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Noam Chomsky on the Iran deal: Throughout the world there is great relief and optimism about the nuclear deal reached in Vienna between Iran and the P5+1 nations, the five veto-holding members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany. Most of the world
داعش یرغمالی خواتین کو فروخت کر رہی ہے – بی بی سی رپورٹ: گذشتہ سال شمالی عراق پر دولت اسلامیہ کے قبضے کے بعد مذہبی اقلیت یزیدیوں نے وہاں سے راہِ فرار اختیار کی تو ان کی بہت سی خواتین اور لڑکیاں یرغمال بنا لی گئیں۔ تاہم بی بی سی فارسی کی
Saudi Arabia faces existential crisis after its misjudged gamble on oil: If the oil futures market is correct, Saudi Arabia will run into trouble within two years. It will be in existential crisis by the end of the decade. The contract price of U.S. crude for delivery in December
Country’s biggest child abuse scandal jolts Punjab: GANDA SINGH WALA – Punjab’s leading child protection official has called for a federal inquiry into ‘the largest-ever child abuse scandal in Pakistan’s history’ after the discovery of 400 videos recording more than 280 children being forced
Islamic State abducts dozens of Christians from Syrian town: Islamic State militants have abducted dozens of Christian families after seizing a strategically located town in the central Syrian province of Homs, a monitor said on Friday. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 230
Mumbai attacks trial – Tariq Khosa: THE Mumbai terror attacks were claimed by India to be its 9/11. For more than 66 hours, 10 highly trained militants played havoc in India’s commercial metropolis, spraying bullets and shedding the blood of innocent civilians and tourists in
Anatomy of a murder – Naziha Syed Ali | Fahim Zaman: It was a 9mm gun, probably a Stoeger. Before Saad Aziz got this “samaan” through an associate, by his own admission, he had already plotted a murder. On the evening of Friday, April 24, 2015, he met four
Assassination attempts on senior Pakistani army officers: Since 2002, Pakistan army is involved in a rapidly evolving struggle against terrorism. When the first shots of this new war were fired, Pakistan army was neither trained nor prepared for the conflict. Confusion, complacency and utter incompetence at
’وہ دن دور نہیں جب پاکستان میں کوئی ہندو نہ رہے‘: پاکستان میں بسنے والی مذہبی اقلیتوں کو اکثر یہ شکایت رہی ہے کہ ان کے مذہبی مقامات کو حکومت پاکستان کی جانب سے تحفظ حاصل نہیں ہے۔ ایسی کئی شکایات ریکارڈ پر ہونے اور مذہبی مقامات کو نقصان پہنچائے
Pakistan: the Next Colombia success story? – Daniel Runde: Pakistan has the potential to be a global turnaround story. I recently spent time in-country listening to a wide range of perspectives and I am convinced that U.S. policymakers and business leaders need to look at Pakistan
Deep fissures: Difference between Generals Kayani and Raheel Sharif – Huma Yusuf: NEWS of Malik Ishaq’s killing was still sinking in when the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ), the so-called political arm of the Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (LJ), released statements to the media assuring that it would not protest Ishaq’s death. Describing itself
Why can’t we bring back Ali Haider Gilani or Shahbaz Taseer? – Sabeet Raza: Ali Haider Gilani, son of former Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, was abducted on May 2, 2013 during an election rally from his hometown, Multan. His secretary and bodyguard were both killed, and soon after that, the election campaign of Pakistan People’s
Its Declan Walsh yet again – anyone got a panadol please? – Mubasher Lucman: This man Declan Walsh never ceases to amaze me. He comes up with the most atrocious stories on Pakistan, its institutions and those who have any stature here. Not surprisingly he got kicked out of this country after
متحدہ عرب امارات: ’خلافت قائم کرنے کی سازش میں گرفتاریاں‘: متحدہ عرب امارات میں پولیس نے بغاوت کے الزام میں غیر ملکیوں سمیت 41 افراد کو گرفتار کیا ہے۔ حکام کا کہنا ہے کہ ان لوگوں پر اقتدار پر قبضہ کرنے اور ملک میں خود ساختہ خلافت قائم کرنے
Peaceful demonstration held In Islamabad for Zaid Hamid’s release: Islamabad – Members of civil society gathered in front of National Press Club Islamabad for a peaceful demonstration in support of defence analyst Zaid Hamid who has been illegally detained in Saudi Arabia for the last two months. It
‘Muslims are biggest victims’: ISIS’ online recruiting success story: The Islamic State’s deft use of social media is continuing to inspire and recruit young people in America to its cause and win them over to Islam, in spite of the terror group’s brutal tactics causing violence around the
ملک اسحاق کی ہلاکت – ارشاد حسین ناصر: گذشتہ روز مظفر گڑھ میں ایک مبینہ پولیس مقابلے میں لشکر جھنگوی کا سربراہ ملک اسحاق اپنے دو بیٹوں اور معروف دہشت گرد غلام رسول شاہ جو اس کا نائب بھی تھا، کے ہمراہ ہلاک ہوگیا۔ اس ہلاکت کو
