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With terrorist attacks on election rallies of ANP on daily basis, the campaign trail has been painted red, with blood. The secular parties under terrorists' attack have been denied level playing fields because TTP has made it clear that they are friends with PML (N), JUI (F) and JI. In these...

Fehmida Riaz is the only Pakistani to have sought political asylum in India

Pakistan’s former president, Gen Pervez Musharraf, who is facing trial for high treason has been thrown out of election when the tribunal rejected his nominations papers from NA-32 Chitral, the only place where his papers were accepted by the returning officer in the initial scrutiny. His papers...

Pakistani poets Fehmida Riaz, Harris Khalique and Kishwar Naheed were thoroughly humiliated at a New Delhi poetry recital event (mushaira) when protesters shouted “Go Back” at them. A protester even reached the stage and shouted the slogan Pakistan Murdabad (down with Pakistan). This is how...

Ephedrine Case: Former PM Gilani

While the politicians and their hangers-on are preparing to go to polls on May 11, 2013, the brave sons of this nation are sacrificing their lives to safeguard the motherland in Tirah valley which is the latest safe haven of anti-Pakistan terrorists. Martyrs include the officers and men of...

He is not being prosecuted for his coup of 1999 when he sacked an elected government. He is being prosecuted for emergency of Nov 2007 when he sacked the judges. Was sacking a government major crime, which was validated by SC, or sacking of the judges? This is the question which we should debate...

Pakistan’s former military ruler, General Pervez Musharraf will face, in person or through attorney, the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday. And this is no ordinary appearance; he runs the risk of capital punishment for imposing emergency in the country and sacking, and restricting the movement...

It is irony of history that Pakistan never had a representative government after Zia regime. This is true both in qualitative and quantitative terms. Those thrown up as a result of dubious electoral exercise only belonged to so-called elite group without an iota of representation of the people...

Former chief cleric of Islamabad’s Lal Masjid is trying to rally support of country’s apex judiciary against Musharraf. Both have common cause against the former military ruler. While fortified mosque in the heart of the capital was attacked under Musharraf order to evict terrorists reported to...

Pervez Musharraf is back, though not with an expected bang. His arrival was eclipsed by two other major news items; long-awaited selection of a caretaker prime minister by Election Commission of Pakistan and last match of ODI series between Pakistan and South Africa. The process of selection of...

If Nawaz Sharif’s fairly long meeting with the British Foreign Minister followed by his sojourn to Saudi Arabia is any indication, he is the chosen one for the next five years to lead Pakistan. Every eye is on Nawaz Sharif and every bet on him because he is being perceived by important...

Pakistan’s disgraced former ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani has, at last rendered one good service to the country of his origin. He has advised his benefactors in the US to break away from Pakistan so that Pakistan learns a lesson. He laments that the United States has sought to...

Hegemony is a cornerstone of India’s foreign policy which springs from its strategic thought; it wants to subjugate its neighbors by fostering good ties with neighbors’ neighbors thus encircling the countries around. It loves projection of force and always tries to play the role of regional...

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a terrorist organization fighting the state of Pakistan, has jumped the election fray and threatened the people against attending the election rallies of Awami National Party (ANP), Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM). It has clearly...

Did anyone, including the UN and HR organizations, ever notice that we still have an apartheid regime on the face of this planet? Yes, it is none other than the citadel of Islam, the Saudi Arabian regime. The loudest message of Islam is that all humans, irrespective of caste, creed and...

March 16 is an ominous days for an overwhelming majority of Pakistanis. In 2009, on this day, Pakistanis realized the power of public protest when the corrupt government of Zardari surrendered before the protesting Pakistanis and agreed to reinstate superior court judges sacked by Musharraf...

With the onset of so-called democratic regimes, in 70s, 90s and in 2008, the first casualty was economy. Although, East Pakistan debacle was partly responsible for retarded growth, major role was played by ruthless mismanagement; senseless nationalization of industry and other institutions to...

Pakistan’s civilian government, after completing five years’ term will bow out on the night of Saturday, March 16. As per the constitutional requirements, the country is to be led by a caretaker prime minister during transit to the next government which will be installed as a result of...

Iran’s defiance to the US and other Western countries is now not restricted to its nuclear program only; it is fighting them all in Syria where forces opposed to Assad regime have full support of their American sympathizers. The Syrian conflict has taken the shape of a sectarian conflict where...