ISI chief meets with Afghan president for coordination against terrorism
KABUL-
Inter-Services Intelligence Chief Lieutenant-General Rizwan Akhtar on Monday met Afghanistan's new president to discuss ways to boost coordination in fighting militant attacks in the region, an official...
Students return to Taliban-hit school in Peshawar
PESHAWAR-
Child survivors of Pakistan's worst ever terrorist attack returned to the school where Taliban militants massacred their classmates Monday, with both the students and...
LHC suspends death row convict’s execution
LAHORE-
Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday suspended the execution of a death row convict in response to a petition filed by the convict's counsel.
According...
Cancer often due to bad luck, not genes or environment: US researchers
MIAMI-
Cancer is often caused by the "bad luck" of random mutations that arise when cells divide, not family history or environmental causes, US researchers...
LHC rejects appeal against acquittal of two terror suspects
RAWALPINDI-
Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday rejected an appeal filed by the federal government against the release of two terror suspects, private media reported.
According...
US man decapitates mother with axe on New Year’s Eve
A schizophrenic Florida man decapitated his mother with an axe on New Year's Eve because he was fed up with her nagging, US authorities...
China New Year crush victims mainly young women
SHANGHAI-
China on Friday mourned the 36 dead from a New Year's Eve crush on Shanghai's famed waterfront, as the city government revealed the victims...
Afghanistan faces economic timebomb as NATO war ends
KABUL-
The Taliban insurgency may still be raging but the poor state of the economy could pose a bigger threat to Afghanistan's long-term viability,...
SC forms bench for terror-related cases
ISLAMABAD-
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday constituted three-member bench to hear terrorism-related cases and appeals filed against death warrants.
According to media reports,...
Police officials, smugglers arrested in Balochistan arms scam
Police officials involved in selling thousands of bullet rounds and other weapons to smugglers were arrested on Friday.
According to details, police officials deployed at...
Jinnah’s, Iqbal’s Pakistan will be reclaimed in 2015: CM
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has expressed the hope that the new year will bring “real peace” to Pakistan.
In his message on the beginning...
CM launches Khadim-e-Punjab Green Roads Programme
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif Thursday decided to launch Khadim-e-Punjab Green Roads Programme for rural areas besides allocating Rs 15 billion for the programme...
‘Subedars’ and ‘Saudagars’ of peace
The security complex is calling the shots in New Delhi Pak-India relations have been a victim of history owing to the wars that they...
The heart wrenching tragedy that struck Peshawar
On December 16, a group of seven insane human beasts stormed the Army Public School in the Peshawar city of Pakistan and murdered 141...
For the sake of our children
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But this time the anger will not be so easily misdirected, the sorrow will not be obfuscated with conspiracy theories. This time the people are like a wounded animal ready to lash back
It is understandable that in this time of intense pain we seek to soothe our wounds with the balm of vengeance but it is important to ask exactly what this will accomplish
‘Subedars’ and ‘Saudagars’ of peace
The “Subedars” actually represent the strategic community in India that loosely consists of retired civil and military bureaucrats, scientists in the nuclear and defence establishments, defence correspondents and right-wing politicians, who advocate a militaristic approach towards Pakistan
Manmohan Singh’s efforts to engage Pakistan were dubbed as “appeasement”. When Manmohan spoke of India’s “shared destiny” with Pakistan, his National Security Adviser MK Narayanan replied, “You have a shared destiny, we don’t”
