Former Pakistani minister Sher Afghan Niazi was beaten up by a large group of lawyers who detained him for nearly five hours in a hotel in Lahore, prompting a top advocate leading the legal fraternity's campaign against President Pervez Musharraf to quit his post.
Imran Khan will continue to be the prime ninister of Pakistan until the appointment of a caretaker premier, according to a notification issued by President Arif Alvi on Monday.
'The Battle of Jamalpur was a turning point in the 1971 War because a small battalion of 700 men broke the back of the Pakistanis.'
India cannot choose its geography and devise regional strategies to dovetail into the Western Indian Ocean hypothesis conceived in the Pentagon, argues Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Designed and built by China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited (CSSC), the frigate was delivered to the Pakistan Navy in a commissioning ceremony in Shanghai, according to Global Times.
No prime minister in Pakistan's recent history has survived long in office after appointing an ISI chief who did not have the army chief's confidence. Imran may be no exception, observes Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at the Research and Analysis Wing.
President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday attended the Victory Day Parade as the 'Guest of Honour' in Dhaka as Bangladesh marked 50 years of victory in the Liberation War against Pakistan by showcasing its military might which included spectacular aerobatics and display of defence acquisitions.
Opener Nasir Jamshed, pacer Samiullah Niazi and all-rounder Kamran Hussain were named in the squad for the first two ODIs against Zimbabwe.
Vetran of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War Lt Gen J F R Jacob on Friday said the then Pakistan army commander A A K Niazi only wanted to sign a ceasefire deal instead of an "unconditional surrender" as demanded by India. Jacob, who drafted the Instrument of Surrender for the December 16 surrendering ceremony, said the Pakistani commander did not want to sign a document suggesting the "unconditional surrender" to India-Bangladesh joint forces.
'I realised what a great leader he was by the way he took decisions to undertake the most-risky of missions.'
Lieutenant General J F R Jacob, Chief of Staff, Eastern Army Command during the 1971 war, revealed how, armed with only a draft surrender document and an aide, he made the Pakistani army led by Lieutenant General A A K Niazi surrender.
Lieutenant General J F R Jacob, Chief of Staff, Eastern Army Command during the 1971 war, revealed how, armed with only a draft surrender document and an aide, he made the Pakistani army led by Lieutenant General A A K Niazi surrender.
Lieutenant General J F R Jacob, Chief of Staff, Eastern Army Command during the 1971 war, revealed how, armed with only a draft surrender document and an aide, he made the Pakistani army led by Lieutenant General A A K Niazi surrender.
Lieutenant General J F R Jacob, Chief of Staff, Eastern Army Command during the 1971 war, revealed how, armed with only a draft surrender document and an aide, he made the Pakistani army led by Lieutenant General A A K Niazi surrender.
Lieutenant General J F R Jacob, Chief of Staff, Eastern Army Command during the 1971 war, reveals how, armed with only a draft surrender document and an aide, he made the Pakistani army led by Lieutenant General A A K Niazi surrender.
A day after Dhaka was liberated on December 16, 1971, then US President Richard Nixon was told by his strategic advisor Henry Kissinger that he had 'saved West Pakistan,' according to confidential papers since declassified by the US department of state.
In yet another brazen attack on a Pakistani airport, heavily-armed militants on Sunday stormed an aerodrome and destroyed its radar system, killing two engineers in the restive Balochistan province.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the nation in paying tributes to the valour and sacrifices of Bangladeshi freedom fighters and Indian armed forces on the 50th anniversary of the occasion 'Vijay Diwas'.
Khan in his maiden speech at the 74th UNGA session suggested that nuclear-armed Pakistan may not have much of a choice if a conventional war were to break out between Pakistan and India which he described as a country seven-times its size.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi lit the 'Swarnim Vijay Mashaal' at the National War Memorial on Wednesday to mark the 50th-anniversary of the 1971 India-Pakistan war.
It is a timely reminder that when faced with twin threats, India has succeeded by wisely choosing allies, points out Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Former cricketer Imran Khan's December 25, 2011 rally at Bagh-e-Qaid, Karachi which was attended by some 1,00,000 people, a bigger crowd than any political rally in the last two decades. Ajai Shukla reports.
As the deafening sound of a canon echoes across nearly forty villages in Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh, thousands of faithful Muslims break their day-long fast and participate in Iftaar.The canon, perched atop xxxxx, has been faithfully marking the time to start and end the fast during the holy month of Ramadan for hundreds of years. When locals hear the first boom in the wee hours of morning, they know it is time for Sehri.
Khan, who is believed to have the backing of the powerful military, has vowed to make a 'Naya Pakistan' which would be an Islamic welfare state.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday virtually dislodged Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya vice-chancellor Ajit Singh Sehrawat in Indore for inviting Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi to address students on January 19 in an 'apolitical' function.
After used clothes and old newspaper, it is now the turn of bicycles. These used and old bicycles are transforming the lives of poor school going children in rural areas of Bhopal, reports Shuriah Niazi.
Bangladesh might overtake India this year by per capita income in nominal dollars, but it is not yet close to becoming South Asia's economic powerhouse anytime soon, T N Ninan points out.
With the expiry of the two-year political ban on him, former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has started consultations with his close aides to announce his comeback in the country's politics.
A protest march by a UK-based pro-Pakistan group on the Kashmir issue in the heart of London on Sunday fizzled out as barely a few hundred protesters gathered to wave placards and flags.
On December 10, Kissinger began to encourage the Chinese to take action against India: 'If the People's Republic were to consider the situation on the Indian subcontinent a threat to security, and if it took measures to protect its security, the US would oppose efforts of others to interfere with the People's Republic.' On the 50th anniversary of India's greatest military victory, Claude Arpi recalls how the US suggested that China intervene militarily on Pakistan's side.
Pakistan's National Assembly on Wednesday endorsed the proclamation of the emergency by President Pervez Musharraf amidst a boycott by opposition lawmakers and a protest by Pakistan People's Party workers.
With the possibility of President Pervez Musharraf seeking re-election, a senior Pakistani minister has said the next president would be elected by the existing Parliament and Provincial Assemblies in September-October 2007.
Without naming any nation, Pakistan on Thursday said a "neighbouring country" had supplied a large quantity of ammunition and money to slain Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti.
We celebrate Dassera and regard it as an auspicious day as a day of victory of good over evil! So was 16 December! It is time we regard this day as auspicious as Dassera in future, observes Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Pakistan have recalled opener Yasir Hameed for the first two Tests against West Indies.
'We are the first government that has started disarming militant groups. This is the first time it's happening. We've taken over their institutes, their seminaries. We have administrators there'
'A good opportunity has thus been provided for both countries to back away from the brink without loss of dignity.' 'There is every reason why they should strain every nerve, and grab every chance, shedding all thought of belligerence and showing who's the boss, to establish, maintain and preserve all it takes to lift themselves by their bootstraps,' says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
'This surrender is unique, the only public surrender in history where a ceasefire was converted into surrender and signed in four hours,' says Lieutenant General J F R Jacob (retd.
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