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Sialkot, July 07: Indiscriminate firing by Indian army at Sialkot working boundary continues for the second month in the row. India opened fire for the third time in last 24 hours, according to the officials of Chanab Rangers. The officials claimed that India is using heavy weaponry systems in...

India is the architect of terrorism and has always used terrorism as an instrument to browbeat its neighbors. It is still using this weapon against Pakistan to serve its ends but pretends to be innocent as a lamb and sobs in front of the world that it is the victim of terrorism. It is the...

By Dr. Ram Puniyani Karnataka BJP Government has passed “Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill 2010” (June 2010). There has been a strong opposition to this move from the civil society. Some of social activists point out that this piece of legislation is “communal...

By Brig. Asif Haroon Raja Obama has several times referred to extremism in Pakistan as cancer, but fails to divulge the whole truth as to who injected this fatal disease in the body of Pakistan. He again chided Pakistan of getting out of Indian obsession and to fully concentrate towards the...

By Atta Rasool Malik After war of independence in 1857, the 'Ulema' (religious scholars) believed in waging war against the British. They resolved to boycott the British and their educational institutions and not to accept any grant from them. The course followed by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was in...

By Brig. Asif Haroon Raja (Retd) It is now an established fact that no South Asian state has ever indulged in covert operations or cross border terrorism against its neighbors. The only culprit is India which resorts to this evil practice against all its neighbors, be it Pakistan, Sri Lanka...

India-US relationship which has strengthened rapidly after the disintegration of the former Soviet Union is, in fact, based upon mutual hypocrisy. Overtly, both the powers are taking steps to further stabilise their ties through strategic dialogue which were held in the first week of June this...

Illegal creation of state of Israel in 1948 with the help of USA and Britain at the cost of Palestinians sowed the seeds of antagonism and extremism in Middle East. It gave birth to several radical groups including PLO within the Arab world. Defeat of armed forces of Arabs in 1967 Arab-Israeli...

Pak-US strategic dialogue was held on March 24 this year in Washington. During the strategic dialogue in 2008, both sides had discussed regional and international issues of common interest. The second round of the strategic dialogue between the US and Pakistan will be held in July 21. Washington...

By I. M. Mohsin A poor country is a country which cannot afford to have a President and yet it has a President. A poor country is a country which cannot afford to have a Parliament and yet it has a Parliament. A poor country is a country which cannot afford to have a brigade of ministers and...

National Integration Council (NIC) is the apex body deliberating on the issues pertaining to overcoming the divisive tendencies in the nation. The divisive tendencies prevail on the basis of language, region and religion. NIC has recently been in the news as one of its members, Shabnam Hashmi...

Although the confidence of the Indian soldiers over their leadership has already been shattering due to their involvement in malpractices such as land mafia groups, bribery and financial embezzlements, yet sexual harassment, raping women and involvement in sex scandals have given a greater blow...

Israel is not only becoming a nuisance for the world at large but also creating intractable problems for her chief guardian angel United States: the latest being an indirect diplomatic row between Turkey and the United States. United States has been traditionally overlooking all the mischiefs of...

June 5 and June 6 are reminders of the ‘Operation Blue Star’ when Indian military, led by General Kuldip Singh Brar, launched attack on the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine of Sikhs in 1984, to arrest Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, the only leader who had been boldly fighting for the rights of...

In the streets of Pakistan it is very easy to find a lot of youngsters saying, “If war is the last option, we must go for it”. The hatred and disliking for the USA in Pakistan is growing like a wild fire. Most of the people are of the opinion that it is none but the USA behind all the problems...

Egypt an Islamic country is one with Israel in coercing the segment of palsetinians living in miserable conditions in the blockaded Gaza Strip controlled by Hamas. In three years of the blockade( since June 2007) that bars such essential commodities as cement and even medicines, the resident...

Despite the successful military operations by Pakistan’s armed forces and the arrest of renowned commanders of the Taliban which became possible due to our country’s intelligence agencies, India and Afghanistan including particularly the US continues blame game against Pakistan intelligence...

I have seen in pictures the Italian drug mafia charlatans wearing black glasses, tattoos over bodies, totting guns and uttering ****** slangs. Invariably this has become symbolism of mafias and stings involved in drug and human trafficking, prostitution, and in similar heinous crimes around the...

Pakistan has been time and again deceived by USA to achieve its short-term interests. Taking into account its dual faced policies and the roughshod manner in which it has so far dealt with Pakistan; its sudden change of heart should not thrill us. Rather, our leaders should tread their steps...

During the last few months some important events have taken place each having bearing on the security of Pakistan. After creating hype over Quetta Shura for several months and threatening to use drones in Quetta in case Pakistan refused to launch a military operation within Pashtun belt of...