WASHINGTON(ZM) Finally Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) declared on Wednesday that he would not favour and sign a controversial religious freedom act into law. He asked the state legislature to amend the bill in the wake of criticism with purpose of facilitation discrimination against LGBT citizens and other groups. Hutchinson expressed in the press conference that he was seeking in federal Religious Freedo ...

By Ali Sukhanver  Last September, the Prime Minister of Pakistan Mian Nawaz Sharif paid a visit to Karachi to observe himself the actual situation of Karachi, the financial hub of Pakistan. In consultation with the law-enforcement agencies, he approved the urgently required strategy to curb violence. It was then decided to start a broad-spectrum operation against all those who are involved in any kind of cr ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan Thinkers Forum held a seminar at Islamabad Club on March 29, 2015 under the chairmanship of Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat. Lt Gen Naeem Khan Lodhi and Dr. Sultan Bashir Mehmood spoke on the topic “National Solidarity” while I and Prof Dr Anis Ahmed spoke on “Pakistan has a Future”. I will share my presentation in the succeeding paragraphs.   Miracle of 20th Century Pakistan em ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat                                   Pakistan has become special arena of the different war, being waged by the security forces against the ruthless terrorists who have continued their terror-activities such as suicide attacks, bomb blasts, targeted killings, beheadings of the innocent people, assaults on security personnel and prominent religious figures. Besides blowing children schools an ...

سیّد ناصررضا کاظمی [caption id="attachment_2680" align="alignnone" width="300"] Indio-Pak Nuclear Programme[/caption] پتھروں کے زمانے میں مذاہب کے نام پر پتھر کے بنائے گئے بتوں کی بجائے انسانوں کی پوجا کی جاتی رہی کئی صدیاں بیت گئیں جو جتنا زیادہ بہارد ‘ بلکہ جو جتنا زیادہ بڑا درندہ صفت نما انسان تھا وہ اپنے سے کمزوراور مجبور و محکوم لوگوں کو اپنے سامنے اپنے سینے تان کر سجدہ کرواتا اور اُن پر بے تحاشا ظلم و ...

 نغمہ حبیب 1947 میں نظریے کی بنیاد پر پاکستان بنا اور اگلے سال یعنی مئی 1948 میں مغرب کے مکمل تعاون بلکہ منصوبہ بندی کے نتیجے میں اسرائیل کے قیام کا اعلان کیا گیااور ایک سال بعد اسے تسلیم بھی کر لیا گیا۔ اس کا قیام بھی نظریے کی بنیاد پر عمل میں لایا گیا قیام تو دونوں ریاستوں کا اپنے اپنے نظریے کی بنیاد پر کیا گیا لیکن اِن کے نظریات میں اس قدر تفاوت تھا کہ نہ تو کبھی اِن کے تعلقات قائم ہو سکے اور نہ ہی ایک د ...

By Zaheerul Hassan (ZM) — According to Saudi ambassador Adel al-Jubeir to the United States disclosed that his country has started airstrikes against the Houthi rebels in Yemen, who drove out the U.S.-backed Yemeni president. He said the operations began at 7 p.m. Eastern time. He further states, widely believed to be backed by Iran, "have always chosen the path of violence." He refused to admit the U.S.  I ...

 By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai “All of us remain concerned that the issue of Jammu and Kashmir should be solved through peaceful negotiations and should be willing to lend all the strength we have to the resolution of this matter.” President Nelson Mandela at the NAM Summit – September 2, 1998 In matters of international conflict resolution, that can only imply the involvement of a third party mediator or facilita ...