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Of the several activities of our national life that have bearing on national security, two aspects, i.e., Defence and the Psycho-social, enjoy the status of National Power. These will be…
One can’t help but be shocked by the rhetoric used by political leaders in TV programmes. It leaves the impression that all norms of decency, social value and Divine Edicts…
For the past few weeks, we have been seeing and hearing about the horrific persecution of Muslims in the Arakan district of Myanmar (formerly Burma). Fanatic Buddhist monks and regular…
In a major scandal, ignored by both the judiciary and NAB, the last three major corruption references — Assets, Cotecna and SGS cases against former President Asif Ali Zardari have…
Pakistan needs to develop a well-thought-out, cool and calculated response to US President Trump’s Strategy on Afghanistan, which is a vague plan, and cannot be called a strategy. The fact…
Nawaz Sharif has to be appreciated that he has exposed the classes that were once against him and fought against his class. Today, they fight to defend the Nawaz Sharif…
There is a hilarious aspect to the Supreme Court’s judgment on Nawaz Sharif’s disqualification — it all started to find “billions” of corruption money from the political “godfather” and the…
I never saw or met Ghulam Fatima in my whole life, but for me she is a symbol of independence. I heard about her for the first time in 1971…
The Afghan War of Liberation has twice changed its course in a short period of three decades. In 1987, it was the ‘stinger missiles’, which forced the Soviets to withdraw…
In what could be a real setback to Sharifs in the on-going Panama case investigations, the JIT’s allegation regarding record tampering and backdated noting and signing of SECP’s 2013 documents…
The phobia against Muslims stirred up by Donald Trump in his run for the US presidency has spilled over into other venues. Muslims are being marginalized because of their faith…
The six nuclear explosions that jolted the Chaghai Hills on May 28 and May 30 in 1998 left lasting imprints on contemporary world history. Not only did they set right…
On 23rd June, a traffic sergeant on duty at an intersection in a posh locality in Quetta was run over by a speeding Land Cruiser in broad day light. There…
May 28, 1998 is an unforgettable day in the history of Pakistan. This day is as important to us as August 14, 1947. In 1947 we gained our independence and…
From time to time, Pakistan has been hit by floods, famine, earthquakes, failed monsoons, locust and human-made disasters like war, and sectarian militancy.Al-Qaeda and all varieties of terrorism that followed…
The SC’s Panama verdict, including the dissenting notes, has fueled political bickering in the country but gave no solution to check corruption. The verdict contains variety of stuff for use…
The land mark judgment has been given by the Supreme Court of Pakistan on 20th April 2017, which is discrete enough as “not to send wrong signal” so that both,…
Now, it is being said that it was all lawyers’ fault, we had a lot of evidences but these incompetent lawyers got us killed. I am wondering from where the…
On 12 April 2017, humanity, a man’s right to life and belief and the passage to peaceful disagreement and constructive dissent, were annihilated in Wali Khan University, Mardan as the…
General Headquarters (GHQ) unanimously supported General (retd) Raheel Sharif’s joining the military alliance of 39 Muslim countries as its chief after incumbent Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa had direct…
The other day while reading irrepressible Arunadhati Roy’s very substantive compilation The Hanging of Afzal Guruand the Strange Case of the Attack on the Indian Parliament(December 2001), I came across…
While talking to PM Nawaz Sharif, President Trump complemented him with the words “He is a terrific guy” and now uses the same words for the Egyptian Dictator, General Abul…
Tall, strong and shady trees do not grow in thin air, shifting sands or swamps. Our sturdy Bunyan is a local tree which stands majestically in the firm soil through…
The Rangers raid on the offices of a businessman in Karachi is a message for PPP senior members. The establishment appears to be giving a clear message to them and…
Pakistan appears to be at war with itself, as a result of a terrible mindset causing deep divisions in the social order. As early as 1958, when the Khans of…
Somewhere in rural Punjab, a poor peasant family was moving from one hamlet to another in search of better opportunities to earn their meagre bread. As they trudged on their…
