By Asif Haroon Raja Manzoor Mehsud, hailing from humble background in South Waziristan (SW), was an unknown figure till the killing of Naqibullah Mehsud in January 2018 at the hands of police squad led by SSP Rao Anwar. He initiated nonviolent movement under the name of Mehsud Tahafuz Movement demanding arrest of killers of Naqibullah. Once he gained prominence, guided by hidden hands he named the movement ...

By Sajjad Shaukat In the cyber-age, online information and interaction of peoples among the countries, relating to various fields have converted our planet into a global village, as we dreamed in the past. By bringing the political battles into our bedrooms, social media, mobile phones, TV channels, online newspapers and websites have made it much difficult for politicians to speak lies and to hide informat ...

نغمہ حبیب بھارت خود کو دنیا کی سب سے بڑی جمہوریہ کہتا ہے آبادی کے لحاظ سے ایسا ہے بھی اور انتخابات کا تسلسل بھی یہی بتاتا ہے حکومتیں عوام کے ووٹ سے ہی منتخب ہو رہی ہیں لیکن یہ جمہوریت کی اس تعریف کے مطابق کہ’’ عوام کی حکومت عوام کے لیے ‘‘ کے مطابق صرف ایک ہی مذہب کے لیے جمہوری ملک ہے یہ خود کو سیکولر بھی کہتا ہے لیکن اس کا طرزِعمل شر وع سے ہندوانہ ہے اور مودی سرکار کے آنے کے بعد تو ہندو تو اس قدر غالب آگ ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Every year, 26th of January, is being celebrated by India as the Republic Day while, the day is being observed by the Kashmiris on both side of the Line of Control (LoC) and all over the world, including their Pakistani brethren as the Black Day in protest against Indian illegal occupation of Kashmir. This time, this very day has come at time when almost six months have been passed. But, I ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Indian extremist Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government led by the extremist party BJP is propagating that there is a strong likelihood of a major terrorist attack from Pakistan in India. In fact, such a fake drama India, itself, will arrange to implicate Pakistan in order to divert the attention from the perennial military clampdown in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK), as since August ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Anti-Pakistan and anti-state group-the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) held a public crowd in Bannu on January 12, this year, during which prominent leaders, including Manzoor Pashteen and MNAs Ali Wazir and Mohsin Dawar, addressed the gathering. In a video circulating on SM, Ali Wazir is being seen addressing a crowd in Bannu where he said that “we will cut down the barbed wires and fence ...

نغمہ حبیب پاکستان میں دہشت گردی کی لہر اور پھر اس کے خلاف جنگ نے جہاں اور بہت تباہی مچائی وہیں علاقائی تحفظوں کے کئی دعویداربھی پیدا کئے انہیں میں سے ایک پشتون تحفظ موومنٹ کے نام سے پاکستان کے قبائلی علاقوں میں اُبھری اور ایک ذہنی طور پر نا پختہ نوجوان اس کا لیڈر بن بیٹھا۔ایک معاشرہ جہاں مشران کی بڑی اہمیت ہے اور جن کا کہا حکم کا درجہ رکھتا ہے ایک نوجوان کے ہاتھ کیسے چڑھ گیااور کیسے اسے لیڈر کہلانے کا حق دے ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Indian government is creating a narrative that there is a strong likelihood of a major terrorist attack from Pakistan in India before or on January 26, 2020. Every year, 26th of January is being celebrated by India as the Republic Day, while, the day is being observed by the Kashmiris on both side of the Line of Control (LoC) and all over the world, including their Pakistani brethren as th ...