دیوبند فرقہ تاریخ کے مشکل دور میں – افتخار عالم: دیوبند مسلک سے وابستہ تنظیمیں و گروپ تاریخ کے مشکل ترین دور میں داخل ہوچکے ہیں۔جنرل ضیاء کے مارشل لاء اور افغان جہاد کے ذریعے غیر معمولی شہرت، طاقت ووسائل حاصل کرنے والے آپریشن ضرب عضب کی کامیابی کے
Where has Balochistan’s 6% quota in Federal jobs gone? – Adnan Aamir: On the 26th of July, 45 vacancies of BPS-17 were advertised in Quetta Electricity Supply Company (QESCO). Out of these 45, not a single vacancy was allocated for Balochistan. Electrical Engineers of Balochistan were waiting for these vacancies for
قیام پاکستان کے مخالف مولوی کون؟ – عبدالرزاق قادری: فیس بک پر ایک تحریر نظر سے گزری جس میں کسی صاحب کی مولویوں پر کی گئی کسی تنقید کے جواب میں جوابی تنقید اور مولویوں کی وکالت تھی۔ جس پیج والوں نے مولویوں کی وکالت کرنے کا
ASWJ-LeJ’s leader Malik Ishaq was set to die a violent death – by Amir Mir: NEW YORK: Having admitted in October 1997 to his involvement in the killing of 102 people, the US-designated al-Qaeda and Taliban-linked dreaded sectarian terrorist and the moving spirit behind the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), Malik Mohammad Ishaq was certainly
Malik Ishaq’s killing a big blow to Daesh – Nadeem Shah: MULTAN: The July 29 killing of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Ameer Malik Ishaq has not only proved to be a big blow to the LeJ but it also was a great setback to the Islamic States of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Instead of bashing on Malik Ishaq’s killing, why can’t we just give the Army a break and believe its claims, for once? – by Umaima Ahmed: Having a rare day off, I was, as always, sleeping when the news of Malik Ishaq, his two sons’ and 13 of their follower’s demise in an encounter near Muzaffargarh broke and spread like wildfire. I was still
Is Raza Rumi’s Pak Tea House blog working against the ‘national interest’ – by Raza Habib Raja (Editor PTH blog): Many commentators were of the view that Raza Rumi – who happens to be chief editor of Pak Tea House (PTH)-is a coward and is trying to malign Pakistan in order to seek asylum in United States.
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
The life and times of Malik Ishaq Deobandi – Omar R Quraishi: The LeJ chief was accused of involvement in several major cases of terrorism and sectarian attacks on the country’s Shia community, and especially several lethal attacks on Quetta’s Hazaras. The LeJ was also involved in the attack on the
سیٹھی، امتیاز عالم، عمران خان اور شرمندگی کا سوال – عمار کاظمی: نجم سیٹھی اور امتیاز عالم دونوں کا ماننا ہے کہ عمران خان کو اپنے گزشتہ بیانات پر اپنے مخالفین یعنی محترم جج صاحبان افتخار چوہدری، نواز لیگ وغیرہ سے قوم کے سامنے معافی مانگنی چاہیے۔ دونوں کا کہنا ہے
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,
بلوچستان لبریشن فرنٹ کے سربراہ ڈاکٹر اللہ نذر بلوچ کا انٹرویو – عامر حسینی: تربت میں ھلاک ہونے والے ایف ڈبلیو او کے لئے کام کررہے تھے ، اقتصادی راہداری کا منصوبہ بلوچ قوم کی شناخت کو تباہ کرنے کا منصوبہ ہے ، اس منصوبے پر سرمایہ لگانے کی بجائے چین کہیں اور
13 famous eateries of Lahore that are disgustingly filthy – Ali Gul: Caution: Some images will make you nauseous! One of the most famous features of Lahore is it’s food. You’ll often hear Lahoris rave about how great the food is in the city. And for the most part, they’re
Robert Fisk: David Cameron extremism speech: The PM’s Churchillian posturing over Syria is misguided: The way David Cameron tells it, this is the Battle of Syria. He’s going to “hammer” Isis, if he gets his way. Reminds you of Winston. Just imagine what our fighter boys were thinking when their 650 Spitfires and
Pakistani Deobandi among two arrested on terror charges in Italy: MILAN: Italian police say they have arrested two people, including a Pakistani Deobandi and a Tunisian, suspected of being behind a Twitter account that carried threats in the name of Daesh or the self-styled Islamic State (IS) group against
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
Turkey’s Erdogan still fears Kurdish autonomy more than ISIS – Ruby Stockham: On Monday a suicide attack in the small Turkish city of Suruc killed at least 32 young activists and left more than 100 seriously injured. The activists were part of a meeting of around 300 members of the Federation of Socialist Youth Associations (SGDF),
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
برمنگھم یونیورسٹی سے ’قدیم ترین‘ قرآنی نسخہ برآمد: برطانیہ کی برمنگھم یونیورسٹی کی لائبریری سے ممکنہ طور پر قرآن کا قدیم ترین نسخہ برآمد ہوا ہے۔ یونیورسٹی کے مطابق ریڈیو کاربن ٹیسٹ سے یہ معلوم ہوا ہے کہ یہ نسخہ کم از کم 1370 سال پرانا ہے
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
Robert Fisk: Iran nuclear deal: America has taken Iran’s side – to the fury of Israel and Saudi Arabia: However much Bibi Netanyahu of Israel and the Gulf sultans rage at the Vienna agreement, the Arabs at least will suspect the truth: that the Americans have taken the Shia Muslim side in the Middle East’s sectarian war. That’s