IntroductionI visited Lahore for the first time eighty years ago but the entire picture of those days is as clear in my eyes as daylight. After retirement as a Risaldar my maternal grandfather had built a house outside SHERANWALA gate close to the MAULVI FEROZE DIN KA CHAPA KHANA (Press). I was told by my…
IntroductionThe Muslims generally concentrate on worship, prayers and supplication to God but ignore the rights of fellow human beings and think that rituals are enough to earn pleasure of the Lord, which shall entitle them entry to paradise. This is not sufficient and there is need to restore balance. Islam expects the Muslims to perform…
The government of United Arab Emirates (UAE) recently promulgated an anti-terror law which further strengthened current legislative measures in a number of areas that are already in place. This is a right move in the right direction and fast-tracks tough measures against those found to be involved in terror acts. Terrorism is a menace and…
Nearly six years on, the Indo-US civil nuclear agreement remains a controversial arrangement. As America, the leading proponent of nuclear non-proliferation (NPT) entered into Agreement 123 with a non NPT state, it threw-up a whole range of irreconcilables. Of these, one is India’s relationship with the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). Additional Protocol between India and…
The bitter home truth about our foreign policy is that none of the major political parties can deny the opening narrative of PML(N)’s Manifesto for the 2013 election, “Pakistan today is at war within, while isolated abroad. Its independence and sovereignty stand compromised, its economic weaknesses are forcing us to go begging bowl in hand,…
Flanked by his Minister of State Abid Sher Ali and the Federal Secretary, Ms. Nargis Sethi, Khawaja Asif, the Federal Minister for Water and Power, and of Defence, claimed that load-shedding was necessitated because of the rapid accumulation of circular debt to Rs.280 – Rs.300 billion. Some private power plants had shut down, reducing the…
Serving a defamation notice on the PTI Chairman, Imran Khan, for “levelling baseless allegations” against him and the judiciary, Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry threatened civil and criminal proceedings “in accordance with the law, both inside and outside the jurisdiction of Pakistan, if unconditional apology is not tendered by you,” the notice claimed in damages, “a token…
Terrorist Activities in Pakistan Bomb/IED BlastsThe house and car of the Bureau Chief of the Express News, Jamshed Bhagwan, were damaged in an explosion in Murshidabad locality on the Kohat Road in Peshawar on July 2, reports The News. This is the third bomb attack on the house of Jamshed Bhagwan over the past few…
At this point in time, more than ever before, the “synthesizing of thesis and antithesis” of all things is clearly taking place including the spiritual and intellectual history of humankind following simultaneously the two currents. One current is that of prophethood and religious beliefs and the other is the human philosophical/scientific tradition._ When these two…
Dear Readers, We live in on age in which on increasing number of nations are embracing democracy as a system of government. In some cases the political landscape of many nations has been characterized by processes, at times arduous, of democratization or struggle for democracy. After more than six decades of achieving independence, Pakistan continues…
