By Asif Haroon Raja The situation in Afghanistan has been speedily changing in the last few months. After a prolonged standoff in Presidential elections between the two leading aspirants, John Kerry had to ultimately step in to break the stalemate. Dr. Abdullah eventually agreed to cede power to Ashraf Ghani and form a unity government, with himself taking over as CEO. This vital breakthrough was achieved a ...

 By Zaheerul Hassan  Terrorists again targeted a Mosque in Hayatabad area of Peshawar in which at least ten people have been killed and over 60 injured. According to Senior Superintend of Police Operations, the explosive took place outside a mosque when people gathered there for Friday prayers. Reportedly, the sound firing can also be heard at the site of the blast. The injured have been shifted to a hospit ...

By Sajjad Shaukat On January 7, 2015, two armed persons stormed into the office of infamous French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris. The Western media reported that Islamic militants killed 12 people including a French National Police officer. On January 9, 2015, the media said that two brothers namely Said and Cherif Kouachi suspected for the incident were killed in a shoot out with Police ...

نغمہ حبیب اسلحے کی دوڑ نے دنیا کو اس کی اصل ترقی سے دور رکھا ہوا ہے اسی دوڑ نے حکومتوں کو بنیادی سہولیات سے زیادہ دفاعی اخراجات کی فکر میں مبتلا کیا ہوا ہے۔ صحت، تعلیم، خوراک، کپڑا سب کچھ پس پشت ڈال دیا گیا ہے اور جب معاملہ بھارت جیسے ملک سے درپیش ہو تو پھر تو اس میں کسی کمی کے امکانات ہی نہیں رہتے۔بھارت سرکار کی ترجیحات میں اسلحہ سر فہرست ہے چاہے خود اس کا باہر کا دورہ ہو یا باہر ملک سے کوئی بھارت آئے ان ک ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan and Afghanistan have traditionally had a complicated relationship characterized by mutual suspicion. Northern Alliance heavy Afghan regime under Hamid Karzai had remained heavily tilted towards India and had not only given high preference to India in her internal and external matters but also had adopted a hostile policy towards Pakistan. With the blessing of Washington, Karzai ...

By Ali  Sukhanver It is a difficult question to be answered whether we really enjoy being in a state of oblivion while making a list of our friends and foes? For the last many decades we, the Pakistanis, as a nation, have been trying our best to introduce us as a peace-loving rather cordial and friendly nation but unfortunately our all struggles seem gone waste; some of the countries to whom we have been tr ...

  سیّد نا صر رضا کاظمی اہلِ پاکستان ہر سال 5؍ فروری کو مقبوضہ جموں وکشمیر کے مظلوم و مہقور مسلمان کشمیری بھائیوں کے ساتھ مکمل اظہارِ یکجہتی کا دِن اِس پختہ عہدِ وفا کے ساتھ مناتے ہیں کہ کشمیر یوں کی یہ لہو رنگ قربانیاں کبھی رائیگاں نہیں جائیں گی اپنی قومی آزادی کو حقیقت کا روپ دینے کے لئے کشمیریوں نے نسل در نسل جس خلوصِ عقیدت کے ساتھ بے مثال قربانیوں کا جو یہ کبھی نہ تھمنے والا سلسلہ شروع کیا ہے انشا ء اﷲ ب ...

By Sajjad Shaukat                              Since 1990, the 5th of February is being celebrated by Pakistanis and Kashmiris as ‘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. On partition of India in 1947, the ruler of Jammu and Kashmir, Hari Sing ...