Drone attack first gift for restoring NATO supply: Fazl

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) chief Maulana Fazl ur Rehman has strongly condemned the recent US drone attacks in North Waziristan and has termed it an attack on sovereignty of the country. Talking...

Nawaz opposes dual nationality bill

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif on Saturday opposed the government’s proposed dual nationality bill, and criticized the US apology after which Pakistan reopened NATO supply routes after a...

Political continuity needed to earn more respect for Pakistan: PM

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf said on Saturday that Pakistan needs political continuity to become a stronger and respectable nation among the comity of nations. He was talking to a group...

US makes Afghanistan major non-NATO ally

The United States has designated Afghanistan as its major non-NATO ally, while also pledging to strengthen security cooperation with neighboring Pakistan, at a time when Washington works towards goal of...

More than a green passport

Some of our political parties have made the choice to allow individuals who have adopted another nationality to continue to dominate our politics and continue with plundering its assets, aid...

High-end smugglers

A nation that cannot protect its history and culture has no past, present or future. Smuggling of centuries old Lord Buddha’s statues, coins and other important items dug from Mohenjodaro,...

Short-termism

The following headlines have been seen in the papers: Zardari for expediting power projects. The president orders no loadshedding during Ramzan etc. Why this flurry of statements when the power...

For our own good

The outcome of the proposed meeting between Pakistani and Indian foreign ministers in September depends on the weight New Delhi gives to the evidence provided by Zabiuddin Ansari aka Abu...

In the national interest

But, of course

After a hiatus of almost seven months, the decision to reopen the NATO supply routes has been reached in the supreme national...