Part-0ne Asif Haroon Raja When the British finally decided to divide India into two sovereign States, it was reluctant to divide the Indian Army. Quad-e-Azam was repeatedly advised to desist from division but he stood firm saying ‘a country is not sovereign without its own armed forces to defend its sovereignty’. On August 14, 1947, the day Pakistan was born; Lt Gen Sir Frank Messervy was appointed C-in-C P ...

  By Sajjad Shaukat Political turmoil, uncertainty and chaotic situation persists in capital city of Islamabad, as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led by Imran Khan and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) by Dr. Tahirul Qadri continue AZADI (Freedom) and INQILAB (Revolution) long marches after having converted their protests into sit-ins (DHARNAs) have placed tough conditions, demanding resignation of Prime Ministe ...

Dark clouds are swirling over the horizons of Pakistan owing to the tense political situation in Islamabad since August 14. Phenomenon of long march in Pakistan started from 1989 onwards. It fetched mixed results ranging from complete failure to partial success to complete success as it happened in July 1993 and March 2009. Tahirul Qadri (TuQ), head of Minhajul Quran and Pakistan Awami Tehrik (PAT) based in ...

By Ali Sukhanver A few years back, I remember, I penned down an article, ‘Sri Lanka Thanks Pakistan’; the article was published in various national and international papers and magazines. The background of this write-up was Sri Lanka’s achievement in wiping off the LTTE terrorists and throwing them away from the Sri Lankan lands. In response to my write-up, a professor from some Sri Lankan university mailed ...

By: Sohail Parwaz Pakistan is seeing the most crucial time of its history. As a matter of fact ever since the independence Pakistan has never seen an unwavering phase except for the initial two years. Our national peace departed with the departing of Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The political mayhem produced vacuity thus paved way for the militarycracy. For quite long the military rule, or to please my ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat When the ongoing military operation Zarb-e-Azb started against the militants in North Waziristan Agency (NWA), Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif took the nation into confidence through parliament, emphasizing that Pakistan would not be allowed to become safe havens of terrorists. He further stated that military operation would continue till achievement of ultimate objectives. Earlier, DG, ISPR ...

Salam  PTI secured around 7 million votes in last elections to emerge as the second largest political party by number of votes polled. These people voted for to give an opportunity to a political party that was led by a Charismatic leader who had a proven track record of successful charitable projects. Imran Khan until then was untested as a political figure. People voted to give him an opportunity to show ...

By: Sohail Parwaz   Soon after the 9/11 debacle the things started taking a weird turn. People started smelling a conspiracy against Pakistan but it wasn’t even in the wildest imaginations of the analysts that the ground is being prepared for making Pakistan a scapegoat. Everyone was happy and contended that nothing to worry since Delhi is still far off. Although actual game was to be played in Afghanistan ...