Asif Haroon Raja Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had nurtured the dream of independent Bengal from early days. He and his henchmen got in touch with Indian intelligence agencies and during one of the meetings in Agartala in November 1963, finalized the plan to detach East Pakistan from rest of Pakistan. Under the garb of remedying political and economic grievances of East Pakistan, he formulated six points formula an ...

By Zaheerul Hassan  As results of elections 2013, formulation of newly elected governments has almost been completed. Political and military leaderships under the constitution of Pakistan believe in peace process with Taliban. In this regard, PML (N) and PTI have promised in their election campaigns that both parties will carry out negotiations with local Taliban for establishing of peace. But ambitions of ...

Asif Haroon Raja Jihadis who had taken part in Afghan Jihad against the Soviet forces were from Pakistan, mostly from FATA and settled areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Jihadis from Arab, African and Central Asian countries refused to return back to their countries of origin after the successful culmination of Jihad since they were not welcomed back. The US and Saudi Arabia that had collected them and used ...

By Asif Haroon Raja War against the Soviets produced Jihadis in Pakistan. Most of the Jihadis who took part in Afghan Jihad were from FATA and some parts of settled areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) like Malakand. Since Jihadis came from other Muslim countries as well, camaraderie developed among them. A small force of about 500-700 from Saudi Arabia under Osama bin Laden supported by CIA also took active pa ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Reportedly, in an early morning of 29 May 2013, a U.S. Drone Strike killed four men in Pakistani Tribal area near North Waziristan. According to Pakistani officials, one of those killed in the strike was Wali ur Rehman, the number two commander of Pakistani Taliban but known as a rival to the leader of the TTP, Hakimullah Mehsud. According to the reliable sources, Wali ur Rehman was consi ...

Asif Haroon Raja India was pleased that the new Chinese premier Li Keqiang chose to first visit New Delhi and then Islamabad. She would have felt mighty pleased if the visitor had visited India only and ignored Pakistan as was the case with Barack Obama. India would have liked China’s PM to behave like Bill Clinton when after his three-day high-profile state visit to India in March 2000; he touched down at ...

Ishaal Zehra  It was fiery June of 1984. There was a large crowd of people in the Holy Shrine gathered to observe the martyrdom day of their Guru Arjun Dev, an event of special significance in the development of Sikh faith. Sikhs from all over the world had travel long distances to become part of this Holy ritual. Many of whom wouldn’t have even thought in their wildest dreams that this could be their last ...

By Zaheerul Hassan IT growth of the current era has edge over rest of development since progress further without internet in this technical age is impossible. The interface of the YouTube website is available in 54 different language versions, including Catalan and Slovene, which do not have local channel versions but overall, it has become the important tool of social media network and the Internet. One of ...