Terrorist Activities in Pakistan Suicide BombingsAs many as 81 persons were killed and 145 others injured when two suicide attackers blew themselves up at the end of a service at All Saints Church near Qissa Khawani bazaar in Peshawar on September 22, reports The News. The service had just ended and at least 400 worshippers…
Having obtained consensus from all the political parties for a dialogue with those terrorists who misusing religion as a platform, the Sharif govt turned its attention to the militant-infested crucially important city of Karachi. Law and order being a provincial subject, the Federal Govt cannot deal directly with the problem without sending the Provincial Govt…
The Rangers “targetted operation” to restore peace to the city under the direction of the Sindh Govt commenced on a low-key basis, a number of ‘suspects’ taken into custody and some arms and ammunition seized. It remains to be seen whether putting the operation into high gear will make an improvement, the lawlessness continues as…
There was speculation but little expectations about the meeting between PMs Nawaz Sharif and Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA). Indian govt functionaries and almost all political leaders have fallen over themselves competing with the vociferous Indian media in consistently attacking Pakistan. Their near unanimous opinion, conditions were not conducive…
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the only Muslim country exists in the G-20. It is also the fourth ideal destination for the foreigner expats. It is the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Middle East North Africa (MENA) number one economy and Foreign Direct Investment destination. Despite regional socio-economic meltdown, deteriorating law and order situation…
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s address to the UNGA came as a disappointment for all those wishing to re-rail the peace process between Pakistan and India. It was an anticlimax of the peace overtures extended by Pakistan’s Prime Minister since his assumption of office in June. Contents of Manmohan’s hubris clad utterances indeed left a bad…
King’s Counsel by Jack O’Connell is a fascinating account of important events of Middle East by someone who was involved in different capacities. This book was published in 2011 after Jack’s death. A brief biography of author is important to understand his role. Jack earned well rounded qualifications in different fields before joining Central Intelligence…
IntroductionAccording to Easton’s Bible Dictionary “Prophecy or prediction, was one of the functions of the prophet. It has been defined as a “miracle of knowledge, a declaration or description or representation of something future, beyond the power of human sagacity to foresee, discern, or conjecture.” The great prediction which according to Jews and Christians runs…
“Islam regards every form of Government which is non-constitutional and non-parliamentary as the greatest human sin.” 1912: Abul kalam Azad1 “Islam” and “Democracy”, each in its own particular way, mean too many things at one and the same time. The task confronting us is to minimize them to their simplest expressions and bring about a…
Most recently, the Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has introduced a number of reforms relating to political rights, party organization, and propaganda in non-Turkish languages. It has already started hot debate in the country. The government defends it as another giant step (silent revolution) towards further democratization process while opposition labels it loll-pop to please…
