Asif Haroon Raja After the occupation of Afghanistan by Soviet forces in December 1979, Pakistan under Gen Ziaul Haq decided to support the Afghan Mujahideen resistance movement and to provide refuge to about 5 million Afghan refugees. The US came forward to assist Pakistan in June 1981 after making a calculated assessment that Pakistan had the resolve and competence to fight the proxy war. Pakistan was war ...

از عابدہ رحمانی اٹھارہ برس کی ہو جانے کے بعد زینا گویا مکمل طور پر خودمختار ہو چکی تھی ۔ پابندی تو پہلے بھی کوئی نہیں تھی لیکن اب اسے اپنے ملک میں خود مختاری کا قانونی تحفظ حاصل ہوچکا تھا ۔ ہائی اسکول گریجویشن اوراٹھارویں سالگرہ کی پارٹی وہ دھوم دھام سے منا چکی تھی۔اسنے اپنے والدین سے ملکر پارٹی کا دلچسپ پروگرام ترتیب دیا تھا اسکی امی یوں بھی پارٹیوں کی دلدادہ تھی ۔ دوستوں میں مسلمان بس دو ہی لڑکیاں تھیں صب ...

By Sajjad Shaukat On the midnight of 18-19 February 2007, India-Pakistan Samjhota Express train was bombed in which 68 Pakistani nationals were killed. A Hindu extremist leader Swami Aseemanand, a leader of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has confessed that he was involved in several bombings incidents. He also claimed to have been a part of the incident. In fact, ideology of Hindutva (Hindu nationalism) ...

By Sajjad Shaukat As part of the continued propaganda campaign, Indian media leaves no stone unturned in targeting Pakistan. India’s economic warfare against Pakistan, which needs an appropriate analysis, is also part to this malicious campaign. In this regard, under the caption, “Economy in Shambles but Pakistan wants to increase the defence budget”, Indian Zee News reported in an ambiguous style on Februa ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Pakistans’ lawyer Khawar Qureshi is dealing with the case of Indian Spy Kulbhushan Yadhav in the Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ). ICJ has fixed February 18, 2019-the date for hearing of his case. Being a terrorist, Kulbhushan’s case does not fall under Vienna Convention that is why, counselor access was not granted to him and his fair trial was done under the military cour ...

By Sajjad Shaukat In order to pay homage to the pioneer of the Kashmir’s struggle, the 11th of February is being celebrated as the martyrdom anniversary of Maqbool Bhat who was hanged by the then Indian regime on February 11, 1984 in Tihar Jail as the reprisal expressed by New Delhi. He was hanged to take the revenge of the killing of an Indian Diplomat by some unknown organization claiming to be Kashmiri. ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Every year, the martyrdom anniversary of Muhammad Afzal Guru is being celebrated on the 9th of February to pay homage to him, as India secretly hanged him and buried inside the Tihar jail complex on February 9, 2013. His martyrdom resulted into protests in Kashmir and widespread condemnations from various political and human rights organisations. Afzal Guru was convicted in 2001 Parliament ...

نغمہ حبیب پاکستان میں شہرت پانے کا سب سے آسان طریقہ کم ازکم پچھلی دو دہائیوں سے یہ ہے کہ پاک فوج کے خلاف کچھ لکھ لو اور اُسے بین الاقوامی میڈیا میں پرنٹ ہونے کا شرف حاصل ہو جائے تو پھر تو نہ صرف شہرت بلکہ کئی اعلیٰ ایوارڈ بھی آپ کی جھولی میںآگرتے ہیں اور ساتھ ہی آپ کے پاس دولت کی بھی ریل پیل ہوجاتی ہے۔ ہاں اگر آپ جس ملک کے اخبارات کی زینت بن رہے ہیں اُسی کے خلاف لکھ دیں تو وہ آپ کو بغیر کسی معذرت کے شائع کر ...