Islamic State Afghanistan claimed responsibility for an attack on the communication ministry building centrally located in capital Kabul last month. The Islamic State’s local arm has repeatedly targeted both official and civilian facilities, as well as religious gatherings, in the Afg

As per media reports (http://risingkashmir.in/news/shah-faesal-meets-governor-seeks-release-of-political-prisoners-349676.html or http://www.knskashmir.com/Shah-Faesal-calls-on-Governor-Malik-37172 ) the President of ‘Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement’ (JKPM) Shah Faesal on Tuesday t

 The concept of self-determination is  a vexing but significant topic in the field of human rights. It is the idea of government by the consent of the governed eternally memorialized in the soaring prose of President Thomas Jefferson in America's Declaration of Independence. Self-de

The concept of self-determination is  a vexing but significant topic in the field of human rights. It is the idea of government by the consent of the governed eternally memorialized in the soaring prose of President Thomas Jefferson in America's Declaration of Independence. Self-determin

In a huge diplomatic win for India, the United Nations last week designated Moulana Masood Azhar as a global terrorist after China lifted its hold on a proposal to blacklist the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed chief, a decade after New Delhi approached the world body for the first time on the iss

As the Orthodox in Egypt and around the world began their holy week last week on Sunday, April 21, Christians around the world mourned the Sri Lanka church bombing where more than three hundred Catholic Christians were killed celebrating Easter. For Copts, the explosion of bombs inside the three

Amidst claims of progress, albeit labored and fragmentary, in the ongoing talks between the United States (US) and the Taliban, concomitant reports of regular, violent and widespread clashes between the Taliban and Afghan government troops much before the time the ‘Spring Offensive’ h

The incident reminds one of the holocausts at the time of the creation of Pakistan in 1947 when the Hindus and Muslims killed one another in the name of God whom nobody has seen. The young persons of today in Pakistan

 "no longer have to stretch their imagination to know what

It seems Pakistan is bent upon not learning its lessons from experience. It lost one wing of the country, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), because it refused to accept the verdict of the elections in 1971. It did so because leadership in West Pakistan did not want a person from the Eastern wing, S

 As soon as the crowd entered Shantinagar, the residents felt as if that was doomsday.  Everywhere, they saw clouds of smoke. The attackers first cut off the telephone lines, and the electricity. Many were reportedly armed with rifles, pistols, daggers, homemade bombs and other weapons.

The attack was initiated from the historical city of Khanewal, known for the activities of the Muslim militants. Khanewal is not far from Shantinagar. Before proceeding further, it is better to have some idea about this city. The name Khanewal was given to the city by Daha Khans, a prominent poli

Six petitions in Supreme & High Courts are enough to bring honorable & peaceful life for Muslims in India. Presently in print & electronic media of India (also due to on-going election for lower house of the Parliament) politicians, political commentators, journalists, academicians, r

 NOTE: Attacks on Shantinagar, Khanewal and the surrounding areas on the 5th and the 6th of February of 1997 were the direct consequences of Pakistan blasphemy laws.  The destruction that was caused in Shantinagar by these wrong laws reminds one the destruction caused in 1947 when India

 This year’s World Malaria Day theme, "Zero Malaria Starts With Me" re-energizes the fight to eliminate malaria which, despite being preventable and treatable, still kills over half a million people every year. While incredible progress has been made in the past 15 years (wit

“On the international day of Peasants farmers are entitled to inheritance of land rights to farmers and small farmers”. 17th April is the International day of peasants.

 In 1996, 19 peasants were killed when they were protesting against a feudal system in the city of Br