By Sajjad Shaukat Under the caption “Chinese investment in Bangladesh rings India alarm bells, Beijing deepens ties across South Asia billion infrastructure loans”, a news item was published in the Financial Times on August 7, 2018. Its summary is: “China has invested $3.7bn in Bangladesh to built a 6 km long bridge over Padma River which will link north and south Bangladesh by road and rail. India is distu ...

Posted by Zaheerul Hassan The past month at AAP has been exciting. Here is a quick look at some key initiatives of the Delhi Government that reflects an innovative, inclusive and environment sensitive governance. Arvind Kejriwal announces a slew of measures to solve Delhi’s water woes CM Arvind Kejriwal has announced a slew of measures to tackle the water woes faced by the residents of Delhi. The first amon ...

By Sajjad Shaukat There are no permanent friends and enemies in international politics, because friendship and enmity change in accordance with the states’ interests which are of primary importance. After having strong relationship with the United States for more than 60 years, a shift has occurred in Pak-US ties because of a number of reasons, and Pakistan has inclined towards the Russian Federation which ...

The 18th Amendment to the Constitution entrusted curriculum and syllabi, and preparation and publication of textbooks entirely to the Textbook Boards of the provinces. Shall we suffer the same consequences in our provinces as occurred in East Pakistan in 1960s? Qudratulla Shahab, Secretary to President Ayub Khan and later Education Secretary, describes in his Shahab-nama (pages 895-897) how Indians succeede ...

”مائی نیم از جینا“ خاتون نے فلائیٹ ہموار ہوتے ہی اپنا ہاتھ میری طرف بڑھا دیا‘ میں نے کتاب بند کی اور اس کے ساتھ گرم جوشی سے ہاتھ ملایا‘ خاتون بزرگ تھی‘ عمر ساٹھ اور ستر کے درمیان ہو گی‘ وہ شکل سے پڑھی لکھی اور سمجھ دار بھی دکھائی دیتی تھی‘ اس نے کتاب کی طرف اشارہ کر کے پوچھا ”کیا یہ عربی کی کتاب ہے“ میں نے مسکرا کر جواب دیا ”نہیں‘ یہ اردوزبان کی کتاب ہے“ وہ مسکرائی‘ اپنا ہاتھ دوبارہ میری طرف بڑھایا‘ ملایا ا ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Preparations have started by Kashmiris living either side of the Line of Control (LoC) and rest of the world to observe Indian Independence Day as the Black Day. Every year when India celebrates Independence Day on August 15, Kashmiris on both sides of the LoC and the world over observe it as the Black Day to convey the message to the international community that India continues to usurp t ...

عینی نیازی    ما ہ اگست ہم پاکستا نیوں کے لئے قو می تہوار کا مہینہ ہے ہر محب وطن کو اس ماہ آزاد ملک کی خو شی کے ساتھ جدو جہد آزادی کے گمنا م سپا ہی بھی ضرور یا د آتے ہیں جو تا ریک را ہوں میں ما رے گئے مگر ہمیں ایک روشن مستقبل دے گئے میں بھی اس آٹھ سا لہ بچی کے با رے میں سو چنا چا ہتی ہوں جواپنے لمبے سفر کی کہانی سنا تی ہو ئی خود وہا ں پہنچ جا تی ہیں جہاں سے اس نے اپنی حیرت زدہ آنکھوں سے اپنے وا لد کوعلیھدہ ...

By Sajjad Shaukat On 14th August 1947, Pakistan Emerged as the biggest Islamic Sovereign Country on globe. In wake of emergence of Pakistan, Hindu majority conspired to convert this entity into a nightmare. Thousands of Muslims were massacred, women were raped and abducted and there was unprecedented exodus of Muslims towards Pakistan. Pakistan proved her resilience against all odds and after 71 years of it ...