There is something very high schoolish and unsophisticated about the barbs and threats being traded between Pakistan and India, where fully grown men given the responsibility to manage nations shout at one another like two boys in a park squabbling over some Barbie Doll standing on the sidelines, wh

The new Afghan President Ashraf Ghani seems to have taken a different approach to Afghanistan foreign policy. The challenge is to maintain a balance in ties with all regional and international players. Since becoming Afghanistan's President at the end of September, Ghani has visited Saudi Arabia, Ch

The NATO withdrawal next month will leave Afghanistan more vulnerable to insurgency, which is gaining ground in Afghan countryside. Moreover this withdrawal will also create a power vacuum which other regional countries like- China, India, and Iran wants to fill by their own respective influence. W

The latest massacre by al-Shabaab (al-Shabab) in Kenya highlights the entire danger to East Africa and this reality is trickling down to Central Africa. This threat applies to Takfiri Islamists that are inspired by Gulf version of militant Islam. Therefore, East African nations and some Central Afri

14th Nov. 2014, Rahim Yar Khan: These views were expressed by Yunis Khushi Advocate, President Asian Institute of Peace & Development Studies in a seminar was organized by Children Welfare Society and Asian Institute of Peace & Development Studies Rahim Yar Khan at Abbasia Town Rahim Yar Khan. The

According to news reports, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has beheaded 1500 persons during the past 5 months, and a couple and their three children were beheaded and their 14 year old daughter was taken to some unknown destination just because they refused to give their 14 year old daughter

On 4 November, 2014, I was informed by Qaiser Younas, a Court Clerk of LEAD, who was staying with his aunt at her home very next to Chak No.59, a charged Muslim mob about 1500 gathered from surrounding five villages after hearing the announcement from different Mosques’ loudspeakers and the mob atta

Despite great strides made in TB care and control over the last few years, the latest data shows that 1/3 of all TB cases are still either not detected or not reported to public health systems. These are people who either seek treatment in the private sector and are not notified to the National TB p

Sub:- (i)- Even regime change in Russia wouldn't solve Ukraine crises
(ii)- After huge bloodshed in Donetsk & Luhansk region, even returning Crimea is now no option for Russia (iii) More sanctions against Russia by West will also not solve problem (iv)- Russia can not afford to tolerate further bl

Sub:- (i)- India with PM Modi (under influence of Sangh Parivar) bound (if USA is not careful) to exploit Obama’s visit to further the cause of Hindu communalism (ii)- The message of Obama’s 2012 UN speech regarding freedom of expression has not reached India (iii)- India still harass & persecute pe

President Erdogan and Prime Minister Davutoglu of NATO Turkey are continuing to call for direct military intervention against Syria alongside funding proxies on the ground to an even higher degree. These two political leaders have peddled anti-Syria rhetoric since outside nations meddled into the in

In order to commit blasphemy in Pakistan, it is necessary to be from a religion other than Islam. In this case, a common Muslim is a self-appointed law enforcer and can be designated as a temporary judge who can decide whether the heinous crime been committed or not. A contract based temporary force

National spirit is above all to unite all religions, sects and denominations of minorities on the one platform for the betterment of Pakistan for the peace of world. Pakistan has so many sects of religion and the minorities of different denominations. If all people will keep difference of their own

Almost every believer of every Faith feels that we are currently going through the End-Time ie the Last Days before the Promised Deliverance. Through my research in the eschatology of Abrahamic Faiths, I learnt that the first persuasive and convincing sign of the End-Time and of Messiah’s awaited Co

In Joseph Colony over 160 Christian homes were destroyed and those arrested were quickly released on bail with no further progress reported on their trail. The sole Christian charged, Sawan Masih and was given the death sentence in a rare display of speed justice. More than 300 Christian families re