Recently launched report of the fact-finding mission to Baluchistan by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) stirs up as much anxiety as it radiates a ray of hope. It is too early to say that Baluchistan is on its way to recovery; however it will not be an overstatement if we say that it…
IntroductionThe various theatres of war against terror are taking a huge toll of human lives both military and civilian through the incessant use of a weapon known as an improvised explosive device (IED), also identified as a roadside bomb. An IED is generally a rudimentary homemade explosive device constructed and deployed in ways other than…
The computerized log register at the Air House shows that an urgent telephone call for the Air Chief was received at 2:07 AM local time on 2nd May 2011. When the Air Chief came on line his land counterpart, the Army Chief was at the other end who informed him about confirmed reports of aerial…
Pakistan Army has been selflessly at the beck and call of the nation at every trial and tribulation. Each calamity, every catastrophe that Pakistan faced ever since its inception, found Pakistan Army responding to the call of the people. Earthquakes, deluge, floods, fires, wars and other calamities, found the Army leading the effort to defend,…
AbstractInternational community is aware of the terrorists’ intentions to acquire nuclear material. We are thus living with the modern day nightmare of the possibility of nuclear terrorism. Among non- state actors Al Qaeda is considered to be the most aspirant organization which has used resources and made foiled attempts to acquire nuclear weapon/material and use…
Dear Readers, It is unfortunate that Muslims are a divided people and that is our greatest problem today where disunity and suspicion affects us like an incurable disease. Fragmented and divided, we are disunited at every level – within communities, at the local level, the national level and at the international level. We are great…
Bomb BlastsEleven persons were killed and 23 others injured when an explosive-laden pick-up went off in a market in Salarzai tehsil (revenue unit) of Bajaur Agency, reports Dawn. At least 20 shops, five houses and several vehicles were destroyed as the bomb ripped through the busy market owned by former Member of National Assembly (MNA)…
Finally, in August 1947, after a lot of campaigning, deliberations and discussions, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was able to get his Pakistan. By this time, he had exhausted all his energies since he had also been fighting a mortal disease for many years which took its toll a little over a year after the new…
Hazrat Omar when once asked as to why a particular person was abusing him replied that he was surprised because he had not done him any favours. Muslims cherish this example because it acts as an example and encouragement to those who help their fellow beings without expecting or accepting reward, indeed expecting approbation. Unfortunately…
Ikram Sehgal’s memoir reads more like a racy suspense novel instead of a gritty, soldierly chronicle and in his fore-ward to the book, Air Marshal (retd) Asghar Khan is right to comment that this fascinating account would make an excellent film. Sentences such as “I have gone through an odyssey and yet I am no…
