پاؤں زخمی سہی ڈگمگاتے چلو – از ریاض سہیل: کراچی سے کوئٹہ جانے والی سڑک پر ایک بچہ ٹرالی لیے چلا جا رہا ہے، اس ٹرالی میں پانی کی بوتلیں، کلر سپرے، تصاویر اور ایک سپیکر موجود ہے جبکہ آٹھ خواتین سمیت دو درجن کے قریب افراد اس
Mir Shakil ur Rahman VS Pak Army – by Fareed Pasha: It was an early winter night. The small intimate gathering at the rooftop of a private bungalow was a calm affair but a tête-à-tête with a well-known senior media person from Geo Network was red hot! The topic of
آئی ایس پی آر اور جماعت اسلامی: آئی ایس پی آر اور امیر جماعت اسلامی لیل و نہار /عامر حسینی امیر جماعت اسلامی پاکستان پروفیسر منور حسن نے حکیم اللہ محسود اور تحریک طالبان پاکستان کے دیگر مرنے والوں کو شہید اور ان گے خلاف لڑنے
One kilometer too far for us, not for U.S. – by Shoaib Mir: ONE KILOMETER is the distance between the Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud’s hideout in Miramshah, North Waziristan and the military headquarters there. It’s the same distance, ONE KILOMETER, that separated Al-Qaeda leader OBL’s 3-storey house and Pakistan Military Academy in
TTP Power Struggle intensifies – by Amir Mir: ISLAMABAD: As the internal power struggle in the TTP between various factions to grab the top slot of Ameer began, loyalists of Hakimullah Mehsud have chosen Sheharyar Mehsud alias Shahbaz as the new Ameer of their faction in North
The Taliban will never talk – by Abbas Zaidi: Pakistan as always is divided between Talk or Not Talk with the Taliban. But this is not an equal division. If you take a hard look, you will find that the entire parliament, the Army, the media, and
Pakistan’s tactical nuclear weapons – by Ali Hashim: It has been reported in the International press that one of the topics on the agenda of the recent Nawaz Sharif- Obama meeting recently was Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program and within the broad ambit of this topic, Pakistan’s rapid
Al Qaeda core was in Karachi on 9/11: WASHINGTON: On Sept 11, 2001, the core of Al Qaeda was concentrated in a single city: Karachi. At a hospital, the accused mastermind of the bombing of the USS Cole was recovering from a tonsillectomy. Nearby, the alleged organiser
ایک نیا آئین بنائیں – از حسن رضا چنگیزی: میرا خیال ہے کہ اب وہ وقت آگیا ہے کہ ملک کو ایک نیا آئین دیا جائے۔ اس لئے نہیں کہ پاکستان کے “لے پالک بچّے” یعنی بلوچ موجودہ ملکی آئین سے مطمئن نہیں بلکہ نیا آئین بنانا اس
Dronophobia – by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid: The irrational, abnormal and persistent fear of drone strikes Dronophobia is a case of specific phobia, the irrational, abnormal and persistent fear of drone strikes. A dronophobe believes that drone strikes causes more harm to a state than suicide
Balochistan: Who’s saving the doctors? by Syed Ali Shah: In the past three years alone, at least 21 doctors have been kidnapped in Balochistan. “I was blindfolded and my hands and feet were chained together for 17 days in a mud-walled room,” Dr. Ghullam Rasool; a renowned psychiatrist
The indecisive PM – by Aziz-ud-Din Ahmad: The man at the helm is letting the country drift Over the last four months, Nawaz Sharif has failed to take a number of important decisions creating the perception that he is indecisive. Major cabinet posts remain unattended. The
Go Malala finish the Takfiri ideology: Malala Yosafzai has already made history as the youngest person in the world to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Our prayers and best wishes are with Malala and we hope she goes on win the prestigious award.
Editorial: Taliban, APC, and the State of Pakistan: The recent events in Pakistan have shown that the state of Pakistan is entering a new phase which may be called “the Takfiri State of Islam”. You may replace “Islam” by “Islamism” or “Islamofascism,” but it will be a
بلڈی سویلین – از نعمان عالم: جس ملک میں اکیالیس سال فوج کی حکمرانی رہی ہو ، اور پچیس سال جمہوریت کے دستانے میں سیاستدانوں کی ہارس ٹریڈنگ میں بھی جرنیلوں کا ہاتھ رہا ہو ، وہاں آپ فوج کو ” محترم ” گاۓ نہیں
Zardari – by M Ziauddin: The writer is Executive Editor of The Express Tribune Zardari had entered the presidency with lots and lots of baggage. “Mr 10 per cent” is Pakistan’s president, the world mocked. Being the single biggest beneficiary of his wife’s death,
Bravo Mr. President – by Riaz Ali Toori: I remember a man who was tortured inhumanly; who had spent a decade of his life in jail but emerged victorious and became the most powerful President of the country yet adopted a policy of reconciliation instead of