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) ...

By Asif Haroon Raja The foundations of MQM was laid by mercurial and firebrand Altaf Hussain in 1984 on the pillars of violence, terrorism and fascism. The facade of a political party of middle and lower middle class was built as a smokescreen to hide the crimes of party leadership and to build the image of Altaf Hussain, popularly called as ‘Altaf Bhai’, as an icon and a hero. In order to gain full control ...

Posted By Zaheerul Hassan (zameer36@gmail.com Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, Secretary General, World Kashmir Awareness Forum, extended his warm felicitation to the people of India on their Republic Day celebration. He, however, voiced deep regret over betrayal of Indian Government -- not the people of India -- of her high-minded ideals in Kashmir that marked its entry into the family of nations after long years unde ...

By Asif Haroon raja After the false flag operation in Mumbai on November 26, 2008, India blamed Pakistan, ISI and Hafiz Saeed led Lashkar-e-Taiba for the attacks (1), and suspended composite dialogue with Pakistan that had been renewed in February 2004 as a consequence to Indo-Pakistan peace treaty and a commitment to resolve all disputes including Kashmir issue through talks. Since then, India pushed aside ...

By Sajjad Shaukat It is most lamentable that by ignoring the modern global trends like renunciation of war, disarmament, peaceful settlement of disputes and economic development, India’s endless nuclear programme has endangered the regional security. In this regard, India test-fired its longest range surface-to-surface nuclear ballistic missile Agni-5 from the Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha on D ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Various forms of state terrorism by the Indian forces have continued unabated by the Indian security forces on the innocent Kashmiris in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) in wake of sieges and prolonged curfews, including arrests and detentions of the Kashmir leaders. Since July 8, 2016, Indian security forces have martyred more than 600 innocent persons who have been protesting against th ...

Book Review By Brig Asif Haroon Raja (Retired) I was invited by Muslim Institute Islamabad as one of the speakers to attend book launching ceremony of a book titled “Separatist Movements in India” (in Urdu) authored by eminent Tariq Ismail Sagar. Let me at the outset compliment Mr. Sagar for his commendable effort in writing this well-researched book “Separatist Movements in India”. What is heartening to no ...