The past few days there has been a chorus of another diplomatic triumph, a ‘milestone’ and a ‘breakthrough’ of ‘historic’ proportions in the Indo-Pak relations. The reason behind this ecstasy is the outcome of a meeting the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, had with his Pakistani counterpart, Na

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu immediately after the signing of Iran and P5+1 nuclear agreement declared it as “stunning historical mistake”. Even Israelis has gone one step forward and they are pressing US lawmakers in congress to block the deal, with Israeli Ambassador to US Ron Dermer

Unpatriotic Hindus of J&K allows Farooq Abdullah, Geelani and Naidu to flaunt their communal prejudices & lack of loyalty for Kashmir / J&K / India
Ref:- (i)- Abdullah, Geelani and Naidu care more for Islam & Hinduism than Kashmir / J&K / India (ii)- Like communal Congress the communal NC, APHC an

Years ago, I visited a central jail in Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan during a local community project to spend some time with prisoners serving sentences, often deserted and sometimes forgotten by their own families and friends.
For the first time in my life, I came to know the ‘life’ behind the bars.

Despite being treatable, TB remains a major global public health problem. As Dr Mario Raviglione, Director Global Tuberculosis Programme of WHO, informed, in 2013, 9 million people fell ill with TB in; 1.5 million men, women and children died from it; 480,000 people developed multi drug resistant TB

Prime Minister Davutoglu and President Erdogan of Turkey have collectively conspired against Syria by supporting various terrorist and sectarian forces against this nation. Indeed, when Kurds were openly being killed in Syria by ISIS (Islamic State – IS) in Kobane (Kobani) – in clear view of NATO Tu

In Nigeria the Takfiri Islamist group Boko Haram killed countless Muslims that were doing late shopping for the festival of Eid in northeastern Nigeria. ISIS, in Iraq, following the same Takfiri Islamist logic, slaughtered over 120 innocent Muslims while enticing people with the hope of ice to escap

Known for being tight-fisted about giving financial grants, while making long-term promises of investments, China has just (July 16) pledged to provide $10 million to Pakistan for the rehabilitation of people displaced due to military operations in the restive tribal region.
While signing an ag

Few days back, Dalit Christian’s delegation had met with the representative of the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and submitted a memorandum regarding alleged exploitation and torture by the Catholic Church and Vatican. The memorandum highlighted continuous discrimination of CBCI (Cath

US Military Veterans (USMV) can eliminate ISIS & attacks by Jihadis on US soil (ii)- USMV should work for developing global institutions for (A)- Global Participatory Philanthropic Institutions (B)- International political Parties ( C)- MP-1 of ICCPR at UN (iii)- Difficult for saints to become warri

Today, I saw him again after two years; He was limping while walking, his legs trembling, his eyes on floor and unshaved face giving him look of seventies. He picked one bottle of Pepsi, one pie of tasty cake and walked toward cashier counter where he asked to add one pack of Silver Eagle cigarette

''According to a tradition of the Prophet of Islam, the day of Eid al-Fitr is a day of reward, that is, reward for fasting during the month of Ramadan. In this way, the day of Eid becomes a day of joy—a day when Muslims thank God for His blessings.
Fasting has been enjoined on Muslims during the mo

It was not in wee bit surprising that Pakistan refused to lift a tiny finger to nail Zaki-ur Rahman Lakhvi, one of the main masterminds of the Mumbai terrorist attack of November 2008. The only surprising thing, if there was ever, was the fact it took two days for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to eat

The Afghan government and the Taliban held their first official meeting in Pakistan hill station of Murree a significant step beyond an informal gathering that took place in May. The most important thing about the two-day meeting is that the delegations agreed to convene again in several weeks to di

Nearly 68 years after it was created by the 1947 Partition, Pakistan is making yet another attempt to enact a law to regulate birth and marriage registration of its religious minorities.
There is no system in place for the registration of marriages of Hindus, Sikhs and Baha’is, which means that th