Govt launches war on money laundering, terror financing on December 15, 2018ISLAMABAD: The federal government has formed a six-member ministerial committee to coordinate and oversee a crackdown against elements involved in money laundering, terror financing and capital flight from Pakistan as part of the commitments made with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Finance Minister Asad Umar and State Minister for Interior Shehryar Khan Afridi are […]
Reconciliation process and Afghan media on December 13, 2018It is about four decades that Afghanistan and its people are facing uncertainty, insecurity and extreme lack of basic civic facilities apparently due to none of their fault. Decades of rift and bloodshed have passed. No doubt Afghan people took all this with tremendous passion, dignity and resolve but now they rightly deserve peace, prosperity […]
Human Rights Day: an eye-opener for India on December 9, 2018As rest of the world is all set to observe Human Rights Day on December 10 (tomorrow), the ‘lesser humans’ in India including Muslims, Christians, Dalits and women (of all faiths) continue to be subjected to physical, psychological and sexual victimization by the Hindu radicals as well as state machinery. In today’s India, the security […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Qamar Javed Bajwa visited North Waziristan on November 26, 2018Miran Shah, 26 November 2018: Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Qamar Javed Bajwa visited North Waziristan. Key federal / provincial ministers, Governor KP and Chief Minister KP accompanied PM. Upon arrival PM laid floral wreath at the Martyrs’ Monument. He was briefed in details about operations conducted, ongoing stability […]
PAF TO SHOWCASE INGENUOUSLY MANUFACTURED EQUIPMENT AT IDEAS 2018 on November 26, 2018This year PAF is participating in the mega event with locally made state-of-the-art military hardware, including Air Defense Command & Control Centers & integrated simulators. Manufactured by the personnel of PAF, these simulators are being used by PAF to modernize its operational training environment. Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Kamra would also setup their stall at the […]
National security has become a very complex and multi-faceted undertaking: President Alvi on November 23, 2018ISLAMABAD: President Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Dr Arif Alvi awarded certificates to the successful participants of 20th National Security Workshop in a ceremony held at the National Defence University, Islamabad. A five weeks long workshop attended by Senators, Members of National/Provincial Assemblies, Legislative Assemblies of AJK, senior officers from the Armed Forces and public/private sectors […]
CPEC and revival of tourism in Pakistan on November 7, 2018The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a multi-billion dollar project launched following the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Pakistan in 2015. The initiative will not only benefit China and Pakistan in terms of economic development and prosperity but has also the potential of converting Asia and Europe into a single block. The CPEC […]
End of a ‘bumpy road’ for QAU! on November 5, 2018ISLAMABAD: If we call the last couple of years the most tumultuous, if not outright worst, in the history of Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU), it will not be wrong. In these years, the country’s once top-ranking university had had months of protests by both students and faculty, its departments shut down, its research centres shattered and […]
Black Day: remembering Indian atrocities in Kashmir on October 26, 2018fIn yet another gory act of state terrorism, Indian security personnel last week killed nine Kashmiris in a single day in southern Kulgam district of Indian-held Kashmir. The mutilated bodies of the innocent Kashmiris clearly depicted the use of chemicals by Indian forces in ammunitions they employed to deal with freedom-seekers engaged in a legitimate […]
Complexities of Afghan peace dynamics on October 16, 2018Afghanistan is known for its ethnic divide which affects almost all of its affairs. From fight against the Taliban to share in the government, from armed forces to local police, economy to education, Afghanistan is plagued by ethnicity from head to toe. Afghanistan’s population is made up of nearly 50 distinct ethnic groups. Mysteriously, accurate […]