نغمہ حبیب 1947میں پاکستان بنا تو اس کے بنانے والوں میں اس کے مشرقی اورمغربی دونوں حصوں کے لوگ شامل تھے ، کسی کے خلوص میں کسی دوسرے سے کمی نہ تھی، سب کی قربانیاں ایک دوسرے سے بڑھ کر تھیں لیکن اس کی بدقسمتی کہیے کہ اس کے بننے کے فوراََ بعد یہاں کچھ ایسے لوگوں نے اس کی باگ ڈور سنبھالی جن کو ملک سے زیادہ اپنی ذات اور ذاتی مفادات میں دلچسپی تھی اسی چیز کادشمن نے فائدہ اٹھایا اور ملک کے دونوں حصوں میں نفرت کا ایس ...

By Sajjad Shaukat 23 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 the Babri Masjid sparked M ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Much has been written and said by writers and analysts of print and electronic media about the coordinated terror attacks in a stadium, a hall, restaurants and bars across Paris which left more than 130 innocent persons dead and more than 350 injured, on the night of November 13. The opinion of Christians, Jews and Muslims is divided, while elaborating the Paris tragedy in accordance with ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Just after the simultaneous terror attacks in Paris which killed more than 130 persons, on November 13, the people of France, the government and the media became one. A wave of anti-Muslim chauvinism could be seen in France in particular and the whole Europe in general. French President Francois Hollande who declared emergency in the country, said, “It is an act of war that was committed b ...

by  Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai Modi’s visit to Srinagar Saturday brings to mind an event where in September 2006 the British artist Banksy gave special meaning to the phrase “elephant in the room” in a Los Angeles exhibit called Barely Legal. It’s theme was global poverty. As writer Gary Martin says, “By painting the elephant in the same bold pattern as the room's wallpaper, Banksy emphasized the phrase's meaning, ...

نغمہ حبیب آخر بھارت کرکٹ بورڈ نے فیصلہ سنا دیا ’’ پاکستان اور بھارت میں کرکٹ سیریز کا امکان نہیں ہے‘‘ چاہیے تو یہ تھا کہ اعلان پاکستان کی طرف سے کیا جاتا لیکن معلوم نہیں کیوں پاکستان کرکٹ بورڈ نے بھارت کے سامنے انتہائی فدویانہ رویہ اختیار کیا، بلکہ پورے ملک اور قوم کی عزت کی دھجیاں بھارت میں بکھیر آیا۔ بھارت کے ساتھ دوستی کے خواہاں اور مسلسل امن کی آشا کاراگ الا پنے والے پاکستانی اس رویے کی کوئی توجیہہ تلاش ...

By Sajjad Shaukat On October 20, this year, former Prime Minister of Pakistan administered Kashmir; Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry said that Kashmiri March is being organized on October 25, 2015 in New York in front of the UNO headquarter to press for just and durable resolution of longstanding Kashmir issue. He urged the Pakistanis and Kashmiris and Americans as well as those who believe in human rights ...

By Asif Haroon Raja The strategic import of Afghanistan can hardly be overstressed. The rising power, China, and reemerging power, Russia, energy and resource rich Central Asia and Middle East, and strategically located Pakistan surround Afghanistan. In real-politick terms, stability in Afghanistan and regional concord among all the countries surrounding it would contribute in the fast-paced development of ...