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 ...

By Sajjad Shaukat On 26th of November 2011, the US-led NATO forces attacked two Pakistani check-posts on Pak-Afghan border and martyred 24 Pakistani military personnel indiscriminately. In this regard, two American Apache helicopters and two F-15 Eagle fighter jets targeted the two Pakistani posts, Boulder and Volcano, situated at Salala in the Baizai tehsil of Mohmand Agency. The airstrike was carried out ...

نغمہ حبیب افغانستان ایک عرصہ سے خانہ جنگی کا شکار ہے بلکہ یوں کہیے کی یہ ملک بہت ہی کم امن کی حالت میں رہتا ہے اور ان سب حالات میں اس کے لوگوں کے مزاج اور حکمرانوں کی نا اہلیت سب کا ہاتھ ہے لیکن وہ اس کا ذمہ دار دوسروں کو ٹھہراکر بری الذمہ ہونے کی کوشش کرتے ہیں اور یہی وجہ ہے کہ وہ اپنے ملک کو سنبھال نہیں پا رہے۔افغانستان درحقیقت اپنے محسن پاکستان کے اوپر الزامات لگا کر جس کم ظرفی کا ثبوت دے رہا ہے اس کی مث ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s extremist party-BJP had got a land sliding triumph in the Indian elections 2014 on the basis of anti-Muslim and anti-Pakistan slogans. Therefore, since the Prime Minister Modi came to power, he has been implementing anti-Muslim and anti-Pakistan agenda with the support of fanatic coalition outfits. Now, same slogans-based policy has become the BJP stra ...

 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 ...