Asif Haroon Raja Afghanistan, one of the poorest nations of the world was crushed by Soviet forces for a decade but in the end had to beat a hasty retreat in utter humiliation. Najibullah left behind to protect Moscow’s interests in post Soviet exit era was brutally killed. The Afghan National Army trained and equipped by Soviet military disintegrated within one year of Soviet departure and got absorbed in ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Renowned Pakistani and Indian media anchors including retired high civil and military officials gathered on December 2, 2012 in New Delhi at a seminar to discuss practical solutions to the bilateral issues like Sir Creek, Siachen, Kashmir dispute etc. under the Aman Ki Asha initiative organised by The Times of India and Pakistan’s Jang Group. The move was part of the Confidence Building Me ...

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="266"] Smelting Project - of Reko Diq Balochistan, Pakistan[/caption] By Zaheerul HassanThe International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputed (ICSID) has allowed Balochistan government and nuclear scientist Dr Samar Mubarakmand to do mining in Smelting Project in Reko Diq area.The Advocate General of Balochistan, Amanullah Kinrani, told reporters outside the ...

By Robert Bush New York: Several people, including children, were killed after an unidentified person opened fire in an elementary school in Connecticut on Friday with the shooter now believed to be dead. Reportedly, the shooter was aember of  an   extrmist group of Christian, who used to hate jews. The Hartford Courant reported that the shootings took place in a kindergarten classroom at the Sandy Hook Ele ...

By Michael Arbeiter It is not often that a moreover revered actor will turn to horror after a steady establishment in the film industry. The genre has served as a launchpad for up-and-comers, or a career-long affixation for scream queens and whatever you'd call their male equivalent (shriek geeks?). But with new reverence being fed into horror, a fresh auteristic attitude resulting in creative gems like The ...

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="179"] Faiz Ghazal[/caption] Letter to Editor By FZ Khan Ever since the Fall of Dhaka, a great tragedy of our times, there has, on one side, always been “ehsas-e-ziyan jata raha”-attitude on part of our governments, civil society, intelligentsia and media, and on the other side of the border, the enemy celebrates the ‘big’ victory with heightened vigour and renewed pl ...

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="224"] A Mukti Bani Commando killing Bihari muslim[/caption] Asif Haroon Raja Going through the political history of Pakistan, one is constrained to learn that till 1956 Pakistan was without a constitution and it banked upon Government of India Act as an interim instrument to govern the country. It cannot be denied that all elections held in Pakistan were rigged. The ...

Ishaal Zehra Hilarious, but true.  Government of Bangladesh, or should I say Shaikh Hasina’s government, intends to arrange the 4th phase of honouring the “Foreign Friends of Bangladesh” who supported the liberation war. The grand ceremony is on 15th December 2012 at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre where Bangladesh will confer awards on 65 more foreign friends for their outstanding contributions ...