We recently marked the 68th Independence Day very fervently and zealously, because of a surprisingly placid and secure environment in the country compared to previous years.
Most of the people give credit for this to the Pak Army for its ongoing successful operation against terrorism, which was rap

So said Dr Mario Raviglione, Director of the World Health Organization (WHO)'s Global Tuberculosis Programme, in an interview given to Citizen News Service (CNS) at the ongoing 5th Asia Pacific Region Conference on Lung Health of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Uni

Almost from the moment he took over from Hamid Karzai as President of Afghanistan in September last year, Ashraf Ghani put all his eggs in the Pakistani basket in the hope of peace in his country. Unmindful of its reputation as a double dealer and a country that used terror to advance its foreign po

When we see people persecuted by others, what is the right response? If we support our shared Universal Human Rights, we must be consistent in our respect for this for all people, including those who are persecuted and the identity groups that persecutors belong to.
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Recently a TB partners and civil society organizations (CSOs) consultation meet was held in Delhi for ‘Spearheading Civil Society Action Towards a TB Free India’, with a view to align campaign objectives and goals with partners by sharing solutions and discussing way forward on existing gaps or chal

Whether it was 2012 letter of APHC Chairman separatist SAS Geelani to UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon in which he mentioned that -”[I am addressing you on behalf of my people, who for last 64 years have been striving for peace, justice, freedom and dignity. During these 64 years we have suffered im

Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, while addressing the First Constituent Assembly of Pakistan said: “ … You are free; you are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques or to any other places of worship in the State of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion or caste

The recent diplomatic activity on Syria is intriguing. Russia, Mr. Assad’s most powerful supporter, has forged new ties with Saudi Arabia, his bitter foe and a major funder of Syrian rebel groups, and brokered a meeting between Syrian and Saudi intelligence officials. Even amid high tensions over Uk

Sub:- (i)- History has put great onus on Secretary of State John Kerry to usher humanity into humane world (ii)- Despite advantage Trump (due to Immigration and Chinese Currency factors), Secretary Kerry can still ensure Democrats in White House and majority in Congress through 2016 elections

One thing is very clear. The statement issued by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif representing some kind of agreement at the Russian city of Ufa on July 10, 2015 seems on its face to be conspicuously duplicitous. One wonders if Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had some subordi

The calling off of the national security adviser level talks between India and Pakistan should not have surprised even those who are forever singing the ‘talks at all costs’ tune. A determined Pakistan had worked carefully to ensure that the talks do not take off by first twisting the Ufa agreement

As expected nothing came out of proposed Indo-Pak NSA level talks (it even did not take place on August, 23) because India imposed two absurd conditions that Pak should not raise Kashmir issue and should not talk to Kashmiri separatists (though this stand of India has been criticized widely in media

The Urdu literature is replete with such intellectuals who never bothered about seeking popularity. They rather reallocated their energies in soul-searching so as to purify their own selves and advocate truth, serenity, altruism and patriotism. Nevertheless, as rarity; a few happened to be a personi

It took almost seven years from someone in Pakistan to muster courage to stand up and admit that the terrorists who carried out the Mumbai attacks in November 2008 came from Pakistan and that the terrorist act was planned from Pakistan. The confession came from a former police officer, Tariq Khosa,

A lot of ink has been used to write on the ‘death’ of the Taliban leader, Mullah Omar. The reclusive chief of the Taliban reportedly died in 2013 in Karachi. Once again the finger points to a Pakistan hand in the Taliban narrative. It is the Pak ISI which created and nurtured the Taliban from its in