To commemorate the Black Day, thousands of people attended a Million March in London in support of Kashmir’s right of self-determination and to show solidarity with the people of the Indian occupied state in their struggle against Indian occupation. Some reports indicated that India had asked the United Kingdom not to allow this march but…
United Arab Emirates is one of the hottest tourist’s attraction destinations not only in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Middle East and North Africa (MENA) but also in the world. The success of its tourism and travel industry has further diversified its macro-economy. According to official figures (2013-14) its contribution to the GDP is more…
Ordered by Musa Bin Nusayr, the Governor of the muslim provinces of North Africa under the Umayyad Caliph Al-Walid-I, to conquer the Visigothic Kingdom in Hispania (Spain), Tariq Bin Ziyad crossed over from Morocco to mainland Europe on or about April 19, 711. Reinforced by an additional 5000 soldiers from Musa consisting mostly of recent…
Success creates its own problems, a gross misperception created by the outstanding “Operation Zarb-i-Azb” is that terrorism having been dealt a decisive blow we have little to worry about. Nothing can be further from the truth! True that the loss of training camps, hideouts, military dumps, ammunition and bomb manufacturing factories, medical centres etc has…
The Supreme Court (SC) recently dismissed several petitions contesting the 2013 elections for various deficiencies. Interestingly just before the 2013 elections the SC ordered the defective electoral rolls to be corrected, because of time constraints the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) was instructed to go ahead with the elections, verification of voters being mandated for…
Terrorist Activities in Pakistan Suicide AttacksThree militants, a suicide bomber among them, and a Policeman were killed in a fierce clash which followed an attack on Thall Police Station in Hangu District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on September 15, reports Dawn. According to Police, 30 to 40 militants using heavy weapons and grenades stormed the Police…
Dear Readers, Because of the political and economic standoff since early August between PTI, PAT and the ruling PML(N) in Islamabad, the government was rendered almost inactive for some time. When PAT leader Dr. Tahirul Qadri recently announced ending his dharna in Islamabad, lmran Khan displayed no such intention and vowed to continue his sit-in…
Terrorist Activities in Pakistan Suicide AttacksAt least 12 militants, wearing suicide vests and armed with rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and automatic weapons were killed and 11 Security Forces (SFs) were injured in an 11-hour gun battle near Khalid Aviation Airbase – and Samungli Airbase in Quetta on August 14, reports The Express Tribune. Earlier it was…
While Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai and India’s Kailash Satyarthi share the Nobel Peace Prize for the year, their countries are engaged in a sort of ‘small-scale war’ in the UN acknowledged disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Hopefully, the two laureates would put together their energies and help resolve one of the longest outstanding disputes on…
Floods are a regular phenomenon in the world particularly in areas where the rainfall is seasonal as in South East and South Asia due to monsoon. Our rivers are basically glacier fed with level of glaciated waters heaviest in Indus and decreasing eastwards. Contrary to popular belief the rains provide only a part of river…
