By Sajjad Shaukat The former Soviet Union which had subjugated the minorities and ethnic groups in various provinces and regions through its military, disintegrated in 1991. Even its nuclear weapons could not save its collapse. One of the important causes of the disintegration of the former Russian Empire was that its greater defence expenditure exceeded to the maximum, resulting into economic crises inside ...

By Sajjad Shaukat India which, apparently, claims to be the largest democracy, acting upon the principles of liberalism and secularism has broken all the records of mistreatment of religious minorities by acceleration of violence, genocide and massacre, perpetrated on various ethnic and religious groups. Since Narendar Modi, the leader of the ruling party BJP became the Indian Prime Minister, he started imp ...

By Sajjad Shaukat In the past, the most developed countries had direct control on the less developed countries through colonialism. But, neo-imperialism is its most dangerous form, prevalent in the present world. In theory a less developed is free, but in practice, its government and economy are controlled by a developed country indirectly. In these terms, through its military and intelligence agency RAW, I ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has almost enveloped the entire world. Up to April 13, 2020, globally, it killed more than 113,849 persons and infected 1.8 million people. As regards Pakistan, up to the same date, the number of coronavirus-deaths has reached the figure of 95, whereas the number of persons, affected by the virus is 5,478. Unlike Asia and Africa, this novel virus has badly a ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Historically, India has continued interventionist and hegemonic policies vis-à-vis her neighbouring countries through its military and intelligence agency RAW. Besides supporting separatism in East Pakistan which resulted in dismemberment of Pakistan and continued assistance to the separatist elements of Pakistan’s Balochistan province, New Delhi occupied Sikkim, subdued Bhutan. It particu ...

By Arundhati Roy Beloved friends, comrades and my fellow writers, this place where we are gathered today is only a short bus ride away from where four days ago a fascist mob, fired up by speeches made by members of the Ruling Party, backed up and actively assisted by the police, assured of round the clock support by a vast section of the electronic mass media, and comforted by the belief that the courts wou ...

نغمہ حبیب امریکہ افغانستان میں تقریباً بیس سے سال جنگ لڑ رہاہے اور پاکستان اتنے ہی سالوں سے اس پرائی جنگ کی سزا بھگت رہا ہے۔ ہزاروں جانوں کی قربانی اوراربوں روپے کا مالی نقصان الگ۔ دھماکوں اور بد امنی نے پاکستانیوں کے شب وروز کے معمولات کو بُری طرح متاثر کیا تجارت، صنعت، معیشت، ترقی سب جھٹکوں اور دھکوں سے چلتی رہی اور ہم اُس9/11 کا خمیازہ بھگتے رہے جو نہ پاکستان سے ہوا تھا نہ پاکستانیوں نے کیا تھا لیکن افغا ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai The people of Jammu & Kashmir are grateful to Mr. Antonio Guterres, the Secretary General of the United Nations for having spared time in Islamabad, in the midst of myriad pressures, to discuss the very grave situation in Kashmir – a situation of a threat to the peace and stability of the South Asian Subcontinent and also of continuous and massive violations of human rights. Altho ...