The Lahore effect Reminisces of pre-Independence Lahore By Ishtiaq Ahmed ایک دل، ہزار داستان، از آغا اشرف اور انسان مر گیا، از رامانند ساگر میرا شہر لاہور، یونس ادیب These Lahore boys, all of them in their late 70s or early 80s, reminisce a Lahore of a bygone era, when it was prided as the most communally harmonious city of northern India I am a long-time resident in Sweden where I have been living since Se ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Economic prosperity is the paramount for stability of any country. Afghanistan being a land locked country is mostly reliant on Pakistan for transit and bilateral trade. As per recent survey both countries have potential of trade up to $5 billion annually. In earlier quarter of 2018, although, trade with Afghanistan decreased from $3 billion to $500 million; however recent figures and tren ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Recent negative developments in Pakistan such as Asia Bibi blasphemy case, dragging army into politics and assassination of the renowned-peace-loving religious clerk Maulana Samiul Haq cannot be seen in isolation, as the same are part of the Zionist agenda to destabilize Pakistan, because latter is the only nuclear country in the Islamic Word, which irritates the US, India, Israel and some ...

نغمہ حبیب پاکستان کے خلاف جو تازہ سازش تیار کی گئی ہے اُس کا نام پشتون تحفظ مومنٹ ہے اور اس کی سربراہی سونپی گئی ہے منظور پشتین کو اور اسے جو خصوصی مشن سونپا گیا ہے وہ محب وطن پشتونوں میں بدظنی پھیلانا ہے۔ دشمن جانتا ہے کہ یہ وہ قوم اور نسل ہے جو اپنی مٹی اور اپنے وطن کے لیے کوئی بھی قربانی دے سکتی ہے لہٰذا بہت عرصے سے دشمن ان پر کام کر رہا ہے اور افسوس اس بات کا ہے کہ پختونوں میں بھی اُسے اپنے کام کے لوگ م ...

  By Saeed Qureshi Pakistan must have more provinces. The existing four provinces are like four states within a state. These four big administrative units create regional and provincial friction bordering on hatred. Ever since the creation of Pakistan, one of the overriding hurdles in the way of coveted national cohesion and unity are these administrative elephantine units that vie and remain at logger ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan has been a victim of wars, conflicts, diplomatic/political/economic coercion, subversion, sabotage, and false flag operations at the hands of India which to this day has not reconciled to its existence. India initiated injurious steps right from Pakistan’s inception to keep it politically destabilized and economically weak and dependent. To unroll Two-Nation theory, her first ta ...

Written By Jamshed & Jamshed [caption id="attachment_17059" align="alignright" width="379"] Gen. Raziq’s brother appointed as new police chief[/caption] On October 18th, Kandahar’s Governor, Afghanistan’s powerful Police Chief Abdul Raziq and NDS Provincial Chief Abdul Mohmin along with two others died in an insider attack. This attack left the power vacuum in the Southern Province of Afghanistan. Accor ...

By Sajjad Shaukat 27th of October is celebrated every year as the “Black Day” by the Pakistanis and the Kashmiris all over the world as a protest against Indian illegal occupation of Kashmir on October 27, 1947, yet this time. This time, this very day has come at time when the people of Kashmir have accelerated their legitimate struggle in the aftermath of the martyrdom of the young Kashmir leader Burhan Wa ...