JC finds 2013 elections ‘fair and in accordance with law’: ISLAMABAD: The judicial commission constituted to probe the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) allegations of rigging in the 2013 general election has concluded in its report that polls were in large part “organised and conducted fairly and in accordance with
Arabisation of Bangladesh – Taj Hashmi: Visitors to Bangladesh, who enter the country for the first time through the Hazrat Shah Jalal International Airport in Dhaka, might get the wrong impression about the major languages spoken in the country. Even before disembarking the aircraft,
Eid in Yemen – Rafia Zakaria: ON Eidul Fitr, praying Muslims turned towards Makkah to ask for respite from hardship, for blessings and, for many millions, an elusive peace. So it was in Yemen. However, even as the citizens of that country turned towards Saudi
Who has triumphed in Vienna? – by Syed Kashif Ali: With sanctions removed, not only will Iranian economic revival be initiated but also greater US-Iran regional cooperation is expected in the Middle East, especially for Iraq’s stability, fight against Islamic State and peaceful settlement of the Syrian and the
محترم وسعت اللہ خان سے ایک گزارش: شہید طالب حسین بلوچ کی قربانی کو خراج تحسین پیش کرنے کے لئے لکھا گیا وسعت اللہ خان صاحب کا کالم نظر سے گزرا ، ہمیشہ کی طرح دل کو لبھا دینے والا مسحور کن انداز اور لا
Moon gazing – Abid Hussain: A group of men, mostly old and middle aged, with varying lengths and shapes of facial hair and fancy headgear, gathered at a government building in Karachi on June 17 this year. Theirs was not a gathering
Ottomans were the first to reach the Moon – says Turkish President: Istanbul| Ottomans were the first to walk on the surface of the moon, not Neil Armstrong, said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, yesterday, during an iftar (fast-breaking) dinner hosted by the Turkish Green Crescent. Mr. Erdoğan claimed that Muslim explorers reached the Moon more than 300
Sunrise over Iran – Khurram Husain: THE luck just doesn’t run out in Pakistan. Just as one door closes, another opens. For almost a decade now, rulers in Pakistan have tried to overcome domestic opposition to broadening our ties with India and failed. For almost
پانچ کتابوں کا مصنف موچی – از رضوان صفدر: فیصل آباد کی تحصیل جڑانوالہ کے نواحی قصبے روڈالا کے مین بازار میں سڑک کنارے بیٹھا منور شکیل پچھلی 3 دہائیوں سے دیہاتیوں کے پھٹے پُرانے جوتے مرمت کرنے میں مصروف ہے۔ لیکن حالیہ برسوں میں منور کی عارضی
Shia Hazara predicament – Roohullah Gulzari: A couple of years ago, I showed works of art by my friend Ramzan Ali Hazara, a graduate of the National College of Arts, to another friend from university. He looked at them and was quite amazed at
Daily Times’ editorial on Shia killings in Quetta: Four unidentified gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on people standing in line outside a passport office in Quetta. Two civilians, believed to be Hazara Shias, and a police constable were killed during the attack and eyewitnesses say that
Media Discourse on Deobandi Terrorism – June 17 to July 8, 2015: Deoband Movement and Deobandi Clerics of the Day Ammar Anwer Pakistan Herald January 18, 2015 Deobandi dignitaries started struggle against the Imperial Subjugation on Indo Subcontinent at that time when nobody dared to breathe a word against British
The rise and fall of the Deoband movement – Ammar Anwer: Deoband dignitaries started their struggle against the imperial subjugation of the Indo-Pak subcontinent at a time when nobody dared to utter a word against the British rule. The predicament of the Indians was unspeakable. Whenever the history of