[caption id="attachment_2056" align="alignright" width="460"] KashmirI Lake[/caption]        By Sajjad Shaukat 19th of July is celebrated every year on both sides of the Line of Control and all over the world by the people of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), as on this very day in 1947, majority of people of the Indian-held Kashmir passed a peaceful resolution, and decided Kashmir’s accession to Pakistan. The h ...

No. Nothing has changed for them. Nothing will change. Not until they change themselves. There have been just too many bloody revolutions in our world. There have also been just too many elections in many countries of the world. Did anything change for the people anywhere in the world?  No.  Nothing has changed. Nothing will change. Nothing will change for the people who will not be prepared to joins hands ...

‘It’s moral sin to remain mute spectators’ Srinagar, July 16: (GNS) Reacting against the unfortunate mysterious deaths of two Kashmiri youth in Mumbai and Rajasthan Chairman Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Shah Geelani has appealed people to observe peaceful protest demonstrations after Friday prayers on July 19. “It is a serious matter and until the facts are traced, it is obligatory for us to raise voice aga ...

Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan has been playing a constructive role in resolving internal feuds of Afghanistan since 1980s and has avoided the game of pitching one ethnic community against the other to serve its selfish interests. All the seven Mujahideen groups involved in Afghanistan Jihad against the Soviet forces had placed their trust in Islamabad. Nawaz Sharif during his first stint from 1990 to 1993 had a ...

Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan has been continuously advocating peace talks with Taliban and insisting upon finding a political solution, but Kabul regime and Washington preferred brute force in Afghanistan. Pakistan was also advised to follow suit and pressured to launch another major operation in North Waziristan (NW) and eliminate safe havens of Haqqani network. Pakistan has all along helped Hamid Karzai regi ...

  By Sajjad Shaukat Besides other aspects of the recently released report of Abbottabad Commission which was constituted to probe Abbottabad tragedy in which Osama Bin Laden was killed on May 2, 2011, the statement of the former Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha is of particular attention. Lt. Gen. Shuja Pasha revealed that Gen. Pervez Musharraf had caved in s ...

By Zaheerul Hassan First batch of 24 lady officers of Pakistani Army led by Captain Sadia completed airborne course in Peshawar. Captain Kirn Ashraf lifted the shield and declared the best paratrooper. In an impressive ceremony held at Tarbella Major General Abid Rafique, General officer Commanding of Special Services Group awarded the Para wing (Insignia) to the successful ladies officers.  At this histori ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot in the head in October 2012 by the terrorists of TTP was given a standing ovation at the United Nations on 12 July, 2013. She was shot for speaking out against terrorists, who destroyed girls’ schools and deadly against promoting women education. The complete world community appreciated her bravery, passion, strength and courage of rising up a ...