ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday lashed out on Twitter against “attacks” on wife Reham Khan following the NA-19 by-polls, and said that she would not attend any PTI events in the future. He said he was “appalled and disgusted by attacks on Reham” after the party’s candidate faced defeat at the […]
Archives for August 2015
Civil, military top brass finalises agenda for upcoming India talks
ISLAMABAD: A meeting between the civil-military leadership has finalised the agenda of the upcoming national security adviser-level talks scheduled to be held on August 23 in New Delhi, sources said. Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the PM House in Islamabad on Tuesday to deliberate on […]
I have no relationship with Iftikhar Chaudhry: CJP
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Jawwad S Khawaja said on Tuesday he had no relationship with his predecessor Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. Justice Khawaja also said he has not held a meeting with the former chief justice of Pakistan, but added that he had resigned as a high court judge after hearing about […]
The legacy
August 17 marked the 27th anniversary of the plane crash in which General Ziul Haq, along with several other top military officers, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief and the US ambassador to Pakistan were killed. In stark contrast to General Zia’s death anniversaries in the past, this year the occasion was virtually unnoticed and the […]
Bombing in Bankok
A huge bomb explosion that ripped through a famous shrine in Bangkok left at least 22 people dead and more than 120 injured. So far, no one has claimed responsibility for the attack that was unprecedented in nature in the history of Thailand. Speculations are rife about the perpetrators of the attack with no clue […]
Attack on Shuja Khanzada
While Shadi Khan village, along with the rest of the country, mourns Colonel (retd) Shuja Khanzada, the suicide strike that killed him in what many may have considered a peaceful and secure area of Punjab has focused minds finally on the fact that the terrorists are no respecters of our pre-conceived notions about them. Southern […]
Looking back-1
He was born in Lahore when Pakistan had not yet been created. Some years ago, when he was still around, he told me his story. And this is how it goes, as far as it is possible to reconstruct it faithfully.My memory is hazy. I was 14-years-old and had just started high school. Being in […]
Use of coal in 21st century
Coal has met the energy needs of humans for centuries. The decline of this fuel resource started in the mid 20th century when large reservoirs of oil and gas were discovered. Despite the environmental degradation by coal combustion most large economies of the world are dependent on its use. Countries like the US, China, India, […]
Looking to back -1
He was born in Lahore when Pakistan had not yet been created. Some years ago, when he was still around, he told me his story. And this is how it goes, as far as it is possible to reconstruct it faithfully.My memory is hazy. I was 14-years-old and had just started high school. Being in […]
Syrias endless war
Airstrikes by the Syrian government on a market in Douma, in retaliation for attacks on government posts by an insurgent group (Jaesh-ul-Islam) have led to 112 casualties so far. Although the strikes were meant to target the Jaesh-ul-Islam headquarters, most of the people killed or wounded were civilians, making this one of the bloodiest attacks […]