SRINGAR: Kashmiri leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who was detained and released after two hours on Thursday, condemned the Indian-held Kashmir government for this act and called it regretful. Farooq, chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, along with other Kashmiri leaders, Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Yasin Malik, was put under house arrest a day […]
Archives for August 2015
Three Christians arrested over blasphemous poster
GUJRAT: The police arrested three members of the Christian community under terrorism laws for using the word “prophet” on a poster to describe a dead pastor. Area police chief Shahid Tanveer said that the men were arrested from Gujrat after police spotted posters marking the 20th anniversary of the death of priest Fazal Masih that […]
Karachi operation not against any political party: Nawaz
KARACHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that the Karachi operation is not against any particular party, and no one is being singled out. “The operation is against criminals, and it was started with the consent of all stakeholders,” the premier said while chairing a high-level meeting at the Governor’s House to review the situation […]
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KHALID’S CARTOON
Another terrorist attack
Terrorism, with its many elements of sabotage, religious fundamentalism, foreign infiltration and sectarian violence, has kept us hostage for over a decade, not only costing thousands of lives of civilians, also security personnel and government dignitaries but has also kept us deprived of economic progress. Although such terrorist attacks have subsided in recent months, which […]
China and the global economy
The Chinese economy is in turmoil. The crisis of the stock market is showing no sign of recovery despite a series of measures by Chinese policymakers. Chinese policymakers started with increasing the money supply. When that could not prevent selloff at the stock market, the next move was to apply circuit breakers on the stock […]
On strike
Sir: Are doctors our saviours or foes? Medicine is considered to be the world’s noblest profession but in our country one witnesses that doctors, whether young or established, are on strike most of the time. This renders it very difficult to gain adequate healthcare in a country already bogged down by dismal health facilities.One wishes […]
Cluster-based examination
Sir: The government has decided to introduce a cluster-based examination system for the Central Superior Services from 2017 by abolishing the previous generalised system. It is a positive step towards bringing reforms in the civil service structure that are inevitable, but the government should be very clear in forming a strategy towards specialised groups. In […]
Fire accidents
Sir: Frequent fire accidents have brought to the fore the bitter fact that safety measures across the world are in a state of neglect. No proper lessons have been learnt from such tragedies. To contain a fire in time, the transportation of firefighters and firefighting equipment is very important. For this purpose, there should be […]
Curse of poverty
Sir: Poverty means the condition of being extremely poor. This has been considered a crime in the world since the one who does not have sufficient food to eat and clothes to wear is sure to become a criminal. No doubt, poverty compels its victims to steal things and kill people so as to get […]