By Sajjad Shaukat Every year, on August 11, Pakistan officially celebrates the National Minorities Day to honour the services and sacrifices, rendered by religious minorities for the country over the years. This very day also recognizes the contribution and sacrifices of minorities in creation of Pakistan and nation-building. On this occasion, events, seminars and social gatherings are arranged across the c ...

By Sajjad Shaukat On June 10, this year, while showing the progress of the military operation Zarb-e-Azb, Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Raheel Sharif said, “Terrorists have been cleared from their strongholds in North Waziristan Agency and Khyber Agency, and fight now is moving into last few pockets close to Afghan border.” He laid emphasis on “continuation of the operations till elimination of the last expecte ...

By Sajjad Shaukat India has a history of surprise attacks by terrorists, grown at its home or supported by its secret agency RAW. In most of the cases, the aims behind are political. Therefore, India has always blamed Pakistan for various subversive acts. In this regard, on July 27, this year, three gunmen dressed in army uniforms killed at least seven people, including three civilians and four policemen in ...

By Asif Haroon Raja The explosive nature of relationship between the two South Asian neighbors is once again under stress after Pak Army's shooting down of Indian 'spy' drone and the recent Gurdaspur terrorist attack. India has been blaming Pakistan for 1993 Bombay Bombings and all the terrorist attacks which took place in India between 2001 and 2008. These included December 2001 Indian Parliament attack, 2 ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Recently held Russian-Saudi dialogues and signing of agreement over peaceful nuclear programme in St Petersburg on 18 June 2015 indicate that fresh associations of two states will likely to influence the future of Middle East and will bring regionally and globally the dynamic changes in geopolitics and security environment.   The deal was stamped by Vladimir Putin and Saudi Deputy Crown P ...

 ناصررضا کاظمی جدید معاشی اقتصادی تاریخ کے ریلے پر گہری نگاہ ڈالی جائے تو اِس میں ایک قدر مشترک نظر آ ئے گی اِس قدرِ مشترک کے اجزائےِ ترکیبی کو یہاں ہم یوں بیان کرسکتے ہیں یعنی روائتی معاشرہ ‘ مستحکم تعمیری ترقی کے لئے اُس کی ’تیاری ِٗ پرواز‘ اُس تیاری ِٗ پرواز کی پختگی کی غیر متزلزل صلاحیت ‘ اُس کی یقینی اور نا قابلِ تردید سیاسی وسفارتی حکمت عملیوں کی اہلیت و قابلیت کے مثبت فیصلہ کن عناصر، اُس قوم کی رہنما ...

[urdu] نغمہ حبیب پاکستان میں سیاسی لیڈر اکثر سیاسی گرما گرمی پیدا کر دیتے ہیں اگر یہ گرما گرمی مثبت ہو تو تب تو درست ہے یعنی سیاسی جلسے جلوس، عوام تک اپنا سیاسی منشور پہنچانا یا اپنے ترقیاتی پروگراموں سے عوام کو باخبر رکھنا۔ایک دوسرے پر تنقید کرنا بھی سیاست کا حصہ ہے اور تنقید اگر تعمیری ہو تو یہ سیاست کا مقصد اور سیاست دانوں کا قبلہ درست رکھتا ہے حکومت کو کھلی چھٹی نہیں دیتا کہ جو چاہے کرے بلکہ اپوزیشن کی ...

By  Asif Haroon Raja Altaf Hussain founded All Pakistan Muhajir Student Organisation (APSMO) in June 1978. This platform raised slogans of Muhajirs socio-politico-economic grievances and their persecution by other ethnic communities. After the birth of MQM in March 1984, the party made strenuous efforts to control Karachi through acts of violence. For this purpose, it divided the city into sectors and nomin ...