By Islamuddin GARAM CHASHMA, Dec 8: Launching ceremony of the HEC-funded research project of PDDC-AKU was held at a hotel in Chitral on Friday. The project would study the prevalence of peace and pluralism in Chitral in these troubled times for the rest of Pakistan and the findings would be replicated in other parts of […]
By Lutfur Rehman Low-level tension was witnessed in Pak-Afghan relations last month on the question of the Durand Line. The tension erupted with the statement of US Special Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan Marc Grossman. He reaffirmed Washington’s stand about the Pak-Afghan border. In an interview with Channel One TV network in Kabul, Marc Grossman
Published in Dawn Sunday Magazine By Syed Shaoib Hasan To understand the genesis and growth of anti-Shia extremism, the claims of both Sunni and Shia leaders must be examined. Shia-Sunni violence in this region precedes Partition but its more recent form has other beginnings. Most analysts are convinced that the present problem is a product
On Nov 1 every year, the people of Gilgit-Baltistan observe independence day. Exactly 65 years back today, the people of this region won independence from the Dogra rule through their sheer bravery and valour. However, after the passage of over six decades, the masses of the area feel that they are still in search of
“Ma Xohor Chumutcare Hoi”…It is the sentence which scares the little kohled eyes; turns the innocent red lips into pale and breaks the series of dreams yet to be planed. This is the sentence which puts the daughters of Hawa in perplexity who used to run behind the butterflies free from any anxiety till yesterday.
