By Sajjad Shaukat On May 13, this year, at least 45 people were killed and several injured after gunmen brutally opened fire on a bus of the Ismaili community near Safoora Chowrangi area of Karachi. The deadly terror-attack resulted into countrywide day of mourning, closure of shops and institutes in Karachi and other areas of Sindh including a complete shutter-down strike by Ismaili community in Hunza. Wit ...

By Brig® Mehboob Qadir Email:clay.potter@hotmail.com When it comes to triggering manmade disasters among people, there is hardly any difference between a monarchy and a democracy. However while monarchy does it by royal right and imperatives of imperial power, democracy does it on nebulous principles. That makes the imminent or ongoing rigor more sufferable but no less painful. While democracies have preten ...

 سیّد نا صررضا کاظمی آج کی پُرامن وادی ِٗ مینگورہ جسے سوات جنت نظیر بھی کہا جاتا ہے آج سے 6 برس قبل2009کو یہ وادی ‘یہ شہر سوات بہیمانہ دردندگی کا گڑھ تھا ،اِس شہر کے مرکزی چوک میں چلتے پھرتے بے گناہ اور معصوم انسانوں کو دن دھاڑے قتل کردیا جاتا تھا اُن کے مردہ جسموں سے اُن کا سر کاٹ کر اِس چوک میں اُن سرکٹی لاشوں کو ٹانگ دیا جاتا تھا انسانیت کی سفاکانہ بربریت کے یہ دوڈھائی برس اہلِ سوات پر 16 ؍ مئی 2009 سے ق ...

By  Asif Haroon Raja India never reconciled to the existence of Pakistan and kept hatching conspiracies to undo it. RAW was specifically created in 1968 to subvert the people of former East Pakistan and prepare grounds for creation of Bangladesh. India was the first country in South Asia to introduce the concept of cross border terrorism in 1971. RAW had established 59 training camps along the border of Eas ...

By Sajjad Shaukat [caption id="attachment_3273" align="alignright" width="300"] Terrorist Head of Swati Taliban[/caption] The memory of the Swat Operation still remains in the mind, though it started on May 16, 2009. The area was successfully cleared by Pakistan’s Armed Forces of any terrorists. In this regard, Swat peace accord was signed on February 15, 2009 between the government and the militants led by ...

 نغمہ حبیب 9 مئی کو پاک فوج کا ایک خصوصی ہیلی کاپٹر گلگت بلتستان کی خوبصورت اور پر فضا وادی نلتر میں گرکر تباہ ہو گیا اس افسوس ناک واقعے میں مزید افسوس ناک با ت یہ تھی کہ اس ہیلی کاپٹر میں غیر ملکی سفیر اور ان کے اہل خانہ سوار تھے جنہیں پاکستان کے جنت نظیر شمالی علاقوں کا حسن دکھانے کے لیے لے جایا گیا تھا اور بہت اہتمام اور عزت واحترام اور حفاظت سے لے جایا گیا تھا لیکن قدرت اور قسمت کے آگے تمام انسانی اقدام ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Afghanistan has traditionally remained friendly to India and hostile to Pakistan since 1947. The only time it was friendly with Pakistan and unfriendly with India was during the five-year rule of Taliban from 1996 till 2001. However, no government in Kabul had created a situation along the western border to prevent Pakistan from shifting its three infantry divisions from Peshawar, Kohat ...

 By  Brig® Mehboob Qadir                                    There is no intention to indulge in a circular talk or place anyone in a state of now- you- see-  now-you-don’t like  what it might appear in the composition of this phrase. As a matter of fact and historic experience generalities are not permanent as they tend to become in popular lore ,but have a temporary relevance and then fade away into the et ...