By Sajjjad Shaukat Under the mask of democracy and secularism, Indian subsequent regimes dominated by politicians from the Hindi heartland—Hindutva (Hindu nationalism) have been using brutal tactics mercilessly in suppressing the insurgencies and separatist movements in various regions and provinces such as Kashmir, Punjab, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura etc. includ ...

By Sajjad Shaukat On August 7, this year, under the caption, “Pakistan fears India getting ready for water warfare through dams”, Indian TV channel Zee News though pointed out Pakistan’s apprehensions, but, admitted that India has initiated water warfare against Pakistan. In its news, Zee News criticized a statement of the then caretaker Pakistani Minister for water resources Ali Zafar where he suspected th ...

By Balbir Singh Sooch 1. “The Life of Navjot Singh Sidhu and his family seems in danger in the hands of ‘Undemocratic, Unpatriotic, who are being Projected as Patriotic, intentionally and deliberately, under the garb of patriotism’; 2. But in fact, they are intolerants and the general intolerants are being provoked against Navjot Singh Sidhu and of similar others politically and other personal reasons under ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Under the caption “Chinese investment in Bangladesh rings India alarm bells, Beijing deepens ties across South Asia billion infrastructure loans”, a news item was published in the Financial Times on August 7, 2018. Its summary is: “China has invested $3.7bn in Bangladesh to built a 6 km long bridge over Padma River which will link north and south Bangladesh by road and rail. India is distu ...

Posted by Zaheerul Hassan The past month at AAP has been exciting. Here is a quick look at some key initiatives of the Delhi Government that reflects an innovative, inclusive and environment sensitive governance. Arvind Kejriwal announces a slew of measures to solve Delhi’s water woes CM Arvind Kejriwal has announced a slew of measures to tackle the water woes faced by the residents of Delhi. The first amon ...

By Sajjad Shaukat There are no permanent friends and enemies in international politics, because friendship and enmity change in accordance with the states’ interests which are of primary importance. After having strong relationship with the United States for more than 60 years, a shift has occurred in Pak-US ties because of a number of reasons, and Pakistan has inclined towards the Russian Federation which ...

The 18th Amendment to the Constitution entrusted curriculum and syllabi, and preparation and publication of textbooks entirely to the Textbook Boards of the provinces. Shall we suffer the same consequences in our provinces as occurred in East Pakistan in 1960s? Qudratulla Shahab, Secretary to President Ayub Khan and later Education Secretary, describes in his Shahab-nama (pages 895-897) how Indians succeede ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Preparations have started by Kashmiris living either side of the Line of Control (LoC) and rest of the world to observe Indian Independence Day as the Black Day. Every year when India celebrates Independence Day on August 15, Kashmiris on both sides of the LoC and the world over observe it as the Black Day to convey the message to the international community that India continues to usurp t ...