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Unicode version   افغانستان اور پالیسی ساز اشرافیہ کے تصوّرات تحریر؛  علی ارقم پاکستان میں سول اور عسکری ہیئت مقتدرہ کے غالب کردار اور سرد جنگ کے دور کے زیر اثر چلے آرہنے والے قومی سلامتی کے [...]

Amn Tehrik spokesperson Idrees Kamal sent us this email to be published as life of a senior journalist from FATA is in danger, we request concerned authorities to take immediate action to get him released.(Editor)   Dear All One of our senior journalist friends Rehamtullah Darpa Khel has been abducted by some unknown armed men this [...]

ISLAMABAD, Aug 9: A sub-committee of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was informed on Tuesday that details of a major chunk of the government money spent through political agents in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) were not presented for mandatory government audit because these fell under the head of secret funds. To the surprise [...]

The devil's advocate in Pakistan mainstream media TV channels and newspaper reporters are misinforming people on the strife between KESC workers and incompetent but very powerful administration. Notwithstanding their pledges and agreements with the Govt. after taking charge of KESC the Abraaj group is busy with the shameful tactics of [...]

Last night in a recently launched TV show by Express News with a Janus-faced title "Sirf Sach" hosted by a relatively new face Ali Mumtaz, the participants from Karachi were asked about violence in Karachi.   He chose the area of “Water Pump”, where most of the people were from the educated Mohajir community; Most of the [...]

Army Chief says: 'momin hou tau bey AID bhi larta hai sipahi' Corps commanders’ meeting: Army shrugs off ‘punitive’ aid cut-off by US On the other hand, General Pasha is going to Washington today to revive aid and clarify any "misunderstandings" between the USA and Pakistan army / ISI. Here is a detail news: ISI chief Shuja [...]

Amn Tehrik (Peace Movement) is an emerging and dynamic movement of concerned individuals and organizations from the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the promotion of peace in the troubled regions of the province. Amn Tehrik has been regularly organising seminars, conferences and demonstrations to influence policymaking with reference to the [...]

ANP Swat has condemned the assassination of their Activist and President Taehsil Matta. They have raised serious concerns over the terrorist act after military operation in Swat. While ANP has suffered huge losses in war against terrorists by sacrificing their political workers and leadership, but the Taliban leaders have escaped the military [...]

The internet has filled with hand wringing about Osama not getting a trial. I get that we all would have felt better that our principles had been upheld if had not been shot on sight, but I am beginning to think that people are starting to lose perspective. The wagon is lead by people with wonderful ideas about due process, rightly so, but [...]

Related article: Fake criticism of Pakistan army by FCS proxies A reputed inter-services public relations firm is looking for senior writers to author a book titled as "Friends not Masters Part II" Background The Pakistan army has a long history of collaborations and working as an ally to the United States and other western powers.  It [...]

Source: Daily Aajkal

THERE are some great mysteries in the world. What causes gravity? Is there a scientific theory of everything? Who was Jack the Ripper? How did the Egyptians build the pyramids? And that favourite of amateur psychologists and borderline misogynists, what do women want? Add another great mystery to that list: what is the Pakistani security [...]

رحمان ملک کے ٹل پاراچنار روڈ کھولنے کے جھوٹے وعدوں پر یقین نہیں کیا جا سکتا، یوتھ آف پاراچنار اسلام آباد:اسلام ٹائمز۔ پاراچنار کرم ایجنسی کے عوام رحمان ملک کے مزید جھوٹے وعدوں اور بیانات سے [...]

ISLAMABAD: Military spokesman Maj-Gen Athar Abbas has hinted at involvement of retired ISI officials in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, but categorically denied any role of serving spies. The ISPR chief, in his interaction with the visiting delegation of Indian journalists and in an interview with CNN-IBN, indicated the possibility of some [...]

Some say it was Maulana Barrel who started the drum rolling. Others blame Swat or even New York. However over the years it has found its way into the popular imagination and become a part of the mass culture, so that in every household, young people aspiring to make a mark on the world are training for martyrdom missions. The regional [...]

Pakistan Tehrik Insaf after today Daharna has issued a Declaration with the name of Peshawar Declaration to counter Amn Tehrik Peshawar declaration issued on 16th Jan 2010 after two days long consultation and deliberation, we demand from PTI to give another name to your declaration. The consensus document of peace loving forces of the [...]

KARACHI - A colleague of journalist Wali Babar escorted the ring leader of the gang of “target killers” who later murdered him, to the Geo office in Karachi, and helped him take snaps of Babar with his cell phone camera, disclosed the arrested accused of the case to a joint investigation team (JIT). The ring leader, Faisal alias Mota and [...]

As U.S.-Pakistan relations continue to deteriorate, Pakistan is in the process of redefining its relationship with the United States. The official statement from Pakistan's foreign ministry on Wednesday in response to a drone strike in Pakistan's tribal areas, just two days after a meeting in which Pakistani intelligence chief Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja [...]

Academia, Civil Society Organizations and youth from different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA passed a joined resolution on April 07 in favor of devolution of HEC under the 18th Constitutional Amendment and condemned all those anti-constitution and anti-democratic hypes for confusing the devolution of Higher Education to the [...]

KARACHI – Tribal-area militants hiding in Karachi have brought their fight to the streets of Karachi, killing pro-government Pashtuns under the guise of targeted killings, Central Asia Online has learned. “The militants, taking advantage of ongoing ethnic violence in the city, kill their rivals, (and) in most cases, the police consider [...]

