Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), an American clergyman and Nobel Prize Winner, once said: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”. The situation in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) truly mirrors these remarks. Primarily due to the Frontier Crime Regulations (FCR), the tribal belt today is a place where humanity is daily ridiculed. It is undergoing the worst ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s influential army chief on Monday said he would step down at the end of his three-year term in November, the military’s public relations wing said, breaking a precedent of military leaders seeking to extend their terms. General Raheel Sharif is considered by many to be Pakistan’s most powerful man. Since he took office in 2013, the army has launched ...

Taliban militants have set a pre-condition for restarting peace talks with Afghan government. A senior member the group has told Reuters news agency that Taliban want to be removed from a U.N. blacklist before considering rejoining peace talks aimed at ending a 15-year civil war. The unnamed Taliban member has further said that the group could participate if the U.N. ...

AFGHANISTAN: 17 loyalists of the terrorist group the Islamic State (IS) which also goes by its Arabic name Daesh have been killed in newest drone strikes in eastern Nangarhar province, Ministry of Defense announced on Monday. A statement released by the ministry states that the air strikes were carried out on positions of Daesh in Deh Bala and Achin districts ...

KABUL: Today Kabul University student and civil society member come out and show solidarity with the Bacha Khan University victims. They were protesting the massacre and condemn the attack with strong words. Today evening, the students, teachers, journalists and civil society members gathered in front of Kabul University gate and hold the candlelight vigil in the memory of BKU victims. ...

WASHINGTON: In a strong message, US president Barack Obama told Pakistan on Sunday that it “can and must” take more effective action against terrorist groups operating from its soil by “delegitimising, disrupting and dismantling” terror networks there. Describing the terror attack on the IAF base in Pathankot as “another example of the inexcusable terrorism that India has endured for too ...

Twenty eighth anniversary of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Bacha Khan) once again reminds us the role he played in reshaping the cultural values of Pukhtoon society. Cultural values play an important role in shaping the collective behavior of a society. Some of the cultural traits provide the tools and mechanism for the intra-society and cross-culture conflicts resolution. Pukhtoonwali is a ...

McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. It also means “the practice of making unfair allegations or using unfair investigative techniques, especially in order to restrict dissent or political criticism.” Owing to their absolute satanic overtones the inhuman terrorist attacks on Army Public School last year and on Bacha Khan University ...

The non-violent soldier of Islam, Bharat Ratna, died 28 years ago, on January 20, 1988. The assault on the university named after him in Pakistan is yet another attack on his legacy. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890-1988) is better remembered in India as Frontier Gandhi, and in Pakistan as Bacha Khan. He died on January 20, 1988, 40 years after ...

Whatever the military demanded, civilian government gave – from military courts to foreign policy, everything has been under control of Army. But what are the results beyond photo-ops and extensive PR gains? A month after Pakistan observed the first anniversary of the deadly APS Peshawar attack, Islamist terrorists belonging to the banned TTP have struck again – this time at ...