By Sajjad Shaukat With national zeal and fervour in different parts of the country, Youm-e-Takbeer (The day of greatness) is celebrated every year on May 28 as a national day to mark the conduction of nuclear tests when on the very day in 1998; Pakistan became the first Muslim and the 7th nuclear power in the world. While showing aggressive designs, on May 11, 1998, the then Indian Prime Minister Atal Behar ...

By Asif Haroon Raja The US-India-Afghan government (govt) nexus has been the root cause of Afghan instability. While the US initiated war on terror in October 2001 to defeat and eliminate terrorism from the face of the earth, and utterly failed to do so, the trio has also been outwardly pleading for peace since 2011 when force failed to cow down the Taliban. Pakistan has been the biggest victim of instabili ...

By Sajjad Shaukat [caption id="attachment_14420" align="alignright" width="300"] An FARDC colonel fix a medal on pakistani MONUSCO contingents during medal parade of Pak Batt 1 et Pak Avn Unit 2 in Bukavu, the 28th of September 2013. © MONUSCO/Sylvain Liechti[/caption] Every year, International Day of United Nations (UN) Peacekeepers is celebrated on May 29 to pay tribute to all those who served in the UN p ...

By Sajjad Shaukat In the earlier this month, the draft bill which was up for public consultation was published on the Indian home ministry’s website. It suggests that anyone distributing a map the Indian government deems to be wrong and could be liable for a billion-rupee fine and jail time. Through passage of this bill, the Indian government would be able to penalize individuals and organizations who depic ...

Rejoinder to Imtiaz Alam Asif Haroon Raja Imtiaz Alam is a senior journalist who writes articles and hosts programs on TV channels. He also heads SAFMA, a dubious organization which reportedly is sponsored by RAW. SAFMA in league with Aman ki Asha, another shady organization co-hosted by Jang-Geo Group and Indian media group is also patronized by RAW. The two have been working in tandem to improve Indo-Paki ...

نغمہ حبیب پانامہ ہے تو ایک چھوٹا سا ملک لیکن آج کل اس نے پوری دنیا میں تہلکہ مچا رکھا ہے اور دنیا کے بڑے بڑے ایوان اس نے بغیر کسی محنت مشقت کے ہلا دیئے ہیں۔ باقی کی دنیا کا مسئلہ وہ خود حل کرے اس وقت ہمارا مسئلہ تو اپنا ملک اور اس کے’’ عظیم لیڈر ‘‘ہیں جو خود کو عوام کا نمائندہ کہتے ہیں عوام کے خادم بھی کہلاتے ہیں سیاست کا احسان عوام پر جتاتے ہیں کہ اُن کی سیاست کا اور کوئی مقصد نہیں بلکہ وہ سیاست کرتے ہی عو ...

By Sajjad Shaukat After the massive leak of the secret documents from Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca, the question of rampant corruption in Pakistan has again come into limelight, as the disclosed papers include the names of several Pakistanis, including the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and some other politicians who made millions of dollars of investments in the offshore companies and thus, were invo ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Terrorism was pushed into Pakistan from Afghanistan by the ones who had engineered 9/11 and initiated war on terror in October 7, 2001. Pakistan was made an ally to capture Afghanistan but was then forced to fight against its own people on its soil. Terrorist groups in FATA and Baluchistan and a political party in Karachi were fully supported by foreign powers to destabilize Pakistan and ...