By Sajjad Shaukat Since the fundamentalist government of the BJP led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power, various extremist policies have continued unabated by the Indian rulers. In this regard, rising number of crimes against women, especially rapes are attributable to religious fanaticism and lack of law enforcement. Modern India is witnessing repeat of two identical tendencies of the past i.e, ...

Written By C. Andrew India, claiming to be largest democracy and a secular country has become a hell for religious minorities as well as lower caste Hindus since Modi government came into power. Modi Administration has not only revived the concept of Hindutva to convert the country into a Hindu state but also started persecution of religious minorities especially of Muslims besides targeting lower caste Hin ...

By Sajjad Shaukat One the one side, Indian atrocities continues unabated in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) against the innocent Kashmiris who are demanding their genuine right of liberation, while, on the other side, Kashmiris are continuously protesting against the brutal tactics of the Indian forces. In this regard, an exhibition of photographs from Indian Held Kashmir (IHK) was inaugurated at European ...

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 ...