Related articles: Why are Pakistan’s urban chatterers neglecting the Bahrain uprising? Recruitment of Bahrain National Guards in Lahore to kill Shia protesters in Bahrain The fabrication of Bahrain’s Shiite-Sunni divide – by Shirin Sadeghi Currently, there are two false narratives that are being used to misrepresent the [...]

غوث بخش بزنجو کے انٹرویو کے اقتباسات – ڈاکٹر فیروز احمد قومی جمہوریت کا نظام -  موجودہ نو آبادیاتی نظام جو انگریز چھوڑ گئے تھے لیکن جو اب تک ہم پر مسلّط ہے، اس میں ایک آزاد ملک کےاقتصادی، سیاسی [...]

As 23rd day of March is approaching, Pakistanis are warming up for another holiday to celebrate the Pakistan Day in commemoration of the historic passage of  the Lahore Resolution ( also known as the Pakistan Resolution) in 1940 by the working committee of all India Muslim league. The Lahore Resolution, actually, formulated the creation of [...]

An email from a Pakistan based writer friend made me recall Parveen Shakir. The poem, Tomato Ketchup, written most probably in the memory of Sara Shagufta (the modernist Pakistani poet who committed suicide in the footsteps of Sylvia Plath). I am not drawing conclusions or imagining comparisons. My writer-friend is neither suicidal nor at the [...]

Related articles: Let’s have a revolution in Pakistan: Yeh, Yeh, Yeh! A conversation with Raid Shamat and Sasha Sham-me – by Razzak Memon The Civil Society Bulletin – by Abbas Baloch One of Pakistan's renowned social commentators, Nadeem Paracha wrote this about the lawyers 'movement' nearly three years ago: The truth is, had the "civil [...]

Disclaimer: I use the word “operation” to suggest any action taken by the Government of Punjab that recognises an internal threat and within the confines of the law undertakes action to rid militants from the province. The government of Punjab has accused the Minister of Interior Rehman Malik, of indulging in “provincial prejudice”. [...]

I am really sick of people who whine and bemoan the lack of education among Pakistanis. All problems are placed at the door of poor literacy rate. It is a false analysis. I think Pakistan has the highest literacy rate in the entire world. We have the highest rate of doctors, engineers, scientists, economists, political analysts and religious [...]

In addition to all that is wrong with our country we have umpteen TV channels and loud, oh so loud anchors, most talking the height of nonsense; with notable exceptions all of them rude and discourteous and impolite to their guests and about those they are discussing; almost all of them with holier than thou attitudes, finding fault with [...]

Nearly a month and a half after he gunned down two Pakistani men in Lahore, the public rancor about CIA contractor Raymond Davis is finally starting to subside. But during that period the Davis incident brought Pakistan's Islamist parties back into the street, at a time when they slowly been slinking away from the public sphere. For nearly a month [...]

اگر پاکستان میں طالبان اسی طرح طاقتور ہوتے رہے اور میڈیا اور مذہبی جماعتیں طالبانوں اور دہشتگردوں کو اسی طرح ہیرو بناتی رہیں ،حکومت اسی طرح مذہبی دشتگردوں سے سامنے گھٹنے ٹیکتی رہی تو وہ دن دور [...]

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Benighted sentiments must not be used as an excuse by the Pakistani state to shy away from its human rights responsibilities including the protection of religious minorities . The government must make a clear distinction between raw and unruly emotions of its populace and the countries ties with the rest of the world,as foreign relations are [...]

Pakhtun Leadership (both politicians and civil society) should stand with any one who helps them achieve for Pakhtunkhwa a complete and unadulterated regional autonomy. Without such an autonomy, Pakhtuns are doomed to social, cultural and economic slavery. Centralized State The current structure of Pakistani state is highly centralized, [...]

The Archbishop of Canterbury has called on the government of Pakistan to do more to protect its minorities. Dr Rowan Williams said the murder of Pakistan's only Christian cabinet minister, Shahbaz Bhatti, could not be "managed or tolerated". Writing in London's Times, he said Mr Bhatti was a martyr and Pakistan was being blackmailed by [...]

For First Part : Age relaxation for CSS 2012 exam Part 1 – by Shamoon Qureshi Salus Populi Suprema lex- CSS 2012 Age Relaxation CSS Age Relaxation issue has been highlighted and strongly demanded by all the quarters of serious aspirants but government is standing unfazed by its audacious decision passed back in 2008. This article is also [...]

It was not long ago when some Indian Muslim leaders had gathered in Lahore and had adopted a resolution at their meeting to demand a brand new country in the name of religion. They systematically created a mass frenzy in the support of their demand and finally achieved what they wanted – ‘a brand new country in the religion’. It was [...]

Rehman Malik has yet again scattered his pearls of illogic by saying that the interior ministry was planning to impose restrictions on artists, journalists and students on scholarships travelling to India. They will now have to seek a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the ministry. Initially, it sounded as if he meant everyone visiting India. It [...]

Currently Muslim world is trying to look inwards to find the solution to the continuous dilemma that it finds itself for the last few hundred years. Can we find a source of renaissance by looking inward? I would say, No! History is replete with instances when an impetus for a change came from outside. If Roman Empire and Persian Empire were [...]

President Zardari is on a multi-state tour and is currently in Kuwait after having visited Japan, and stopping over in Dubai. I caught just fifteen minutes of the usual fire breathing heads on the idiot-box complaining about expenditure on official visits. Being conservative on spending is necessary, I agree but here’s a partial list of [...]