By Sajjad Shaukat With national zeal and fervour in different parts of the country, Youm-e-Takbeer (The day of greatness) is celebrated every year on May 28 as a national day to mark the conduction of nuclear tests when on the very day in 1998; Pakistan became the first Muslim and the 7th nuclear power in the world. While showing aggressive designs, on May 11, 1998, the then Indian Prime Minister Atal Behar ...

Mumbai (ZM): Bollywood stars lives really became the public property. Fans listen to more and more about their favourit stars. In fact they are much more interested in their private times spend with theirs love ones and of course screen performances. Anushka is one of the luckiest star who appeared in the song and in a very short span of a time occupied the topline position in the world second Mumbai Indust ...

By Sajjad Shaukat In the past few years, gang warfare, criminal activities and target killings have taken the lives of thousands of persons including the personnel of the Rangers and Police in Karachi. A number of terror-related incidents including sectarian violence have also resulted into several casualties. Therefore, the Present Government led by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif launched the targeted operati ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Although Pakistan has become special arena of the different war, being waged by the security forces against the ruthless terrorists, yet country’s armed forces have capabilities to foil the terrorists’ attacks. In this respect, May 22 reminds the day when in 2011, 15 terrorists of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Al Qaeda attacked on the headquarters of the Pakistan Navy (Airbase), PNS ...

[urdu] سیّد ناصررضا کاظمی پُرامن معاشرے کو مسلح دہشت گردی کے ذریعے سے خوف زدہ کرنے والوں کا مکمل خاتمہ ہر مہذب ریاست کا اوّلین فریضہ ہے، یقیناًاِس میں کوئی دورائے نہیں اور دنیا متفق ہے خواہ ایسے گمراہ گروہوں کا تعلق معاشرے کے کسی بھی طبقے سے ہواگر وہ گروہ مسلح دہشت گردی کے راستے پر چل نکلے اور ملکی آئین و قانون کو خاطر میں نہ لائے، تو وہ سرکش کہلایا جائے گا اور آئین و قانون کا غدار قرار دیا جائے گا یہ ہی وہ ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Afghanistan has traditionally remained friendly to India and hostile to Pakistan since 1947. The only time it was friendly with Pakistan and unfriendly with India was during the five-year rule of Taliban from 1996 till 2001. However, no government in Kabul had created a situation along the western border to prevent Pakistan from shifting its three infantry divisions from Peshawar, Kohat ...

  By Sajjad Shaukat Socialists agree that historical background and national character play a key in moulding the behaviour pattern of a country’s people, while customs and beliefs also influence the thoughts of individuals. But electronic media of the rival countries have accelerated the process in formulating the opinion of persons against each other. In these terms, as part of psychological warfare, besi ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Baluchistan is at the junction point of South Asia, Central Asia and gateway to Middle East. It is endowed with oil, gas, copper, gold, copper reserves. With eyes on resource rich Baluchistan and its coastline along the Arabian Sea, intelligence agencies of the US and its strategic partners have been making concerted efforts since 2002 to destabilize the province and ultimately detach it ...