By Sajjad Shaukat At least 37 people have been killed and several seriously injured in the coordinated terror attacks at Brussels international airport and a city metro station, which took place today. The state-owned Belga news agency reports that shots were fired and shouts in Arabic were heard before the two explosions. The attacks come four days after Salah Abdeslam, the main fugitive in the Paris attac ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Although the UNO-backed fragile ceasefire in Syria, brokered by the major powers including Russia and the United States came into force on February 27, this year, yet its violations continue, which could lead the world towards World War III in wake of various negative developments. In this regard, rift has also been created between the US and its close NATO ally Turkey, when on February 10 ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The 23rd of March 1940 was a watershed in the history of the Sub Continent, when All India Muslim League passed the Resolution in Lahore for the creation of an independent state. Now, it is popularly called as Pakistan Resolution. Earlier, in his address to the Muslim League at Allahabad in 1930, the idea of a homeland for Muslims in their majority areas had been envisioned by the poet All ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Every year, World Water Day is celebrated on March 22 on global level, focusing attention on the water crisis as well as the solutions to address it. An international day to celebrate freshwater was recommended at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. The United Nations General Assembly responded by designating March 22, 1993 as the first World Water Day. Each ...

By Rida Zaheer Cricket Diplomacy between India and Pakistan failed when extremists RSS under the umbrella of ruling Janta Party has countrywide launched protest against Pakistan Cricket Team and threatened to dig the pitches, if neighbor team visit India with regard to T-20 Cricket World Cup—2016 . In this regard Dharamsala was named as the venue on December 11 last year. Political tensions and security con ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Terrorists blasted bus carrying employees of KPK secretariat early in the morning. According to the news three government officials killed and many injured. The exact nature of attack has into yet been ascertained. At least three persons are feared dead and over 10 injured. The bus was carrying over 40 government officials from Mardan. Rescue operations in under its way. The elements of s ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The very agony of the people of Jammu and Kashmir started on March 16, 1846 when the Treaty of Amritsar was signed. Under the Treaty, British colonialists sold Kashmir along with its people e to a Dogra Hindu, Gulab Singh for 7.5 million rupees. The Treaty of Amritsar which was signed by Gulab Singh, Hardinge, Currie and Lawrence had common cause among the parties with the aim to end the M ...

By Sajjad Shaukat After the September 11 tragedy, the Muslim countries which joined the Bush’s fake global war on terror became the target of the US state terrorism which still continues in one way or the other. The US-led troops, supported by CIA have carried out indiscriminate mass round-ups in catching up suspected Muslim men and women in Afghanistan and Iraq, including some Arab countries without eviden ...