Over the centuries, Gilgit Baltistan region came under the control of the Durrani Empire of Afghanistan, the Mughals and the Sikhs and the Dogras. Traditionally, the people of Gilgit-Baltistan are peace loving. There are reports of many inter-ethnic and inter-tribe marriages in the region and ethnic ties and tribal loyalties conventionally surpassed sectarian identities. Between [...]
Two similar incidences happened on either side of the border between Pakistan & India on the eve of International Women’s day.
On 4 March (in Pakistan):- As per police officials, a group of men raided the home of woman named Manzooran Mai in Khundai village of Muzaffargarh district. The mob beat Mai’s family members and ransacked [...]
Placard of protesters belonging to religious minorities in Karachi reads: Where should we go? Not to mention, they are distressed, demoralized, victimized, marginalized and live in a state of fear & endless suffering, it is the reflection of the plight of minorities across Pakistan.
Not uncommon in Islamic Republic of Pakistan that minor girls and even [...]
After independence in 1947, two new intelligence agencies were created in Pakistan: the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the Military Intelligence (MI). However, the weak performance of the MI during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 led to the creation of the Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) by a British army officer in 1948, then Deputy Chief [...]
Here comes Raymond Davis story- Indian version. But unlike in Pakistani story here pair of Davis (two soldiers) acted and the duo holds Italian nationality (not U.S nationality). Rest of the screenplay, dialogues, supporting actors, directors and producers are pretty much similar to Pakistani version and story probably end as played out in Pakistani version [...]
Today I was reading the news related to the droning/bombing in tribal areas and subsequent tribal protests that are making regular headlines these years. The action and reaction pattern as below:-
US Drone attack:
On 8 February, At least 9 suspected militants were killed when an unmanned US predator drone targeted a house in North Waziristan Agency, [...]
BBC declared the rally to be the largest congregation of women ever organised in the world.
Dwan editorial describes the rally as “SOME large political events have been organised recently at Karachi’s Bagh-i-Quaid, the ‘women’s rally’ staged by the MQM on Sunday is noteworthy…More striking, however, is the fact that the crowd of tens of thousands [...]
The Baloch feel betrayed by the judiciary’s silence over the ‘kill and dump’ operations going on in the province. Sardar Ataullah Mengal, Balochistan’s first chief minister, recently said that the situation in Balochistan had reached a “point of no return”, adding that he had “no control” over the disillusioned Baloch youths who had taken to [...]
According to a media report of 4th February 2012, Two Hindus were injured when traders opened fire at them following a dispute over the land of a temple in Umerkot of Sindh province. The dispute began after two traders, Zulfiqar Punjabi and his brother Hafeez Punjabi, encroached on the land of Aakharo Temple began construction [...]
Today, I was kind of taken aback when I saw reports on Gilgit-Baltistan. Headlines such as “Pak considering proposal to lease Gilgit-Baltistan to China”, set against at the backdrop of the hearings by the US Congress’s Foreign Affairs committee on the situation in Balochistan. This could be the part of larger strategic concerns/suspicions of both [...]
