Since January, when National Reconstruction Bureau chief Tanvir Naqvi announced an increase in the number of seats for the assemblies and the seats for technocrats and women and other rules for elections, including the graduation condition, the nation was eagerly waiting for the proposed amendment

Perhaps in no place is that More apparent than in Pakistan where the majority of Muslims do recognize the need to protect Christians and other religious minorities from discriminatory Laws. But the government is paralyzed by fear of what it has identified as far-right extremists. A small illustratio

The following reasons cause the unrealistic portrayal of Islam. Firstly, the western world backed by the zionist lobby, spearheaded by the western media, has triggered off a propaganda campaign against Islam. This lobby, though ready to accept Islam as a traditional religion, does not want to see it

Parties who have been supporting the government by hook and crook over the past 3 years have openly distanced ! themselves from the government. Parties such as PAT who were seen as strong allies of Musharaf have seem to be more critical of the government than the official opposition. Dr Qadri speci

Participation in this election means to Jeopardize the struggle for the right to self-determination and to be the integral part of the Legal and constitutional structure of the Indian Union. Although some senior leaders time after time have contested the election and remained the members of the Kash

I don't know about all of us, but I've painfully asked myself if a war may be right in some circumstances, particularly after 11 September, and to a lesser degree, now, in the aftermath of so many attacks in India and Pakistan. Most of us see only a side of these issues. People in sympathy with the

At the time of our independence, the "cold war" had already started. The United States of America and the Soviet Union offered "friendship" to both Pakistan and India. The Government of Pakistan opted for The United States and India for Soviet Union. We joined you in "Baghdad Pact" latter CENTO and

This unrest is universal because the castle of modern education is built on the ground of nationalism, open to the wild winds of competition in every direction that adversely affect human relationships with neighbors, with other provinces and with other countries. Present day education prepares stud

Went through tight security, opened fire "out side" parliament building, kill Six guards or security personals and a gardner and get killed. They also planted a "bomb" that was detonated by Indian "experts". The explosion was so great that it did not even "shake" a vehicle parked near the explosion.

A question worth asking is that are these alliances a new era in how elections will be fought or are they merely attempts by individual parties to increase their individual rankings. Well beginning with the ARD, it evolved from an anti-Nawaz alliance (PAI) to a pro-Nawaz alliance in its present stat

In response, The Council of Advocates International formed a committee, which investigated and prepared this report. Council secretary general Hamid Bashani expressed his deep concern over the situation and said" the government of India and Pakistan is constitutionally obligated to ensure the safety

The critics of these Electoral Reforms and especially the talented and sane groups of the Christians term these reforms as discriminatory. They are of the view that only Joint Electorates can never deliver the good to the Christians because in spite of this spirit of nationalism the Christians are f

The "Fanatic Molves" kept on telling people about their ideas of KUFAR and jihad. They also told them that they should not eat and drink with Christians. Adding Insult to the injury their Leader President Zia-ul-Haq and his Majlis-e-shurah passed the Blasphemy law and made the amendments in the Cons

Sometimes a child has to work in twelve hours in a day and six days in a week. They earn a very little amount of money, which is approximately $1.25 in a day. Many children do not have medical facilities and they have to work even in poor health. Many children are compelled to work in brick kiln. Ap

Arafat is losing the propaganda war in the United States. Americans aren't buying the "freedom fighter" bit anymore. Folks are beginning to wonder how the territories can be "occupied territories" and "areas under Palestinian control" simultaneously.

A lot of Americans are wondering why when the