نغمہ حبیب نقیب اللہ محسود کراچی کا ایک پٹھان دکاندار تھا، کراچی میں کروڑوں پختون بستے ہیں اور نقیب اللہ محسود بھی انہی میں سے ایک تھا میڈیا پر اُس کی رنگارنگ تصویریں دیکھ کر اس سٹائلش نوجوان کی موت کا افسوس سب کو ہی ہوا۔ ایس ایس پی ملیر راؤ انوار کا کردار بھی زیر بحث آیا اور شدید ترین عوامی تنقید کا نشانہ بنے اُن کو پکڑنے کے لیے اعلیٰ سطح پر کوششیں کی گئیں آخر کار یہ گرفتاری عمل میں آبھی گئی ۔راؤ انوار کی ش ...

By Sajjad Shaukat In the beginning of March, this year, a Hindu woman from a lower caste-Dalit has been elected to the Senate for the first time in Pakistan. A woman Krishna Kumari a human rights activist and member of the Pakistan Peoples Party was elected as a senator on March 3, 2018 and a Taliban-linked cleric was defeated. Krishna Kumari told The Associated Press: “I feel delighted; this was unthinkabl ...

By Sajjad Shaukat BJP-led extremist Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had got a land sliding triumph in the Indian elections 2014 on the basis of anti-Muslim and anti-Pakistan slogans. Therefore, since the Prime Minister Modi came to power, he has been implementing anti-Muslim and anti-Pakistan agenda. Modi has also intensified war-hysteria against Pakistan and instructed Indian forces to continue shellin ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Patriot Pakistanis had perceived that after the division of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), its leaders would not target the integrity of Pakistan. But, anti-Pakistan activities of the MQM continue unabated. In this respect, in the recent past, Nadeem Nushrat spokesman of the MQM for the Free Karachi campaign has allegedly said that the Pakistan Army was carrying out ethnic cleansing o ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Like his other political follies, the US President Donald Trump’s announcement of the ‘trade wars’ has started a new debate in the world regarding a prospective global trade war. So far, much has been said and written by various world leaders and analysts. But, we should know that when we analyze some issue of international affairs, we should also take note of the interrelated developments ...

نغمہ حبیب جمہوریت کو انسانی حقوق کا علمبردار طرزِ حکومت سمجھا اور مانا جاتا ہے اور دنیا کے اکثر ممالک جمہوری اقدار پر بجایا بے جا فخر کرتے ہیں بے جا اس لیے کہ ہر ملک میں کہیں نہ کہیں اور کسی نہ کسی طور پر کسی نہ کسی کے جمہوری حقوق کسی حد تک پامال یا متاثر ہو رہے ہو تے ہیں لیکن کچھ ممالک میں یہ حد بہت آگے تک بڑھ جاتی ہے ایسا ہی ہمارے پڑوسی ملک بھارت میں بھی ہے ۔ کہلاتا یہ ملک خود کو جمہوریہ اور سیکولر ہے لیک ...

By Asif Haroon Raja George Bush threatened Gen Musharraf that Pakistan will be pushed into Stone Age if he didn't accept the US seven demands. Pakistan’s support helped the US in overthrowing Taliban regime and occupying Afghanistan. Instead of bringing about the promised changes in Afghanistan, the US focused its attention toward Pakistan and ignited flames of terrorism in FATA and Baluchistan and subseque ...

By Sajjad Shaukat On the midnight of 18-19 February 2007, India-Pakistan Samjhota Express train was bombed in which 68 Pakistani nationals were killed. A Hindu extremist leader Swami Aseemanand, a leader of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has confessed that he was involved in several bombings incidents. He also claimed to have been a part of the incident. In fact, ideology of Hindutva (Hindu nationalism) ...