By Sajjad Shaukat On October 31, 2018, violent protests and demonstrations led by the religious party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) broke out across the country in connection with the judgment of the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) about the Asia Bibi blasphemy case. In its verdict the Supreme Court of Pakistan had also said: “No one could be allowed to defy the name of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) a ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Every year, January 5 is celebrated in remembrance of the pledges of the UNO, as on this very day in 1949, UNCIP (United Nations Commission for Indian Pakistan) resolution adopted in which Kashmiris’ right of self-determination was granted through a free and impartial plebiscite, while these people have still been living under Indian occupation. During the partition of the Sub-continent, t ...

By Sajjad Shaukat An important meeting was held between Balochistan’s Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan and Dr. Jumma Khan Marri in Moscow during the first week of Dec 2018. Dr. Marri suggested Pakistan government to put forward the issue and demand UK to stop providing the safe haven to the commander of Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) Hyrbyar Marri and also emphasized for preparations to be made to raise the ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai The fundamental need and urgency for self determination in South Tyrol, when compared with that of Kashmir today, might raise some questions as to what possible similarities they have. South Tyrol is now Europe’s largest producer of apples, a major exporter of cheese, with world-class ski resorts in the Alps. An Italian province at the very northern edge of Italy where it borders Aust ...

By Sajjad Shaukat On December 31, 2014, Indian agencies orchestrated a terror boat drama to defame Pakistan in the world. In this respect, Indian media and high officials unfolded the drama on the New Year’s eve by allegedly reporting that a Pakistani fishing boat as a Pakistan-based group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was intercepted by Indian Coast Guards, some 356 km. off the coast of Porebandar, Gujarat. While ...

نغمہ حبیب نیو یارک کے ورلڈ ٹریڈ سینٹر سے 2001 میں دو جہاز ٹکرائے گئے اور آسمان کو چھوتی ہوئی یہ عمارت پل بھرمیں مٹی کا ڈھیر بنا دی گئی۔ امریکی اعدادو شمار کے مطابق پانچ ہزار لوگ مارے گئے اس حملے کا ذمہ دار اُسامہ بن لادن کو قرار دیا گیا اور دعویٰ کیا گیا کہ اُسامہ افغانستان میں موجود ہے لہٰذا امریکہ نے خود کو افغانستان پر حملے کی اجازت دے دی بلکہ افغانوں کی موت اور زندگی کا بھی خود کو حقدار سمجھ لیا اور یہ ...

by Tahir Mehmood The girl was twittering, the old man was brooding, the night was spreading, life was now giving way to the engulfing slumber, and the dark was thickening. So far, there were no signs of the train that were to take them to the remote town of their destination. ………………… They had just begun a river-side night errand. It had become their routine for the last few years since they had met. She use ...

Posted By Zaheerul Hassan Istanbul, Turkey. December 28, 2018. “Kashmir is internationally recognized as a disputed territory whose final status is yet to be determined by the people. This is a matter that urgently needs to be put on a road to find a just and viable solution. A problem which has figured on the active agenda of the United Nations, which has been the subject of fourteen substantive resolution ...