By Sajjad Shaukat Since 1990, the 5th of February is being celebrated by Pakistanis and Kashmiris as ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’ to pay homage to Kahsmiri martyrs and to show solidarity with the freedom fighters who are demanding their legitimate right of self-determination, as recognized by the UN resolutions. During the partition of the Sub-continent, the people of the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) wh ...

By Asif Haroon Raja 120 seconds pep talk between Nawaz Sharif and Narendra Modi at Paris on November 30, followed by meeting of National Security Advisers Ajit Doval and Lt Gen Nasser Janjua at Bangkok on December 6 melted the ice and set the ball rolling. Indian external affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s visit to Islamabad to attend Heart of Asia conference two days later and her announcement that Indo-Pak ...

نغمہ حبیب پاکستان کے پڑوس میں اگر ایک طرف بھارت جیسا دشمن موجود ہے جو ہرزاویے اور ہر موقعے پر اس کے نقصان کے درپے رہتا ہے تو دوسری طرف چین جیسا عظیم دوست بھی ہے جو ہر گرم و سرد میں پاکستان کے ساتھ رہتا ہے ۔پاک چین دوستی وقت کی ہر آزمائش پر پوری اتری ہے ۔ چین نے پاکستان میں کئی تر قیاتی منصوبے مکمل کئے خاص کر بلوچستان میں بہت مشکل حالات میں کام کیا اور ہر حال میں اپنے منصوبے مکمل کرنے کی کوشش کی۔ چین نے دوسر ...

By Ali Sukhanver The asylum application filed by Nawab Akbar Bugti’s grandson Brahamdagh Bugti has been rejected by the Swiss immigration authorities. This rejection was on the basis of Pakistan’s decision of declaring him a terrorist. Pakistan had declared Brahamdagh Bugti-led Baloch Republican Party BRP as a terrorist organization. It is something very positive on the part of the Swiss government that it ...

Media and judiciary are generally viewed as the strong pillars of any democratic country. Traditionally, judiciary and media in India have maintained reasonably good standards and have gained considerable public support. Unfortunately, in recent times, judiciary has been subjected to much criticism and several of the judgements have been received with skepticism by the people. In the same way, Indian media, ...

By Sajjad Shaukat On January, 20, this year, at least 21 persons, including students, a faculty member and security guards were killed at Bacha Khan University in Khyber Pakhtunkha’s Charsadda town, when heavily-armed terrorists of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) entered the university and opened fire on them. It was due to the quick response of Pakistan’s security forces, including Special Serv ...

By Zaheerul Hassan DG ISPR Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa while briefing media disclosed in Peshawar that five terrorists have been arrested from Charsadda and surrounding. These facilitators have helped those terrorists who attacked innocent students of Bacha Khan University in Charsadda on 20 January 2016. In this attack 21 people were killed and more than 60 were injured. According to DG ISPR the operation has ...

By Rida Zaheer Kasur: A fast moving van fell into the canal near Kasur and killing 13 people and many injures. The dead bodies and injured person are being taken to district and nearer hospitals. Chief Minister Punjab feels sorrow on the death of the people and ordered to holed high level inquiry to ascertain the cause of the accident. ...