نغمہ حبیب کشمیر! یوں تو دہائیوں بلکہ بات صدیوں تک پہنچ چکی ہے کہ غلام ہے ایک کے بعد دوسرے آقا نے اسے اپنی بندشوں میں باندھ کر رکھاہوا ہے لیکن اس بار تو کشمیریوں کی قید تنگ ہوتے ہوتے ان کے گھروں کی حدود تک پہنچ چکی ہے۔ پچھلے کئی مہینوں سے وہ کر فیوکی پابندیوں اور بندشوں میں بندھے ہوئے اپنے گھروں میں قید ہیں،نہ بنیادی انسانی حقوق کی تنظیمیں جاگ رہی ہیں نہ اقوام متحدہ، نہ عالمی طاقتیں اور تو اور مسلمان ممالک ب ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Manzoor Mehsud, hailing from humble background in South Waziristan (SW), was an unknown figure till the killing of Naqibullah Mehsud in January 2018 at the hands of police squad led by SSP Rao Anwar. He initiated nonviolent movement under the name of Mehsud Tahafuz Movement demanding arrest of killers of Naqibullah. Once he gained prominence, guided by hidden hands he named the movement ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Every year, 26th of January, is being celebrated by India as the Republic Day while, the day is being observed by the Kashmiris on both side of the Line of Control (LoC) and all over the world, including their Pakistani brethren as the Black Day in protest against Indian illegal occupation of Kashmir. This time, this very day has come at time when almost six months have been passed. But, I ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Anti-Pakistan and anti-state group-the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) held a public crowd in Bannu on January 12, this year, during which prominent leaders, including Manzoor Pashteen and MNAs Ali Wazir and Mohsin Dawar, addressed the gathering. In a video circulating on SM, Ali Wazir is being seen addressing a crowd in Bannu where he said that “we will cut down the barbed wires and fence ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Indian government is creating a narrative that there is a strong likelihood of a major terrorist attack from Pakistan in India before or on January 26, 2020. Every year, 26th of January is being celebrated by India as the Republic Day, while, the day is being observed by the Kashmiris on both side of the Line of Control (LoC) and all over the world, including their Pakistani brethren as th ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Tensions between the US and Iran dramatically sharpened after the US drone strike at Baghdad’s airport on January 3, this year, which killed military commander, General. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s Quds Force, an elite unit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, along with five members of the militia, including its leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. In another airstrike north of Baghdad, ...

By Asif Haroon Raja The US-NATO-ANSF military operations against the Taliban in Afghanistan have been going on since October 7, 2001 relentlessly and have now reached a stalemate. For all practical purposes, the US had lost the war after it pulled out bulk of 150,000 ISAF troops in December 2014 and allowed its chief foe Taliban to gain initiative and an upper edge in the battlefield. The US is however refu ...

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 ...