By Ali Sukhanver The Pakistani society is always blamed of having the blobs of terrorism, corruption, political instability and all type of lawlessness by the western and Indian media but a lot of thanks to God Almighty, this ‘lawless’ society is still very safe for the women. Though every year there are a few incidents of maltreatment with the women but the number of such incidents is such small that it be ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat                        22 years ago, Indian Constitution which claims India to be a secular state was torn into pieces when on December 6, 1992, a large crowd of Hindu Karsevaks (volunteers) entirely demolished the 16th-century Babri Masjid (mosque) in Ayodhya, Utter Pradesh in a preplanned attempt to reclaim the land known as RAM Janmabhoomi – birthplace of the god. The destruction of th ...

By Ali Sukhanver In a move intended to mend shattering and tattering ties with the Unites States, the newly-elected Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and US Ambassador James Cunningham, signed the Bilateral Security Agreement known as ‘BSA’ this year on 30th September at the presidential palace in Kabul. The deal allows the US to leave a small contingent of troops in the country beyond this year, when a NATO-le ...

                                        By Sajjad Shaukat On November 23, this year, Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin told the Indian media that Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi will have a meeting on the sidelines of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit, being held in Kathmandu on November 26-27. He elab ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Six days visit of Pakistan’s Chief of the Army Staff, Gen. Raheel Sharif to the United States has proved very successful and is considered a landmark in Pak-US relations. In his interaction, with the US top military and civil officials, Pakistan’s army chief straightforwardly pointed out co-relationship of regional problems including Pakistan’s sacrifices during war against terrorism, succ ...

 سیّد ناصررضا کاظمی ’ لوگ صرف اتنا جانتے ہیں کہ اِن کو کیا بولنا ہے؟ عقلمند آدمی مگر وہ ہے جو یہ بھی جانے کہ اُس کو کیا بولنا نہیں ہے ‘ یہ نہیں جو منہ میں آئے بولتا چلا جائے جو تعصب آلود ہ فکر کچھ لکھنے پر اُسے آمادہ کرئے وہ لکھتا چلا جائے کوئی اِس ناقص وکمرو راہ پر اگر چل نکلے خود کو ادیب ‘ قلمکار ‘ تجزیہ نگار یا صحافی بھی سمجھنا شروع کردے تو سمجھ لیجئے ’بد بختی ‘ نے اُس کا دروازہ دیکھ لیا ہے ایسے میں پھر ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Gallup survey of the UK official body, DFID, conducted on July 20, 212, had disclosed that the vast majority of the Baloch people oppose the idea of an independent Balochistan. As a result of the general elections 2013, the government led by the nationalist leader Chief Minister Balochistan Dr. Abdul Malik Baloch was established in Balochistan, while on December 7, 2013; local bodies elect ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat In its recent report, submitted to the Congress by the Department of Defence, US has revived blame game against Pakistan. The Pentagon report allegedly said, “Afghan-and Indian-focused militants continue to operate from Pakistan territory to the detriment of Afghan and regional stability. Pakistan uses these proxy forces to hedge against Afghanistan and India…Taliban attacks are launched ...