As a regional major power in Asia, India does not feel at ease with China, a larger and more powerful neighbor. It admires China’s imposing changeover, especially its economic takeoff, but it has never relaxed its wariness of China’s rise. The complicated feelings could drive India to make mistakes in its China policy. The Times of India reported recently that Delhi is seeking support from Tokyo during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Japan next…
Posts published in “Day: November 9, 2016”
The writer is a journalist who has worked with various print and electronic media outlets as a writer and a reporter. A tragedy that made every Pakistani’s heart bleed, recently: we put to eternal rest, more than 60 dead bodies of our fellow countrymen in Quetta. Soon afterwards, an attack on a religious meeting of Shias took place, which claimed the lives of 5 people and left several injured. The occurrence of such incidents is…
Sectarianism in Pakistan reared its ugly head decades before the scourge of modern-day terrorism came into existence. In many ways, it can be said to be a precursor to the incessant violence that has taken hold of the country. It is understood that certain religious seminaries are in the practice of aligning themselves with banned militant groups which carry out acts of terror both against particular sects or minorities as well as the population at…
ZIARAT: The Frontier Corps Balochistan defused six improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Sanjawi area of district Ziarat on Monday. According to Balochistan Frontier Corps, the FC personnel operated on a tip-off in the area of Sanjawi of district Ziarat and foiled the terror bid by defusing six IEDs. Further investigation was underway in this regard.http://nation.com.pk/national/08-Nov-2016/fc-defuses-six-ieds-in-ziarat
JAMRUD:- Law enforcement agencies (LEAs) arrested five wanted terrorists and recovered arms from their possession during a search operation here on Monday. Security sources said that LEAs continued operation against militants on second consecutive day of the attack on checkpost in different areas of tehsil Jamrud of Khyber Agency. During a search operation five terrorists involved in Takhta Baig Checkpost attack were arrested with arms and explosives. The nabbed terrorists were shifted to an undisclosed…
KARACHI: Activists of different religious groups blocked almost all major roads of the city on Monday to protest against the arrest of All-Pakistan Shia Action Committee (APSAC) Chief Allama Mirza Yousaf Hussain and Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) leader Taj Hanafi. The two were detained following a resurgence of sectarian killings that claimed 13 lives in the city within a week’s time. The activists of different Shia groups began protesting early Monday morning at Malir…
The writer is an analyst and commentator. As individuals go, Army Chief Raheel Sharif is an exceptional wartime general – the successes of the campaign against the TTP and its member organisations, as well as its many affiliates, is a testament to his acumen as a Pakistani warrior for the ages. Yet often, one feels uncomfortable singling out one soldier in a fighting force of nearly a million, when we consider all arms of the…
Mysterious banners urging Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif to contest the general elections in 2018 have appeared in Rawalpindi, a few weeks ahead of the army chief’s retirement. Unlike unconstitutional demands of earlier posters, the banners call for ‘no extension but reduction’; this demand pertains to reduction of one year in the minimum duration of two years before a retired government servant can enter politics, as well as urge General Sharif to enter…
Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif on Monday confirmed death sentences of nine “hardcore terrorists”, including those who fired at a PIA plane landing at Peshawar Airport in 2014. The firing on PIA flight PK-756 was resulted in death of a lady, besides injuries to two flight stewards on board. The flight had 196 passengers on board, arriving from Riyadh when it was fired upon. The terrorists had aimed specifically at the highly flammable…
Rawalpindi: The troops of Pakistan Army conducted night field manoeuvre exercise to validate operational plans besides enhancing preparedness. Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif visited exercise area around Kharian-Gujranwala and witnessed troops engaged in the ongoing Army Field Exercise, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) stated on Monday. The COAS was briefed in detail about objectives and conduct of the Exercise from newly inducted hi-tech net enabled virtual war room. He later also witnessed field…