BY YASMEEN AFTAB ALI Imran Khan pulled out the plug on the November 2 dharna at the eleventh hour, reposing faith in the judiciary upon its taking up the case and converting a protest day into one of thanksgiving. This act of Imran Khan was stated by many to be ‘umpire’ guided or blamed on his naiveté at reposing trust in promises made. Others made fun of how he had failed his supporters and lesser numbers ...

نغمہ حبیب بر صغیر کے مسلمان برطانوی سامراج کے خلاف جس کسمپرسی اور بے کسی کی زندگی گزار رہے تھے وہ بے بسی کی مکمل تصویر تھی۔ ایسا نہیں ہے کہ رہنما نہیں تھے یا خواہش نہیں تھی سب کچھ تھا مسلمانوں نے غلامی کو کسی بھی حال میں قبول نہیں کیا تھا لیکن وہ اپنی سمت کا درست تعین کرنے میں ابھی تک ناکام تھے انہیں وہ رحیل کارواں چاہیے تھا جو اس قافلے کو جانب منزل لے کر چلے اور پھر ایسے میں حضرت علامہ اقبال کی شاعری نے کس ...

By Sajjad Shaukat This time Jammu Martyrs Day has come at time when the people of Kashmir have accelerated their legitimate struggle in the aftermath of the martyrdom of the young Kashmir leader Burhan Wani by the Indian security forces in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) in wake of continued sieges and prolonged curfew. Since July 8, 2016, Indian forces have martyred more than 100 innocent persons who hav ...

By Asif Haroon Raja The political temperature that had begun to boil from 28 October onward became menacing on the following three days, but mercifully it scaled down dramatically on the evening of November 01 after Imran Khan (IK) decided to call off his much hyped foray into Islamabad (Isbd) on November 2. IK led PTI had been drumming up the Panama papers scandal since April 2016 and straining their lungs ...

By Sajjad Shaukat When during the regime of the President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan initiated the construction of Gwadar deep-seaport in Balochistan province in March 2002 with Chinese assistance, sirens went off in the capitals of some European countries, especially the US, India and Israel which took it as a threat to their global and regional plans. Located on the southwestern coast of Pakistan, Ba ...

نغمہ حبیب بھارت کو لگام دینے والا کیا کوئی نہیں یا دنیا نے آنکھیں بند کی ہوئی ہیں وہاں سے مسلسل پاکستان کے معاملات میں مداخلت کی جا رہی ہے اور علیٰ الاعلان کی جا رہی ہے کبھی ان کا وزیراعظم بڑے دھڑلے سے مشرقی پاکستان کی علحدگی کو اپنا کار نامہ کہتا ہے کبھی کھلم کھلا بلوچوں کی مدد کا اعلان کرتا ہے۔ بھارت اپنی دہشت گرد ہندو ذہنیت سے ہمیشہ مجبور رہا ہے چاہے کانگریسی اندراگاندھی ہو یا بی جے پی کا مودی سب کا ایجن ...

By Asif Haroon Raja The ISI had developed its long arm capability during the tenures of Gen Akhtar Abdur Rehman, Lt Gen Hamid Gul and Lt Gen Javed Nasir as DG ISI. It was owing to this capability of hitting the chosen target outside the frontiers of Pakistan that the ISI earned the reputation of a dreaded outfit and the best in Asia. The long arm began to shrivel when Benazir Bhutto was PM from 1988 to 1990 ...

By  Asif Haroon Raja Imran Khan (IK) and his partner Sheikh Rashid pursuing politics of agitation since mid-2014 are once again on a rampage and are determined to lock down Islamabad (Isbd) and seize power by force. Their tantrums have shot up the political temperature to a boiling point and has intensified uncertainty and insecurity. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Pervez Khattak along with PTI ...