With Pakistan’s ‘war on terror’ in North Waziristan preoccupying everyone’s mind, passage of the much criticised Protection of Pakistan Ordinance (PPO) through the National Assembly and its promulgation as Pakistan Protection Act (PPA) 2014 seems to have largely gone unnoticed . Yet, even though the government has taken pains to explain that objections to certain […]
JK Governor urges scientists to work towards second green revolution
Srinagar, October 01 (Scoop News)-N. N. Vohra, Governor Jammu and Kashmir, today called upon the scientists and researchers to rededicate their efforts for effective application of scientific knowledge and technological innovations to address the challenges facing the State and the country and securing rapid and sustained all round progress to promote the welfare of the […]
“Into Darkness”: A Tableau for America’s Moral, Political, and Intellectual Floundering
By Sabin Geyman The movie “Star Trek: Into Darkness” is an exercise in disjointed storytelling, mind-numbing action, and occult symbology. I like a story that is going somewhere—but it doesn’t have to go light-years away, and it doesn’t have to linger in the darkness, to get my attention. The sci-fi genre has always been dubious […]
Does the USA bring up new Bin Laden?
by Pepe Escobar “Threat of al-Qaeda and its followers is still strong but we have not learnt lessons from the pas yet…” (The citation from the letter of Republicans Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee and Senator Johnny Isakson of Georgia to the US Secretary of State; September, 2012). Al-Qaeda is an jihad […]
Exhibition of ancient manuscripts of Holy Quran
Srinagar, August 13 (Scoop News) – Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Monday inaugurated the exhibition of ancient manuscripts of Holy Quran organized by Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages here. He was accompanied by Minister for Finance, Abdul Rahim Rather, Deputy Chairman Legislative Council, Mohammad Yousuf Taing and Minster of State for Home, […]
Victorious Libyan rebels: Patriots or terrorists
In December 2007, an in-depth study by West Point Military Academy authors Joseph Felter and Brian Fishman, found that Saudi Arabia took first place as far as the numbers of terrorists sent to combat the United States and other coalition members in Iraq. Libya, a country less than one fourth as populous as the Saudi Kingdom, took second place. Saudi Arabia sent […]