By Sajjad Shaukat The 11th of February is being celebrated as the martyrdom anniversary of Maqbool Bhat who was hanged by the then Indian regime on February 11, 1984 in Tihar Jail as the reprisal expressed by New Delhi. He was hanged to take the revenge of the killing of an Indian Diplomat by some unknown organization claiming to be Kashmiri. It was an act of shame for a country called India, as even after ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The 9th of February 9 is being celebrated as the martyrdom anniversary of Muhammad Afzal Guru whom India secretly hanged and buried inside the Tihar jail complex on February 9, 2013. It triggered protests in Kashmir and widespread condemnations from various political and human rights organisations. Afzal Guru was convicted in 2001 Parliament attack case and awarded death sentence. Afzal ha ...

نغمہ حبیب پاکستان اور بھارت کے درمیان اگر کشمیر کا مسئلہ حل ہو جائے تو برصغیر پاک و ہند کے امن کولاحق خطرات تقریباََ ختم ہو جائیں گے اور یہاں کے لوگ سکھ اور چین کا سانس لے سکیں گے۔ مسلمانوں کی انتھک محنت ، قربانیوں اور قائداعظم محمد علی جناح کی شاندار قیادت و سیاست کے نتیجے میں انگریز کو ہندوستان چھوڑ کر جانا پڑا اور برصغیر میں ایک نیا ملک پاکستان معرض وجود میں آگیا اور بھارت کو بھی انگریز سے آزادی مل گئی۔ ...

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 ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Irresponsible behavior of our political leaders is causing irreparable damage to the nation. Their myopia has caused deep anguish to the people. Their selfishness broke the country into two. When Mujibur Rahman and 22 co-accused were arrested on charges of treason and secession in 1968, the politicians bailed them out. When Ayub Khan who had uplifted the fortunes of Pakistan sky high, ag ...

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 ...

The five lieutenant generals, who will be senior most on November 29, 2016, the retirement date of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif, are Lt Gen Maqsood Ahmad, Lt Gen Zubair Mahmood Hayat, Lt Gen Syed Wajid Hussain, Lt Gen Najib Ullah Khan and Lt Gen Ishfaq Nadeem. Lt Gen Maqsood Ahmad will be the senior most lieutenant general on November 29. He is currently in USA serving as Military Advise ...