By Zaheer ul HassanIn the past 4 months or so, Pakistan has witnessed a major spike in the number of terrorists’ incidents as compared to past year. Today, on 21 April 24, Two Customs officials died and four were injured in an unfortunate terrorists attack in DI Khan. In the same city, again on 18 April 2024, five Customs officials were gunned down, but no culprit was apprehended by any law enforcement agen ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Pak-Afghan relations have hardly remained friendly. Right from the day-one, Kabul maintained an unfriendly posture. Pakhtunistan stunt and non-acceptance of Durand Line as an international border between the two neighbors, together with Kabul’s penchant for supporting Baloch and Pashtun insurgents in Pakistan and its close alignment with India have been the major irritants that have kept ...

By Asif Haroon Raja The year 2020 upon which we had pinned high hopes for better days ahead is proving to be another difficult year. The whole world is in a flux and hardly any corner is safe from troubles. End of super power rivalry and the 45 years Cold War should have made the unipolar world under the USA peaceful. Instead, initiation of destructive global war on terror by the crusaders after 9/11 to mak ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The former Soviet Union which had subjugated the minorities and ethnic groups in various provinces and regions through its military, disintegrated in 1991. Even its nuclear weapons could not save its collapse. One of the important causes of the disintegration of the former Russian Empire was that its greater defence expenditure exceeded to the maximum, resulting into economic crises inside ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Every year, Kashmiris living on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) and Pakistan, including rest of the world celebrate July 19 as the Day of Kashmir’s Accession to Pakistan, as on this very day in 1947, the historical resolution was adopted by the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference in Abi Guzar, Srinagar during an emergency convention at the residence of Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim K ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Every year, Kashmir Martyrs’ Day (Youme Shudaha-e-Kashmir) is commemorated on July 13 in the memory of 21 Kashmiris who were martyred outside Srinagar Central Jail by the troops of Dogra Maharaja on July 13, 1931. This very day is observed on both sides of the Line of Control and all over the world by the Kashmiris to pay homage to these Kashmiris. However, the history of Dogra rule (1846- ...

In the world,  total 12,657,822 people suffered with Corona , died 563,598 and recovered 7,388,578 so far . The virus did not excused any segment of life. similarly bollywood also fighting against Covid-19. Recently, Bengali star Koel Mallick and her father, veteran actor Ranjit Mallick, have tested Covid-19 positive. Koel took to social media to share the news with her fans. She said that along with hersel ...

 by Lt Gen Retd Javed Nasir, Retired It was 29th of August 1967, I was supervising the work of my company of 101 Engineer Battalion on the famous Karakoram Highway, my camp was at Kuksil, just 4 miles from the Khunjrab Top (16500’ above mean sea level) where our Battalion Headquarters was located. I saw the DR (Despatch Rider) approaching me with a broad smile, there must be some good news but what could it ...