Suicide Bombings The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) personnel on November 24 foiled a possible militant attack by killing a suspected would-be suicide bomber when he tried to sneak into a Police Station in Burki area of Lahore, reports Dawn. According to a statement released by Police, the suspected suicide bomber was killed in an exchange of…
Despite the ongoing global economic crisis being aggravated by the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, this year has brought outstanding results for the KHORGOS “dry port” on the border between Kazakhstan and China, which links China with Central Asia, Russia and Europe. On October 6, 2020 when after less than five years of its opening,…
PROLOGUE Aviation is one of the leading industries of the world comprising of manufacturing and operation of a variety of aircrafts and aeroplanes employed for scores of purposes. Air traffic is the fastest in terms of timing and is ubiquitous since it is successfully operated in different terrains and weather conditions. Air planes are effectively…
Bombs Blasts/IEDs Five persons were killed and two others injured when a mortar shell exploded in Akbarpura area of Pabbi tehsil (revenue unit) in Nowshera District September 29, reports Pakistan Today. Five killed in the blast were identified as Shafqat, Mukarram, Ali, Zahidullah and Hidayatullah. District Police Officer (DPO) Najmul Hasnain said the mortar shell…
A nation’s foundation lies in its history and its past, its martyrs and benefactors. Those who forget them will perish. Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the father of the nation, commands significance in the world and occupies a very special place in the hearts of Pakistanis. When anyone, from the highest government official to chiefs of…
On his way home from work on a Friday afternoon in a quiet suburban town north-west of Paris an attacker, later identified as an 18-year-old of Chechen origin, who came to France as a refugee, cornered Samuel Paty, a middle-school history and civics teacher on the street, and stabbed him repeatedly. Witnesses say the killer…
Ten days before the Elections in 2016 Hilary Clinton was leading most election forecasts, for all practical purposes Trump had already lost. However a forecast is a forecast only and nothing more; an election is only decided on Election Day, everyone can make up or change his/her mind right in front of the ballot box….
Being the devil’s advocate is not a preferred job. So is the case for those who stand for congenial relations between India and Pakistan. Peace is apparently a shunned word in the subcontinent, as politics of hate and prejudice rule the roost. This is why both the neighbours and their respective establishments feel themselves at…
Context India has formally invited Australia to join the large-scale naval exercises to be conducted in the Bay of Bengal (3-6 November) and the Arabian Sea (17-20 November), involving in addition to the navies of India and Australia, naval assets of the US and Japan. This is a very significant development if not militarily, certainly…
Mr. Liaquat H. Merchant is a very prominent Barrister currently residing in Karachi, Pakistan. He is the Managing Trustee of the Jinnah Foundation as well as the President of the Jinnah Society. Moreover, he is the Grand-nephew of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founding father of Pakistan. A family tree shows Mr. Merchant as being the…
