COLUMNIST: TANVEER JAFRI

On March 19, a girl named Farkhanda (27) was burnt alive in Kabul by a bunch of Muslim fanatics who called themselves ...

Even though Pakistan came into existence in 1947 after partition from India on the basis of the so called Two-nation ...

Pakistan has been a target of violence, particularly sectarian strife since last two decades. The violent incidents have ...

Whether we call it the West s conspiracy, Jihadi mission of extremist Muslims or a manifestation of regional problems ...

The continuous political and military interference by the West in Islamic countries is giving rise to violence and terro ...

Pakistan's founder 'Qaid-e-Azam' Mohammad Ali Jinnah dreamt of a country which would be Islamic, at the same time secula ...

The killing of Osama Bin Laden in a raid by the US Navy SEALs in Abbottabad, near Islamabad did not only widen the rift ...

In recent days, rhetoric of war has escalated between USA and Iran. The US naval warship USS Lincoln is said to be movin ...

International Human Rights organisations are the biggest advocates of the Freedom of Speech and Expression. Everyone sho ...

As was foreboded, the situation in Iraq is deteriorating. It was feared that the Shia-Sunni rivalry in Iraq would flare ...

The Persian word 'Madrasa' literally stands for a school where education is imparted. Conventionally, the religious educ ...

Whether it is the English Calendar or calendars adopted by different religions of the world, the beginning of most of th ...

Reports such as blowing up of school buildings and torturing school going children by the Taliban are common in Afghanis ...

While many countries of the world are investing more in research and development of cheaper and cleaner nuclear energy, ...

Extremism, corruption, anarchy and communalism have brought Pakistan on the verge of bankruptcy. People seem to have los ...

The Constitution of India bestows an exclusive right upon the Parliament to represent the people of the country. Followi ...