BY YASMEEN AFTAB ALI The by-elections of NA 120 that Begum Kulsoom Nawaz won by 13k votes against Dr Yasmeen Rashid of PTI: this victory though translated into retaining the seat by PML-N is hollow. In earlier elections the same seat was won by 42000 votes. Political pundits claim the fortress has been breached.  However, there are many elements of the contest that need closer inspection.  First, the margin ...

By Sajjad Shaukat On September 18, 2016, Indian media had said that four “fidayeen,” highly-trained militants who were carrying guns and grenades stormed a base in Uri, close to the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan and killed at least 17 soldiers in one of the most deadly attacks on security forces in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) in two decades. The four attackers were killed by the army, as an Indi ...

نغمہ حبیب خود کو دنیا کی سب سے بڑی جمہوریت کہنے والا بھارت پچھلے ستر سال سے اپنے شہریوں کو مطمئن نہیں کر سکا اور وہ ایک یا دوسری وجہ سے خود کو نظر انداز تصور کرتے ہوئے حکومت کے خلاف صف آرا ہیں کہیں وہ حقوق کی جنگ لڑ رہے ہیں اور کہیں آزادی کی اور ایسی 30 سے زیادہ جنگیں مختلف مقامات پر مختلف انداز میں لڑی جا رہی ہیں۔ تحریک جیسی بھی ہو جس بھی انداز کی ہو بھارت کی جمہوریت کا اصلی چہرہ ہر آئینے میں نظر آتا ہے۔ و ...

By Asif Haroon Raja The universe is 13 billion and 18 crore years old. The universe came into existence as a result of a Big Bang, which gave birth to 350 big and 720 billion small galaxies. In every galaxy, there are billions of satellites and trillions of stars much bigger than the earth. The earth was shaped 5 billion years ago. The universe is still expanding and no one knows as to what extent this proc ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Pakistan’s armed forces have successfully broken the backbone of the foreign-backed terrorists by the successful military operations Zarb-e-Azb and Radd-ul-Fasaad which have also been extended to other parts of the country, including Balochistan. And Pakistan’s primarily intelligence agency, ISI has broken the network of these terrorist groups by capturing several militants, while thwartin ...

By Dr. Firoz Mahboob Kamal Ethnic cleansing & the only option The ongoing massive campaign of ethnic cleansing provides little option for the Rohingya Muslims. Former Muslim majority state of Arakan –now called Rakhine, is being rapidly transformed to a Muslim-free zone. As a part of the project, 176 villages –about one-third of all villages, are made fully empty of the Muslims. The current regime has p ...

By Sajjad Shaukat An explosion at Parsons Green underground (Commonly known as the Tube) station in Southwest London injured at least 29 passengers on September 15, this year and thus, led to another major terror attack in the Great Britain. Witnesses described scenes of panic after the blast sent a “fireball” and a “wall of flame”, follow the incident. The Metropolitan Police of the Britain is working with ...

Ishaal Zehra The Reuters reports, quoting some US officials, that President Donald Trump is weighing a more aggressive strategy towards Iran. The proposal which is said to be prepared by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, national security advisor, H.R. McMaster and other top officials was presented to Trump on 8th of September at the National Security Council meeting, the sourc ...