By Asif Haroon Raja After the outgoing British Raj partitioned India and Pakistan took birth out of the reluctant womb of India, the latter sat in the lap of former Soviet Union to draw maximum diplomatic, political, economic and military support. India also drew benefits from the West by playing the levers of secularism, democracy and non-alignment. Border clash with China in 1962 enabled India to amass we ...

By Sajjad Shaukat In the aftermath of the terror attack at a military base in Uri, close to the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan, India has been deliberately increasing war hysteria against Pakistan in accordance with the agenda of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). The situation developed after the Uri base assault has clearly proved that with the help of Indian intelligence agencies, particularly RAW, ...

By Ali Sukhanver Just after the attacks in Kandahar and Kabul on 10th of this January, the provincial police chief of the southern Kandahar province General Abdul Raziq blamed in a statement that ‘notorious Haqqani terrorist network with the support of Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence were behind the deadly attack on governor’s compound.’ Speaking during a press conference, Gen. Raziq said the Haqqani ...

By Mehboob Qadir We lost our social cohesion and civil anchorage, in fact our place in history, when River Hakra, the legendary Saraswati, turned away from us thousands of years ago. It was the mother river on whose banks Indus Civilization was born and prospered to become one of the largest and the most enlightened civilizations in the world. It held sway in many different ways over the plains of united Pu ...

In recent times, a great deal of controversy has centered around the burqa. In 2011, France banned the niqab and burqa. Bulgaria, Egypt and Chad, among others, also banned the burqa, with Morocco banning the sale, import and manufacture of burqas in 2017. The reasons behind the ban have been varied, with security concerns being an overriding contributor to the decision to ban the garment. However, there are ...

By Tariq Rizwan February 5, each year is observed as a Kashmir Day when a part of Kashmir was liberated from India called Independent Kashmir (in Urdu it is called Azad Jummu & Kashmir - AJK in 1948. In Pakistan, AJK is recognized as a separate state with a Parliament, Prime Minister, President and other governing institutions. The day February 5, was first observed in 1990 on the call of sitting Prime ...

by Balbir Singh Sooch Honest means - truthful, sincere, frank, open, trustworthy, upright, decent, law-abiding, reliable, honorable ; Who is not telling lies; not cheating or stealing; straight forward; an honest man; an honest in business; give an honest opinion, to be quite honest about it-phrase used before a statement that one wishes to believed; an honest mind; an honest face; earn an honest penny; ear ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Pakistan is a grave victim of water scarcity, because of being on lower riparian in relation to the rivers emanating from the Indian-Held Kashmir (IHK). India has never missed an opportunity to harm Pakistan since its inception; it is creating deliberate water shortages for Pakistan with the aim to impair Pakistan agriculturally. Historically, India has been trying to establish her hegemon ...