ANOTHER TYPE OF TERRORISM

ALI SUKHANVER

Though the nation is very much delighted over the continuity of democratic process in Pakistan but this feeling of joy and happiness won’t last longer if the tree of democracy does not bear the desired fruit. The list of the problems which this nation has been facing since long is not endless but [...]

Rigging factories reduce PTI victory

By Jalilur Rehman

It were the rigging factories in the provincial metropolis and other parts of the country that began working in the evening on the polling day and reversed the results for winning PTI candidates. In the city Hamid Khan renowned jurist, Dr. Yasmeen Rashid known gynaecologist and Hamid Zaman a businessman [...]

Pak-China Strategic Friendship

By Mehmood Ul Hassan Khan

Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang

On his first official foreign trip to Pakistan, Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang says his country acknowledges the positive contribution Pakistan has made to achieve desirable regional peace and stability, combat terrorism and promote development. He has insisted the international community to extend Pakistan [...]

How MQM works in Karachi

By Dr Arif Alvi

I’m Urdu speaking, my grandparents made a lot of sacrifices and migrated to Karachi, Pakistan, from India.

Karachi was a city of lights until nearly 30 years back when MQM started showing its true face. I will tell you how MQM works and I have experienced all of this myself. [...]

National Assembly results in Pakistan Election 2013

Following is the list of the winners on National Assembly seats in Pakistan Elections 2013 notified by Election Commission of Pakistan

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FAFEN releases list of polling stations with over 100% turnout in Pak Elections

ISLAMABAD, May 13, 2013 – Based on data gathered by Free and Fair Election Network observers at polling stations showing impossible voter turnout greater than 100%, FAFEN called on the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to release all polling station Statements of the Count (Form XIV) to the public on its website before certifying any [...]

LAHORE: HRCP finds flaws in Pakistan polls

 

Women register and cast their ballots at a polling station in the old part of Lahore May 11, 2013. -Photo by Reuters

Offers solutions;

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has recommended a serious initiative to revamp the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), redefine its priorities and reduce bureaucrats’ meddling in [...]

NEITHER A SPY NOR A TERRORIST

ALI SUKHANVER

I never knew that there is no difference between a spy and a terrorist but the recent reporting of some of our own national media houses on the Sarabjeet Singh’s death revealed upon me that a spy could be called a terrorist and a terrorist could be a spy. According to my knowledge, [...]

Number of seats in Pakistan National & Provincial Assemblies

Total number of seats in Pakistan National Assembly

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Yaum-e-Shuhada

Mehmood Ul Hassan Khan

Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death. Sun Tzu.

Yaum-e-Shuhada is being observed throughout Pakistan on April 30. The purpose of observing this day is [...]

A lion-hunter among Imran’s forefathers

“The News” report written by Ziaullah Niazi

With the elections 2013 in Punjab almost a draw between the PTI and PML-N and with fiery speeches being delivered by the leaders against each other from both sides, an incident related to one of Imran Khan’s forefathers have suddenly become relevant.

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Pakistani ‘Robin Hood’ aims to wrest election from the rich

With a flick of the reins, Jamshed Dasti launched his run for Pakistan’s parliament from the back of a donkey cart, cantering through the rutted streets of his home town to file his nomination papers as supporters erupted into cheers.

With the opening act in his campaign unfolding exactly as planned, Dasti beamed the [...]

The truth about Nawaz Sharif’s exile deal

Following are the details of an article published in the daily THE NEWS written by Aamir Mir regarding Mian Nawaz Sharif’s exile deal in 2000. PML-N President Nawaz Sharif’s repeated assertion while the general elections are near at hand that he had actually been sent into forced exile to Saudi Arabia by the Musharraf regime [...]

The Future of Warfare in the 21st Century

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By Mehmood Ul Hassan Khan

Most recently the 18th international conference was held titled “The Future of Warfare in the 21st Century” at the Emirates Center of Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR). It was attended by a large number of researchers, academicians, experts of informational technology and the last but not the least renowned strategists. [...]

Pakistani student wins silver medal at INEPO

A Pakistani student has bagged silver medal in the 7th International Environmental Project Olympiad (INEPO Euroasia) held in Baku, Azerbaijan where students from 47 countries presented 123 projects.

Alvaz Adnan, a student of PakTurk School Lahore, presented her biology project on removal of dyes from effluent of factories and won a silver medal.

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