By Sajjad Shaukat Each year, Human Rights Day is observed all over the world, especially by the oppressed nations on December 10, as on this very day in 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It reflected the conviction that human dignity is at the heart of our societies and that respect for human rights is essential to the prevention of conflict and the ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Implementing the August 5 announcement which revoked the special status of the Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370, Indian central government issued a notorious map on October 31, this year. In accordance with it, Jammu and Kashmir was bifurcated into two union territories— Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Pakistan Foreign Office said in a statement that Islamabad “rejects these political map ...

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 Almost three months have been passed. Indian forces have continued lockdown and curfew in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK). In order to hide human rights violations, communication services in that region have been cut off from the world and foreign delegations and journalists are not allowed to enter the IOK. On August 5, 2019, New Delhi unilaterally annexed the IOK, revoking articles 35A ...

By Sajjad Shaukat [caption id="attachment_15579" align="alignright" width="319"] Kashmiri villagers carry body of Burhan Wani, chief of operations of Indian Kashmir's largest rebel group Hizbul Mujahideen, during his funeral procession in Tral, some 38 Kilometers (24 miles) south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, July 9, 2016. Indian troops fired on protesters in Kashmir as tens of thousands ...

By Sajjad Shaukat 27th of October is celebrated every year as the Black Day by the Pakistanis and the Kashmiris all over the world as a protest against Indian illegal occupation of Kashmir on October 27, 1947. Every year, the Black Day is marked by complete shutdown, as deserted streets, closed businesses and security patrolling the streets could be seen in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK). But, this time ...

By Sajjad Shaukat More than 75 days have been passed. But, India has continued military clampdown and strict communications blackout in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) by continuing curfew in wake of shortage of foods and even medicines for the patients. Tensions between India and Pakistan accelerated on August 5, this year, when New Delhi unilaterally annexed the IOK, revoking articles 35A and 370 of the ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa visited China at a crucial time when epoch making changes and power shift is taking place in the region and beyond. P.M. Imran visited at the invitation of H.E. Li Keqiang, Premier of China from October 8-9, 2019. By all standards, the visit was a resounding success in strategic terms. Premier Imran Khan ...