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 ...

By Sajjad Shaukat On the one side, every year, 26th of January, is being celebrated by India as the Republic Day while, on the other side, the day is being observed by the Kahmiris on both side of the Line of Control (LoC) and all over the world, including their Pakistani brethren as the Black Day in protest against Indian illegal occupation of Kashmir. This time, this very day has come at time when the peo ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Despite continuous employment of brutal tactics by the Indian security forces on the innocent Kashmiris in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK), war of liberation has accelerated. The Kashmiri struggle has entered the turning point, putting the question mark, has India lost Kashmir? With the intensity of war of liberation and Indian state terrorism in the IOK, pressure on the Indian governmen ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Every year, January 5 is celebrated in remembrance of the pledges of the UNO, as on this very day in 1949, UNCIP (United Nations Commission for Indian Pakistan) resolution adopted in which Kashmiris’ right of self-determination was granted through a free and impartial plebiscite, while these people have still been living under Indian occupation. During the partition of the Sub-continent, t ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai The fundamental need and urgency for self determination in South Tyrol, when compared with that of Kashmir today, might raise some questions as to what possible similarities they have. South Tyrol is now Europe’s largest producer of apples, a major exporter of cheese, with world-class ski resorts in the Alps. An Italian province at the very northern edge of Italy where it borders Aust ...