Terrorist Activities in Pakistan Suicide BombingsAt least 11 people, including Additional District and Sessions Judge Rafaqat Awan, a woman lawyer, and a Policeman, were killed and 25 others were injured when militants attacked the courthouse complex in Islamabad on March 3, reports Daily Times. According to details, the militants sprayed bullets at everyone, hurled hand…
The TTP has been insisting till very recently that they represented all the groups committing terror in Pakistan. Only when the terrorist acts continued unabated after the negotiations started that the TTP (and their vocal sympathizers) changed tack and started distancing themselves from the sporadic violence. Even then only proforma regret was expressed. It took…
What good is a Constitution that does not prevent the unscrupulous from looting the till? For a man whose children remain hungry, sick and uneducated, it is a meaningless piece of paper. The moral obligation to the downtrodden makes it incumbent for those in power to have the courage to use the authority vested in…
According to a handout accompanying an excellent stamp taken out by the Pakistan Post Office (PPO) commemorating the re-naming of PAF Base Mianwali, MM Alam was “Top Gun of his own class, war hero, a committed professional, scholar par excellence, a patriotic Pakistani, an icon and a role model not only for the PAF airmen…
Most recently, Saudi Arabia’s Council of Ministers passed the new counter terrorism law titled the “Penal Law for Terrorism Crimes and Financing of Terrorism”. This law was ratified by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Abdulaziz Al Saud after being approved by the Cabinet in December 2013, following the initial proposal by…
Since coming into power, Pakistan’s new government is pursing the objective of peaceful neighbourhood. A number of initiatives are on the cards to improve relations with all neighbouring countries—especially India. For example, allowing India a non-discriminatory access to Pakistani markets appears around the corner. In December 2013 a peace dossier was delivered to Indian Prime…
14th Ferozepore Sikhs was raised in 1846 after First Anglo-Sikh War from demobilized soldiers of Sikh army. It was raised by Captain G. Tebbs and recruits came mainly from cis-Sutlej area. The Regiment recruited local Sikhs and Punjabi Muslims and initially Oudh Rajputs from other regiments were posted to the regiment. In 1852, Tebbs died…
Remember thy Lord inspiredThe angels (with the message);“I am with you; giveFirmness to the Believers;I will instill terrorInto the hearts of the unbelievers;Smite ye above their necksAnd smite all theirFinger tips off them.”(Surah Al-Anfal, Para 8. Ayat 12) IntroductionIt was a classic defensive offensive battle in which the Arab commander (KHALID BIN WALEED) inflicted crushing…
IntroductionThe sea has always remained an arena for contest of power between the nations. Since it provides economical means of transportation, 90% of the world trade is through sea.2 Historically naval warfare has been used to gain control of the sea for its use to own advantage and deny enemy the effective use of sea….
Turkey’s political Image over the last decade had been built on promised servant political leadership, AKP being a clean political party backed by transforming hizmet civil society movement since 1960s. The comparison of Erdogan’s own leadership and his party’s first two terms with the present third term are made The democratic reforms made by him…
