Political Affairs

THE detailed Supreme Court verdict must open the rulers’ eyes. The detailed verdict clearly stated that the possible result of contempt of court is five years’ of disqualification from the National Assembly . It also said the defiance by rulers and their...

ACCORDING to media reports, authorities in Pakistan shut down social networking website Twitter for several hours after government found blasphemous material on the site. Only a year ago, another social networking website Facebook received same treatment...

The Syrian civil war, [52] also commonly known as the Syrian uprising , [53] is an ongoing armed conflict in Syria between forces loyal to the Syrian Ba'ath Partygovernment and those seeking to oust it. The conflict began on 15 March 2011 with nationwide...

THE World Food Programme has warned that 20 million people across West Africa are still at risk of a food crisis. Things can be worse between August and December. Dried weather, lack of rains, poor harvests, lack of food and increased food prices are...

THE US has declared the Haqqani network a terrorist organisation and ordered to freeze all its assets in the US and neighbouring countries. The US has again accused Pakistan of links with Haqqani network which is operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan....

Several conflicts in present world prove that wars only cause harm to the country, and these wars are promoted by countries that have a vested interest, such as taking control of large oil reserves, as in the case of Iraq or minerals in a country, or...

According to news, US is still in shock and grief after killing of twenty seven people most of them were innocent young children in Connecticut primary school. Six teachers lost their lives in this tragic incident and now Connecticut shooting incident...

A The recent performance of the sub-continental countries in the London Olympics has proved that the graph of sports for these countries has fallen to a new low, just as they have been inept in other fields of life. Pakistan’s 23-member squad could not...

United States of America remains one of the first countries to have established diplomatic ties with Pakistan. Although the relationship dates back to October 20, 1947, it can be extrapolated that the relations have been based strictly on military and...

Timeline: US-Iran ties A chronology of key events: 1953 US and British intelligence services engineer a coup in which Iranian military officers depose Prime Minister Muhammad Mussadeq, a leading exponent of nationalising the oil industry. Ayatollah Khomeini's...