By Sajjad Shaukat At least 44 Indian soldiers were killed in the Pulwama district of the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IoK) on February 14, this year when a suicide bomber rammed a car into a convoy of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). Next day, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi blamed Pakistan for the Pulwama terror attack and warned of a strong response, ratcheting up tension between the nuclear-arme ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan denied any role in Pulwama attack while addressing the nation through media on 19 February 2019. He stated that it would take action against the perpetrators of the terror attack if India shares actionable proof about any wrongdoing, but warned against any retaliatory action on his country. Aftermath, Indian political leadership headed by Prime Minister ...

Asif Haroon Raja After the occupation of Afghanistan by Soviet forces in December 1979, Pakistan under Gen Ziaul Haq decided to support the Afghan Mujahideen resistance movement and to provide refuge to about 5 million Afghan refugees. The US came forward to assist Pakistan in June 1981 after making a calculated assessment that Pakistan had the resolve and competence to fight the proxy war. Pakistan was war ...

By Sajjad Shaukat In order to pay homage to the pioneer of the Kashmir’s struggle, the 11th of February is being celebrated as the martyrdom anniversary of Maqbool Bhat who was hanged by the then Indian regime on February 11, 1984 in Tihar Jail as the reprisal expressed by New Delhi. He was hanged to take the revenge of the killing of an Indian Diplomat by some unknown organization claiming to be Kashmiri. ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Every year, the martyrdom anniversary of Muhammad Afzal Guru is being celebrated on the 9th of February to pay homage to him, as India secretly hanged him and buried inside the Tihar jail complex on February 9, 2013. His martyrdom resulted into protests in Kashmir and widespread condemnations from various political and human rights organisations. Afzal Guru was convicted in 2001 Parliament ...

نغمہ حبیب پاکستان میں شہرت پانے کا سب سے آسان طریقہ کم ازکم پچھلی دو دہائیوں سے یہ ہے کہ پاک فوج کے خلاف کچھ لکھ لو اور اُسے بین الاقوامی میڈیا میں پرنٹ ہونے کا شرف حاصل ہو جائے تو پھر تو نہ صرف شہرت بلکہ کئی اعلیٰ ایوارڈ بھی آپ کی جھولی میںآگرتے ہیں اور ساتھ ہی آپ کے پاس دولت کی بھی ریل پیل ہوجاتی ہے۔ ہاں اگر آپ جس ملک کے اخبارات کی زینت بن رہے ہیں اُسی کے خلاف لکھ دیں تو وہ آپ کو بغیر کسی معذرت کے شائع کر ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Since 1990, the 5th of February is being celebrated by Pakistanis and Kashmiris as the Kashmir Solidarity Day to pay homage to Kahsmiri martyrs and to show solidarity with the freedom fighters who are demanding their legitimate right of self-determination, as recognized by the UN resolutions. This time, this very day has come at time when the people of Kashmir have accelerated their legiti ...

نغمہ حبیب علم اور تعلیم ملک کے ہر شہری کا بنیادی حق ہے اور حکومت کی ذمہ داری ہے کہ اس کا حصول ممکن،آسان اور معیاری بنائے۔ملک میں اس وقت سرکاری اور نجی سکولوں کے ساتھ ساتھ مدارس کا وسیع نظام کام کر رہاہے ہر ایک اپنے اپنے نکتہء نظر کے مطابق مصروف عمل ہے اور اس نکتہء نظرمیں ایک واضح اور وسیع تفاوت موجود ہے بلکہ کئی جگہوںیہ پر ایک دوسرے کی ضد ہیں کہیں ایک طریقہء تعلیم رائج ہے تو کہیں دوسرا اگر چہ کئی نظام ہائے ...