The campaign for the upcoming general elections is characterised by violence, victimhood and rumours. The decision to go for the elections in an environment of violent conflict implies that ...
The unfortunate incident of Joseph Colony in Lahore, where homes, shops and Churches of the Christian community were set on fire, brought collective shame and embarrassment for the entire Pakistani ...
The high-profile inaugural ceremony of the Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline marks a watershed in the foreign policy of Pakistan. There was an interesting altercation during the recent weekly briefing ...
Last week a chaotic situation was created when almost the entire country plunged into darkness due to sudden breakdown in power supply that took more than 36 hours to restore fully, with some cities ...
There is an overwhelming perception, backed by intelligence-based statements of the government functionaries, that target killing of members of different sects, especially the Shiite, is part of the ...
The wonderland of nuclear non-proliferation has a treacherous history; it is full of fantasies, rhetoric, dilemmas, deceit and duplicity. The third nuclear test by North Korea, a statement by the ...
This year, Kashmir Solidarity Day was observed under peculiar circumstances. The recent violations of ceasefire have brought the Kashmir conflict under a renewed focus at the international level. ...
The United Nations considers Rohingyas of Myanmar as a persecuted religious and linguistic minority. Myanmar considers this community, of about 800,000, settled in Rakhine, as illegal immigrants from ...
India’s anti-minorities bias is so strong that it has failed to acknowledge the threat posed by Hindu radicalism. The state’s pro-Hindu stance has made it paralytic to tackle this ...
The first two weeks of the New Year saw the worst spike of violence in the Kashmir region, since Pakistan declared a unilateral ceasefire in 2003. The recent report by The Hindu indicates: “An ...
For Americans, the Afghan war is entering its final phase. President Barack Obama is ensuring that it ends during his tenure. But he is also aware that none of the stated objectives of this war have ...
For Pakistan, sub-conventional threat is a reality of present time. This, however, does not mean that the conventional threat has receded. It will be an overstatement to consider sub-conventional ...
America’s Afghanistan policy is pegged around a strategy of deliberate ambiguity. At a time when Afghan resistance groups needed a healing touch, putting Haqqanis on the terror list while, at ...
It was cathartic to interact with the Kashmiri leadership from the Indian Held Kashmir (IHK). The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) delegation, led by Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, comprised of living ...
Turkey was able to facilitate a meeting between the leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan, accompanied by their Ministers and Army Chiefs, only a few days after the head of Afghanistan’s ...
The recent overtures from both sides clearly indicate that Pakistan and India want to improve their bilateral relations. Pakistani President Asif Zardari’s non-state visit to India and the ...
The death of President Yasser Arafat, while he was walking a tightrope of simultaneously managing peaceful and military approaches towards accruing statehood for Palestine, brought a new phase in the ...
It is not a fairytale. Not very long ago, Muharram was not the season of sectarian violence and mayhem; people of all sects would attend the Majalis under the same roof to pay homage to the great ...
During October 2012 two reports were released highlighting the human rights situation in the Indian Held Kashmir (IHK). Reports by Amnesty International (AI) and Citizen’s Council for Justice ...
Pakistan is passing through tough times. In an environment of deceit, incompetence and mistrust, different institutions are busy in a competitive race for the turf. While they zealously guard their ...
The people of Pakistan strongly support the promotion and application of universally agreed human rights based on the principles of cooperation, non-discrimination, impartiality and genuine dialogue. ...
While the people of Pakistan prayed for the early recovery of Malala Yousafzai, they were awe-struck by the frenzy created about the incident. Where people die in dozens each day as a result of ...
The attempt on Malala’s life, dumping of defaced dead bodies in Balochistan and surfacing of body bags in Karachi are some of the facets of terrorism running high in Pakistan; intricately ...
The reaction to the ‘postponement’ of President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Pakistan is quite interesting. Conspiracy theorists blame American and Indian pressure; some also talk ...
The theme for debate in the 67th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) is fascinating as well as elusive: “Adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations by peaceful ...
There is persistent outflow of anti-Islam literature in various forms: movies, caricatures, printed matter and word of mouth. The pattern is of a well orchestrated, multi-pronged campaign to keep the ...
The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID), one of the “thematic procedures” of the UN Human Rights Council, has arrived. Hopefully, it will help us in ...
The recently launched report of the fact-finding mission to Balochistan by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) stirs up as much anxiety as it radiates a ray of hope. It is too early to say ...
North Waziristan is under international spotlight for holing up of a large number of hardened militants, combatants, criminals and terrorists. It also houses a portion of the Haqqani network. The ...
On the eve of Eid, shrapnel from two rockets fired at the Bagram Airbase hit the parked aircraft of the most powerful military commander of the world, the US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; ...
Monday, 20 May, 2013
May 14, 2013, 3:44 pmECP announces results of 254 National Assembly seats
May 18, 2013PML-N warns PM Khoso crossing limits
May 14, 2013Won’t speak against Pakistan
May 14, 2013, 4:03 pmSherry Rehman quits as Ambassador to US
May 15, 2013, 6:10 pmUK police to take action on Altaf's speech: Thomson
