Syria: Assad’s tanks renew assault on Hama

The Syrian security forces bombarded Hama with ruthless remorselessness, shooting at anyone who dared to venture out onto the streets and shelling the homes of those who did not.

The Assad regime’s determination to pacify Hama, Syria’s most restive city in the latest phase of the near five-month uprising, came despite the international outrage prompted by the killing of up to 95 people there on Sunday.

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Arrested MQM Target Killer Shahnawaz

Investigations: Arrested MQM Target Killer Shahnawaz ( Shah Rukh )

THE MQM MUTAHIDA ARRESTED TARGET KILLER SHAHNAWAZ ( SHAH RUKH ) SAYING TRUTH ABOUT HIS TERROR PARTY MQM

A major blow to curbing violence against women

The Supreme Court’s (SC) acquittal of men who gang-raped Mukhtaran Mai some nine years ago has not only caused heartfelt dejection for many, but it can haveserious broader implications. It is feared that such a decision will only add to the existing on-ground difficulties faced by rape and other gender violence victims in our country. It is also not unreasonable to suspect that perpetrators of crimes against women will become even more confident of getting away without due punishment.

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Why One Million Indians Escape From India Every Year

Any crackdown on illegal immigrants abroad or restricting quotas to Indians are a major concern to India’s politicians. The latest statistics from US Department of Homeland Security shows that the numbers of Indian illegal migrants jumped 125% since 2000! Ever wondered why Indians migrate to another countries but no one comes to India for a living? Here are some Indian facts:

Poverty Graph

According to WFP, India accounts around 50% of the world’s hungry.  (more than in the whole of Africa) and its fiscal deficit is one of the highest in the world.  India’s Global Hunger Index (GHI) score is 23.7,  a rank of 66th out of 88 countries.  India’s rating is slightly above Bangladesh but below all other South Asian nations and India is  listed under “ALARMING” category.  

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Released Indian and Pakistani prisoners describe trauma

Many of those released by India are reported to be in a poor physical and mental condition

As tensions appear to ease between India and Pakistan following a series of diplomatic “goodwill gestures” during the cricket World Cup, both countries have authorised a series of prisoner releases. So what were conditions like for those who were incarcerated and is there any hope for those still detained? The BBC’s Alastair Lawson finds out.

On the face of it, the prisoner releases by India and Pakistan should have been a time of celebration. But in reality many of those freed say they have been traumatised by their experiences and bitter that their plight was ignored for so long by their respective governments.

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Talibanisation of the Heart

BY NATHOO RAM, ON APRIL 5TH, 2011

The Sialkot lynching is not spontaneous. It is in fact a great tribute paid to General Zia who created the Islamo-fascist mindset with the help of Arabian money and Pakistani-sectarian manpower

In the backdrop of the public lynching and then hanging of brothers Hafiz Mueez Butt and Muneeb Butt in Sialkot on August 15, a journalist writing in an English language daily asked the following questions about the murderers: (i) Are they human? (ii) Are they Muslim? and (iii) Are they really Pakistani? (The writer thought they were none of these.)

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