Daily Current Affairs

 BY TARIQ K HOSA | 10/3/2016 12:00:00 AMON Sept 22, the Afghan government signed a peace agreement with one of the country`s most notorious warlords, in a deal aimed at coaxing the Afghan Taliban and other militant groups to sign similar accords. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, designated a global terrorist by the US, entered into this deal on behalf of Hezb-i-Islami, the …

 BY S I K A N D E R A . S H A H A N D UZ A I R J. K AYA N I | 10/3/2016 12:00:00 AMIN the wake of the Uri incident, India has launched a campaign to `punish` Pakistan. The Indian offensive has proceeded swiftly on the diplomatic, political, economic and, as of this …

  Facebook is a classic Silicon Valley success story — from a Harvard dorm to the top of the world. Here’s a look at the Facebook story in pictures Facebook got its start at Harvard’s Kirkland House dormitory where sophomore Zuckerberg built a programme called Facemash in 2003. Facemash got 22,000 page views from 450 people within the first four hours …

Analysing Indian claims Indian claim of surgical strike across Line of Control is perhaps the most frenzied buzzword making headlines in the entire world. The raid, according to Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh, Indian army DGMO, entailed carefully chosen targets based on a weeklong surveillance and calibrated destruction of at least seven “launchpads” – located between 1 and 3km across the …

Exercising her right of reply to the Indian chief delegate’s statement, Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi said:

National Sep 27: India announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would not attend Saarc summit scheduled in Islamabad in November. Sep 27: The CJP Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali declared “ill-founded” the Supreme Court registrar’s objections to petitions moved against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and members of his family over the Panamagate scandal. Sep 27: Four Iranian Naval Ships — Lavan, …

Recently, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Summit and Expo concluded successfully. The two-day event,held in Islamabad on Sep 6th , enhanced awareness about business opportunities in Pakistan among local and foreign businessmen. The event was welcomed and approved by all the attendees. To elaborate the advantages of the CPEC extensively and shed light on the much-discussed benefits of the project, …

As the world celebrates the 14th International Right to Know day today, it is appropriate to discuss the role of legislation, political parties, regulatory bodies and international best practices in protecting the right to information, freedom of expression and other human rights both off-line and in digital spaces. The significance of correlation between the right to information and freedom of …

Despite record levels of U.S. military assistance to Israel under the Obama administration, the state of U.S.-Israel relations has worsened, not strengthened, in recent years. Chen Kane    –    W. Seth Carus      –  Nima Gerami After months of tense and drawn-out negotiations, on September 14 the United States and Israel signed the largest U.S. military aid package given to any country, …

National Sep 26: The Supreme Court ordered the de-notification of all recruitments made in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) between 2011 and 2012. Sep 26: The first-ever seminar of Saarc member countries on anti-corruption began in Islamabad. Sep 26: The National Assembly finally approved the Hindu Marriage Bill 2016. Sep 26: The KP Assembly unanimously passed a bill to declare …