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TALIBAN THREAT FOR KASHMIR

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By Zafar Iqbal

Recent surge of violence in both parts of contentious state of Jammu and Kashmir has fuelled the concerns about the expansion of Taliban network in the Himalayan region. Despite significant increase of terrorist operations in India and Pakistan during the last few years, Jammu and Kashmir remained relatively a peaceful zone. The momentum of two decade long insurgency in Indian Administrated Kashmir is greatly reduced with a considerable transition from turmoil to normalcy.  Read More »TALIBAN THREAT FOR KASHMIR

Indo-China diplomatic war over Kashmir

By Zafar Iqbal

Recent statement of Indian, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna about the development activities of China in Pakistan administered Kashmir has triggered growing antagonism between China and India.  Indian Minister Krishna described Chinese activities in Pakistani side of Kashmir as “illegal” and said that ‘India has conveyed its concern over this as well as supply of Chinese weapons to Pakistan’. Reiterating India’s longstanding stance, he elucidated that “neither Pakistan nor China have a ‘locus standi’ in Kashmir”.Read More »Indo-China diplomatic war over Kashmir

INNOCENCE IS A CRIME : SINCERITY IS A SIN

ALI SUKHANVER

Innocence and sincerity are no more admirable traits of a human character; they are simply a sin and a crime. A sincerely innocent person is always rewarded with the violation of his basic human rights. This world of modern temperament never lets an innocent and sincere person live a life of calm and peace; he is always exploited and abused. The people of Pakistan are also being punished and penalized for the sins of innocence and sincerity.Read More »INNOCENCE IS A CRIME : SINCERITY IS A SIN

The highrise-demolition fallout

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Ahmad Rafay Alam

The Lahore Development Authority is in the process of demolishing illegally built highrises. It is doing this on the orders of the Supreme Court. More than anything else, this is the symbol of the burst property bubble of the mid-decade. Now, with competing statements coming from the governor of Punjab on the one hand and senior ministers of the government of Punjab, a massive oversight appears to be growing day by day: the protection of the tens of thousands of investors with whose money these highrises were built. This is a subject that has not been properly discussed, and deserves to be.Read More »The highrise-demolition fallout

Lahori anger hit the roads in 2009

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* Psychiatrists say intolerance, frustration and post-traumatic tensions cause street fights

By Muhammad Aayan

LAHORE: Walking on the streets, driving around or even hanging out with friends, hot-headed Lahoris got embroiled in more than 1200 street fights across the city during the year 2009, while 400 people were injured as a result of these brawls, sources told Daily Times. Read More »Lahori anger hit the roads in 2009

A TALE OF DISHONEST SOLDIERS

ALI SUKHANVER

 The enigmatic dreamlike valley of the Indian held Kashmir belongs to the people of Kashmir; says the history. The Kashmiris are a nation, having an individual identity, a separate culture and independent traditional values. It might be the fertility of their lands or the geographical importance of their sky-kissing hills which are pouring out precious rivers that the independence of this charismatic land is always in danger. Not a single moment without fear .No peace, no security. Read More »A TALE OF DISHONEST SOLDIERS