By Sajjad Shaukat 26 years ago, Indian Constitution which claims India to be a secular state was torn into pieces when on December 6, 1992, a large crowd of Hindu Karsevaks (Volunteers) entirely demolished the 16th-century Babri Masjid (Mosque) in Ayodhya, Utter Pradesh in a preplanned attempt to reclaim the land known as RAM Janmabhoomi–birthplace of the god. The demolition of the Babri Masjid sparked Musl ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The fourth round of Afghanistan and India’s security dialogue was held in Kabul on November 25, 2018, at the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS), brought together former high-ranking security officials and diplomats from Afghanistan and India. Speakers at the meeting discussed issues around security and the future relationships between Kabul and New Delhi. They spoke about insurg ...

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In the wake of this emergent need of drinking water, the teams of CHCS under the supervision of the undersigned embarked upon the task of digging of water wells for the people of Tharparkar and has been able to dig and complete more than 600 wells of fresh, sweet and hygienic water during the last 5 years. These water wells have gone a long way in improving the socioeconomic conditions of ...

Reviewed by Sajjad Shaukat Whenever any natural calamity or man-made disaster took place in Pakistan, without wasting time, Dr. Asif Mahmood Jah along with his devoted teams of Customs Health Care Society reached the affected areas and helped the helpless people by providing them the basic necessities of life and medical assistance. He has also played a role in the rehabilitation of the homeless people and ...

By Sajjad Shaukat On November 26, 2008, several persons were killed in the simultaneous terror attacks in Mumbai. Without any investigation, Indian high officials and media had started blaming Pakistan. Mumbai attack was just another false flag operation of Indian establishment to gain sympathies of world community and defame Pakistan in the comity of nations. The whole drama was staged to put blame Pakista ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Pakistan’s security forces successfully foiled an attack on the Chinese consulate in Karachi on November 23, this year. In the exchange of firing, two policemen were martyred, including two civilians, as three gunmen tried to enter the consulate around 9:30am but were intercepted by security guards at a checkpoint. Karachi Police Chief Dr Amir Shaikh said, “Three suspected suicide bombers ...

By N.S.Venkataraman A few decades back when Mrs. Indira Gandhi imposed national emergency, applied restriction on free speech and severely curbed the press freedom, it caused considerable unhappiness around the country. Of course, most section of media after some initial protest ( highly popular political journal Shankar’s Weekly stopped publication ), submitted themselves to censorship , bowed to the press ...