The Senate of Pakistan which is the house of the federation celebrated its 44th Foundation Day on August 5. It was on this date 43 years ago that the Senate was founded in which all the federating units have equal representation irrespective of the size of their population. The Upper House of Parliament was meant to provide space for the ...

“You may call it the terrorists or outfits of the agencies. As you wish? I beg to disagree with the word “Non-State actors”. They are owned and nurtured by our own state and enjoy more facilities than the residents of Pakistan; who are struggling for last 69 years to get the rights of citizenship” The month of August carries a ...

Last Monday Quetta saw yet another horrendous bloodbath. This time round the brunt of terrorist attack was borne by the lawyers community of Balochistan although some non-lawyers also lost their lives as they happened to be around the hospital where members of legal fraternity were attacked. The Hazara community, mostly comprising of Shi’a Muslims, has been attacked again and again in ...

Pakistan media has an amazing repertoire of patriotic songs post every nerve wrecking and state machinery failure in our historical journey of nearly 69 years. The latest one seems to be from coke studio one of the most watched music programme in Pakistan creating the complicated and beautiful relation between music and patriotic emotions. People admire and listen to it ...

North Korea recently has launched two No Dong missiles ranging 500-600 kilometers and one Scud observing it as a drill for preemptive nuclear attack on South Korea and the US bases residing in South Korea. Pyongyang has directed a unparalleled number of missiles this year to refine its capacity to target South Korea, Japan, Guam, and the US bases positioned ...

In response to a question about the possibility of talks with Pakistan recently Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi posed an interesting question; he said to whom in Pakistan should he talk to? Mr Modi might have said that for scoring a political point but he was not too wide off the mark in what he was saying. Military’s control over ...

The emotions run high and the flares continue at Torkham, a border town located on both sides of the “Durand Line” that separates Pashtuns. Torkham is a town in the legendary Khyber Pass which is a witness to a lot of tales and is a popular subject of folk songs; it is a strategically important route used for trade and ...

Protection of Pakistan Act (PoPA) one of the major anti-terrorist laws in Pakistan, expired yesterday. It was promulgated in July 2014 with a two year sunset clause. In this way PoPA has come to an end after completing its prescribed age. The present government has every intention of  extending it further by getting approval from both Houses of the Parliament. ...

The non-violent struggle, led by the legendary Pashtun freedom fighter Khan Abdul Ghafar Khan well known as Bacha Khan, against the British colonial rule is a great lesson in the history of political movements. After a careful look into the tragic events and misfortunes of the past three decades in Afghanistan beginning with the Communist Coup of April 1978 followed ...

Remember that getting rid of the responsibility by saying they do not belong to us is not a solution to save oneself. Would you have accepted a same reaction and logic of terrorism if people of another faith carry on the same thing? Terrorism. Extremism. Fundamentalism. Violence. Killing innocents. What exactly do we talk; or justify about? Is it the ...