by Bakhtiar Hakeem The question of identity or the identity of ‘identity’ can be approached from two directions. After having come into grips with ‘identity’ one can find his or her place of comfort; anywhere in between the two ends of the continuum of identity. One can call one end the nadir and the other zenith. To some the issue may look absurd, for what was being named and called ‘identity’ was life, th ...

By Sajjad Shaukat If we take cognizance of related-developments in the world, especially in South Asia and the Middle East, we can note that the Islamic State group (Also known as Daesh, ISIS and ISIL), including its linked terror organizations and similar other outfits are being supported by the US, India and Israel who are the real masters of this militant group. Some European countries like the Great Bri ...

نغمہ حبیب پانامہ کا ایک لمبا چوڑا سکینڈل اور مقدمہ چلا اور پاکستان کی عدالتی تاریخ میں ایک روشن باب شامل ہوا کہ ہماری عدالتوں میں ایسے منصفین بھی موجود ہیں جو حقیقتاََ حاکم وقت سے پوچھ گچھ کر سکتے ہیں۔فیصلہ آیا ،ملک کے وزیر اعظم کو نا اہل قرار دیا گیا تو عوام نے بھی تسلی کا سانس لیا اور اُمید کرنے لگے کہ اب اُنہیں بھی انصاف ملنے لگے گا ،اُن کی دولت ملک میں واپس لے آئی جائے گی،اُن کے مجرم کم از کم اُن کے حکم ...

By Yasmeen Aftab Ali  “Islamabad had given the world “terrorists” while India was producing top-notch doctors and engineers.” The statement is ironic and Swaraj could have chosen better words had she realised it – Khakan Abassi is qualified by USA’s universities as a professional engineer, Modi, till recently, was banned from entering said country. Connecting the sequence of events: Till August 31st 2017, P ...

By Asif Haroon Raja War against the Soviets Fearing takeover by the fundamentalists, 40th Soviet Army intervened and occupied Afghanistan on December 27, 1979, killed Hafiz Amin and installed a communist regime under Babrak Karmal. Pakistan could not remain unconcerned with this intervention because of Moscow’s age-old quest for warm waters, its strategic partnership with archrival India and 7 million Afgha ...

Posted By Zaheerul Hassan In a memorandum submitted to Mr. Antonio Guterres, the Secretary General of the United Nations, Barrister Sultan Mehmood Choudhary, former Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir and Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, Secretary General, World Kashmir Awareness Forum highlighted the following: We are writing to urge a leadership role of the United Nations in resolving the 70-year-old Kashmir conflict that ...

By Sajjad Shaukat At least 59 people were killed and more than 500 others injured on October 1, this year, when a gunman opened fire on concertgoers from the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. An American national, Stephen Paddock was identified by the US security agencies as the shooter, who was armed with as many as 20 weapons, including automatic and semi-automatic rifles an ...

By Sajjad Shaukat We always remember the innumerable contributions of the Pakistan’s Armed Forces in disaster management—their services and sacrifices, as noted in relation to the military operations again the terrorists—resettlement of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), floods, desilting of canals (Bhal Safai) etc, entailing restoration of law and order on many occasions. In the recent past, Armed Fo ...