By Sajjad Shaukat The former Soviet Union which had subjugated the minorities and ethnic groups in various provinces and regions through its military, disintegrated in 1991. Even its nuclear weapons could not save its collapse. One of the important causes of the disintegration of the former Russian Empire was that its greater defence expenditure exceeded to the maximum, resulting into economic crises inside ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on April 23, this year led a long telethon, televised live on TV channels, to mobilise funds from the people at large to help the deserving persons affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking on the event, the Premier Imran appealed to the people to give maximum funds for the “Ehsaas Programme.” The transmission was joined by news anchors representing p ...

نغمہ حبیب کشمیر! یوں تو دہائیوں بلکہ بات صدیوں تک پہنچ چکی ہے کہ غلام ہے ایک کے بعد دوسرے آقا نے اسے اپنی بندشوں میں باندھ کر رکھاہوا ہے لیکن اس بار تو کشمیریوں کی قید تنگ ہوتے ہوتے ان کے گھروں کی حدود تک پہنچ چکی ہے۔ پچھلے کئی مہینوں سے وہ کر فیوکی پابندیوں اور بندشوں میں بندھے ہوئے اپنے گھروں میں قید ہیں،نہ بنیادی انسانی حقوق کی تنظیمیں جاگ رہی ہیں نہ اقوام متحدہ، نہ عالمی طاقتیں اور تو اور مسلمان ممالک ب ...

By Sajjad Shaukat After the Iranian missiles attack on the US military bases in Iraq on January 8, this year in response to the US drone strike at Baghdad’s airport on January 3, 2020, which killed military commander, General Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s Quds Force, an elite unit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, along with five members of the militia, including its leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, ...

نغمہ حبیب بھارت خود کو دنیا کی سب سے بڑی جمہوریت کہتا ہے۔ یہ درست ہے کیونکہ اِس کی آبادی دنیا کی دوسری بڑی آبادی ہے اور چین میں چونکہ جمہوری حکومت نہیں اس لیے بھارت یہ اعزاز اپنے سرلے لیتا ہے لیکن اگر بھارت کی اقلیتیں اِس کی آبادی میں سے منہا کر دی جائیں، کم ذات ہندو، مسلمان،سکھ، عیسائی،بدھ،جین،پارسی سب نکال دیں تو بھارت باقی ماندہ ہندؤں کے لیے ایک جمہوری ملک ہے۔ اِس جمہوریت کے بھی ہندو مذہب میں انسانوں کے ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The first death anniversary of Burhan Wani, Commander of Hizb ul Mujahideen was celebrated on July 8, 2017 and second anniversary on July 8, 2018. Since he was an iconic figure of the Kashmir freedom movement, hence, his anniversaries were observed on a large scale in the Indian occupied Jammu & Kashmir. Wide-spread protests were held in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK). This year, Wa ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Indian Prime Nerendar Modi’s extremist party BJP had got a land sliding triumph in the Indian elections 2014 on the basis of anti-Muslim and anti-Pakistan slogans. Indian election-campaign against Islam, Muslims and Pakistan enabled BJP hardliner Modi to become Indian prime minister. Whereas, the Muslim community in India had felt alienated, frightened and perturbed, as most of them were a ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was a strong spokesman of the World of Islam and the leader of the Third World. He was the founder of Pakistan’s nuclear programme. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto had announced that he would call Third World summit in his second tenure. Bhutto wanted to liberate the Third World and the Muslim World from neo-imperialism and neo-colonialism. As a res ...