Source. Dawn Let’s assume Bajwa is inclined towards an overall policy rethink — towards a militancy-free Pakistan, in all shapes and manifestations. But then in strides the American behemoth once again, knocking heads around, demanding actions, threatening and intimidating — all because it wants its (muddled) way in Afghanistan. That […]
Source: Dawn “A SPECTRE is haunting Europe — the spectre of Communism. All the Powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre.” If adapted to the situation we now face, and have witnessed in the last three decades and more, these opening lines of […]
We have become so rigid in our beliefs that we have forgotten the basic message of Islam: peace. Every time we declare someone an infidel, are we promoting peace? February 06, 2017 Nirvaan Nadeem Aamir Liaqat, apologies, ‘Dr.’ Aamir Liaqat was, for a brief period, officially banned. That it took […]
NABEEL ANWAR DHAKKU CHAKWAL: Dulmial resident Malik Zahid Hameed was shocked when he received a transfer order stating that he was being transferred to a primary school in Lari Shah Nawaz on Jan 6. Mr Hameed, 47, is a primary school teacher who taught at a school in his hometown […]
Source: Dawn WASHINGTON: The Trump administration has no plan to ban Pakistani citizens from travelling to the United States because Pakistan is providing the data they need to vet a visitor, US officials say. In recent briefings to various media outlets, White House officials also said the administration had no plan […]
Source: Dawn UPDATING and strengthening laws dealing with religiously motivated crimes, especially sectarianism and violence against non-Muslims, is a sensible and necessary move by the government. The Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2016, is set to become an Act of Parliament after the National Assembly once again voted to approve the […]
Source: Aljazeera By Asad Hashim A crackdown by Pakistani authorities has seen a rise in both deportations and voluntary repatriations of Afghan nationals [File: Josh Smith/Reuters] Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s government has […]
Source: ET Her wish came true by the end of April that year when Romy was able to bring her to Pakistan to meet her children for the first time in 51 years. Kaur is currently in Karachi for her second visit and this time she is accompanied by Khurshid. Her […]
Source: Dawn NEW DELHI: Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday that a referendum must be conducted in Pakistan to check whether its citizens wanted to remain there or wanted to merge with India. According to reports from Haridwar, where he addressed an election rally, Mr Singh also said […]
Source: TOI ASHINGTON: The US should “levy costs” on Pakistan for perpetuating terrorism in India and Afghanistan and must quickly formulate a new approach toward the country to prevent it from using terror for foreign policy ends, top US think-tanks have recommended to the Donald Trump administration. “For too long, […]
Source: Asia Times: Although Pakistan has said nothing about the immigration ban, its actions suggest that it got the message from the White House. After years of prevaricating, Pakistani authorities finally arrested the radical Muslim cleric Hafiz Saeed, accused of planning the 2008 Mumbai massacre carried out by Pakistani jihadists. Through […]
Source: Dawn INFLUENTIAL contemporary thinker and author George Friedman observed that the modern geopolitical world changes after every 20 years. Towards the end of the 19th century, European ascendancy was complete. By 1920, the Austro-Hungarian, Russian, German and Ottoman empires were gone. Communism was established in Russia; peripheral powers like […]
Source: RT U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order on U.S. refugees and immigration could severely affect Pakistanis who plan on visiting the United States. A draft copy of the executive order published by L.A. Times describes how U.S. visas could be denied to those who engage in “persecution of those […]
Source: RT Pakistan is an atomic power for a reason, and the reason is we have to lead the Islamic world, we have to stop Christians and Jews from speaking against Islam. So there is no way we can compromise on Blasphemy Laws. More:
Source: RT Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari dropped hints that he will work towards abolishing Pakistan’s controversial laws against Ahmadi Muslims. The 28-year-old politician admitted that Pakistan had a lot to answer for the way how minorities were being treated in the country. Responding to a question […]
DAWN.COM — UPDATED Jan 26, 2017# The following is an excerpt from a declassified document released online by America’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as part of a searchable database on its website Reading Room. Declassified documents were previously only available to the public at the National Archives in College Park, Maryland. […]
January 28, 2017 ISLAMABAD: In 1954, the Afghanistan government had approached the United States seeking the merger of Afghanistan and Pakistan. The recently-declassified CIA documents reveal that Pakistan was approached over Kabul’s urge for Pakistan-Afghanistan merger but it was suspicious of this plan. A document dated 14 October 1954 reads […]
Source. CNN The alleged mastermind of the 2008 terror attacks that killed 164 in Mumbai, India, has been placed under house arrest in Pakistan. Hafiz Mohammed Saeed — the leader of Pakistan’s Jamaat-Ud-Dawa (JUD) — was detained in Punjab, Pakistan’s largest province, according to a government statement released late Sunday. […]
HASHAM CHEEMA A star is born Abdus Salam’s birth certificate. Source – ICTP Photo Library On the 29th of January 1926, Chaudhry Muhammad Hussein and Bibi Hajira Hussien had a baby boy at their two-bedroom abode in Jhang. They named him Abdus Salam; ‘servant of peace’. “I was born in […]