Since 2010, the number of non-political people being shot in the city has been on the rise, and the latest HRCP report showed that the trend was continuing. A total of 493 people with no political affiliation were killed in the first eight months of the year, as opposed to 418 in the entire 2011 and 301 in 2010. The …

Isn’t it time that we ask our lawmakers to, at least on paper, show their only allegiance to this fledgling country? It is a pity that both the National Assembly and the Senate have refused to verify whether their members hold dual nationality. It is as if they do not care if their members are indeed even verbally loyal to …

Going by the texts of the six points presented by both leaders and the events that followed, there are many differences. ‘Mujib’s six points covered constitutional, political, economic and strategic aspects. It was a maximalist position to secure a fair deal for East Pakistan. Mengal’s six points do not go beyond demanding ordinary rights enjoyed by citizens elsewhere in the …

The historians believe that Iqbal conceived the idea of Pakistan and Quaid-e-Azam matured this idea into reality   Allama Iqbal (November 9, 1877 ‘ April 21, 1938) was a great poet and philosopher. In his early age Iqbal preached nationalism and said, ‘Hindustan Hamara, Chine-u-Arab Hamara’. Iqbal was a man of integrity and believed in intellectual honesty so as he grew …

Negotiation is a two-way traffic. Have Taliban ever made any sincere desire for negotiations and peaceful coexistence? Most barbaric and dastardly attack on the bold and brave young innocent student of Swat Malala Yousufzai’ infused with the irresistible desire to acquire knowledge’ cannot be ignored or regarded as an ordinary incident of violence. Mere condemnation even in forceful terms of …

By contrasting the Turkish and Pakistani military interventions it becomes obvious that Pakistan has endured longer spells of dictatorship without any formal ‘memorandums of warning’ to the elected governments. The Turkish courts have even convicted elderly leaders of Turkey’s 1980 military coup, Kenan Evren and Tahsin Sahinkaya. On the other hand, in Pakistan, the former president and chief executive, Pervez …

There are certain myths associated with the disease, like, it is a psychological disorder and the sufferer can produce the attack in order to gain attention. Asthma could be caught from the person who is suffering from it. The patient taking treatment of asthma becomes an addict of the medication and many others. All of these are just myths with …

This article was sent to the press even before the quarter-finals hadn’t been played yet. And the champion would have clinched the trophy by the time you’d be reading these lines. Going through these so-called predictions shall be, therefore, more meaningful for our readers. No genuine and professional cricketer can really buy this T-20 is an anyone’s game argument. They …

Mian Muhammad Bakhsh is one of those poets who enriched not only Punjabi language by contributing great pieces of literature, but also he added value to the world literature by writing Saif-ul-Mulook; an epic that has been inspiring millions since it was published for the first time. In Punjab, he is sung with a peculiar folk style that complements his …

Health is a prerequisite for increases in productivity, while successful education relies on adequate health as well. Thus, health and education are considered as vital components of growth and development. These two human capital issues have to be treated together because of their close relationship and the fundamental fact that when we talk about investing in a person’s health or …