Sabir Shah

2 weeks ago | thenews.com.pk | Sabir Shah

LAHORE: Some 70 days after a passenger train, Jaffar Express, was hijacked by the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), Indian terror proxies unleashed another barbaric attack, targeting innocent school kids in the far-flung Khuzdar district this time around. Restive Balochistan has now been struck over 300 times by terrorism, sectarianism and linguistic violence during the last 25 years, research shows.

2 weeks ago | thenews.com.pk | Sabir Shah

LAHORE: Pakistan’s incumbent Army Chief, General Syed Asim Munir, was promoted on Tuesday to the highest rank of Field Marshal in recognition of his meritorious services and admirable leadership during the recent brief, yet eventful, war with India. Research shows that about 66 years ago, in 1959, then Army Chief Ayub Khan was conferred the rank of Field Marshal by the presidential cabinet of the time.

3 weeks ago | thenews.com.pk | Sabir Shah

LAHORE: The history of US presidents accepting gifts from foreign rulers and governments dates back to at least 1862, when Abraham Lincoln had politely declined a gift of a herd of elephants from the King of Siam, modern day Thailand, but kept an exquisite sword built with costly material, the “New York Post” has written.

3 weeks ago | thenews.com.pk | Sabir Shah

LAHORE: Eight American Presidents have visited Saudi Arabia some 14 times since June 14, 1974, with Barack Obama landing on the Kingdom’s soil on four occasions, research shows. Here follows the chronology and timeline of US Presidential visits to Saudi Arabia during the last 51 years: According to the US Department of State, President Richard Nixon had met King Faisal in Jeddah on June 14, 1974. Jimmy Carter called on King Khalid and Crown Prince Fahd in Riyadh on January 3, 1978.

3 weeks ago | thenews.com.pk | Sabir Shah

LAHORE: Besides reputed international media houses like the “Bloomberg,” numerous Indian economists, some American financial intelligence agencies, former officials of country’s National Security Council and expatriates working for global risk consultancies had viewed during the recent brief yet eventful Pak-India war that Indian economy had a lot more at stake than Pakistan in case of a prolonged conflict.