A soldier’s romance with martyrdom

Samson Simon Sharaf | Colonel Sohail Abid Raja our little soldier boy was commissioned in First Sindh Regiment (Fakhar e Sindh). We called him Raja...

Kashmir: Ramadan break from violence?

Murtaza Shibli | The recent announcement by New Delhi to halt its military operations in Kashmir that seek to kill nominally trained and scantly armed...

Will South Punjab be a Province?

Qaiser Sajjad | A great political upheaval has been witnessed in South Punjab during last month when some lawmakers of PMLN elected from South Punjab...

The battle for the Iranian nuclear deal: China approaches a watershed

James M. Dorsey | Conventional wisdom has it that China stands to benefit from the US withdrawal from the 2015 international nuclear agreement with Iran,...

Nawaz Sharif- traitor or trader?

Syed Haider Raza Mehdi | There's a famous dialogue attributed to Abu Sufyan in the movie ‘The Message’ when he refuses to re-attack the Muslim...

Who are the ‘aliens’ in Pakistani politics?

Dr. Farid A Malik | The three times Ex-Prime Minister of Pakistan has sensed alien invasion of our coming elections, he has to be taken...

A Letter to Indian Army Chief from a Kashmiri writer

Murtaza Shibli | Mohodai Sena Pati Ji: Namashkar Ever since you assumed the top position within the Indian army, Kashmiris have been following your statements with...

ISIS starting invasion of Central Asia, supported by US: Russian & Chinese sources fear?

Andrey Afasanev | Sources in the Russian military and intelligence agencies say that the preparation of a full-scale offensive operation against Russia through Tajikistan and...

The dearth of employment opportunities in Pakistan and a resilient man’s plea

Beenish Saleem | Unemployment has been a serious social issue in Pakistan for decades and when it comes to persons with disabilities, it is far...

Nobody told me to change my surname: Sonam Kapoor

News Desk | The newlywed Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor said nobody forced her to add her husband Anand Ahuja’s surname. She said it was her...

Pacific, Indian Ocean and Asia

IKRAM SEHGAL | Pakistan was founded in 1947 at a time when nobody was thinking about globalization even though the just finished WW II suggested...

ISIS and Al-Qaeda: Muslim Jihadist or Covert Projects of Mossad and CIA?

Merwah Qureshi | Terrorism has engulfed the whole globe but it has played havoc in the Muslim world. The world has known famous and notorious...