflow of multi-billion dollar Chinese investment in Pakistan, strengthening their relationship which is time-testing. One of the most important accords signed in the presence of the two prime mi ...

This is a brief Talk of the Town Report compiled for those interested in Balochistan. Significant developments are listed hereunder. By Usman Khalid Brahamdagh Bugti in Geneva, Harbiar Marri in London and Akhter Mengel in Wadh (Baluchistan) implement the strategy of their sponsors orchestrated with finnese and underpinned by betrayal and duplicity Post Election Developments- Formation of New Government, 1- ...