IntroductionAs a young man, I wished to travel the world but with limited resources at my disposal it was not possible. Twice I made plans to visit London but both the times something happened and I could not go. In 1974 again I decided to go to London. I had a second hand car which…
Terrorist Activities in Pakistan Suicide BombingsFour persons, including a Sub-Inspector (SI), were killed while 13 others were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a sectarian attack outside an Imambargah (Shia place of commemoration) in Gracy Line area near airport in Rawalpindi District on December 17, reported The News. At least five soldiers…
No Army in the world can stand by and tolerate continuing bad or criminal governance or both. The application of the doctrine of necessity does become necessary sometimes in unambiguous circumstances of “clear and present danger” to the existence of the State, it goes wrong when those that apply it forget that their role is…
To trace the origins of insecurity in Pakistan we must study both the natural and contrived deficiencies in our social, political and economic sectors. Ethnic and religious strife have not only morphed but become further complicated by ruthless terrorist activity. Unfortunately partisan and parochial viewpoints from both sides of the spectrum tend to be counter-productive…
What a travesty that the prime beneficiary of Ms. Benazir Bhutto’s murder should shed crocodile tears on her death anniversary and call former President Pervez Musharraf a “Billa” (tomcat). While one could disagree with Pervez Musharraf on any number of counts (including the NRO that permitted Zardari another go at Pakistan’s treasure chest), Musharraf is…
The Qatar’s Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDP&S) forecasted that growth of real gross domestic product (GDP) during the current fiscal year would grow by 5.3 percent. Different Qatar’s official figures suggest that over the past six years, its economy grew over five times in size during 2002 to 2008, at an average annual…
Unmanned Combat Aerial vehicles more commonly known by their innocent sounding nomenclature “drones” have ultimately come under the UN scrutiny. For the first time, the UN General Assembly has pronounced itself on the ever-increasing use of armed drones in the pursuit of ‘war on terror’. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has unanimously passed a…
A young teenager wrote in his diary; “I’ll not be a common man. I will stir the smooth sands of monotony”. His name was Peter O’Toole and by 1962, he surely was not a common man just like the character of T.E. Lawrence that he played. O’Toole died on December 14, 2013. He is known…
IntroductionIn the present environment of universal turmoil especially in the post 9/11 scenario, the Muslims have become a target of universal hate propaganda and Pakistan is perceived to be at the core. The extremists justify terrorism under the garb of Islam. Thus the ignorant facilitate the anti Muslim lobbies to propagate and project all Muslims…
IndoreAt the time of partition (1947) the INDORE state had an area of 9519 sq miles. His Highness MAHARAJA IDHIRAJ REJESHWAR SAWI SHREE YESHWANT RADHOLKAR BAHADUR was the ruler of INDORE. MALHAR RAO was the founder of the HOLKAR dynasty starting life as an owner of 12 districts in Malwa which he received as a…
