By Sajjad Shaukat On May 13, this year, at least 45 people were killed and several injured after gunmen brutally opened fire on a bus of the Ismaili community near Safoora Chowrangi area of Karachi. The deadly terror-attack resulted into countrywide day of mourning, closure of shops and institutes in Karachi and other areas of Sindh including a complete shutter-down strike by Ismaili community in Hunza. Wit ...

By Sajjad Shaukat [caption id="attachment_3273" align="alignright" width="300"] Terrorist Head of Swati Taliban[/caption] The memory of the Swat Operation still remains in the mind, though it started on May 16, 2009. The area was successfully cleared by Pakistan’s Armed Forces of any terrorists. In this regard, Swat peace accord was signed on February 15, 2009 between the government and the militants led by ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Afghanistan has traditionally remained friendly to India and hostile to Pakistan since 1947. The only time it was friendly with Pakistan and unfriendly with India was during the five-year rule of Taliban from 1996 till 2001. However, no government in Kabul had created a situation along the western border to prevent Pakistan from shifting its three infantry divisions from Peshawar, Kohat ...

 سیّد ناصررضا کاظمی اقوامِ متحدہ کے ادارے ’یونیسکو‘ کی جنرل اسمبلی نے دسمبر1993 کو ہر سال3 ؍ مئی کو ’یوم آزادی صحافت ‘ کا عالمی دن منانے کا اعلان کیا دنیا بھر میں عالمی ادارے کے اِس اعلان کی روشنی ہر سال ’یوم آزادی  صحافت ‘ کا یہ دن اِس عزم ویقین کے اعادے سے منایا جاتا ہے کہ اظہاررائےِ کی آزادی کا یہ ’عالمی دن‘ دنیا کے ہر فرد کو یہ حق تفویض کرتا ہے کہ وہ اپنے حقوق کے لئے اپنی آواز بلند کرئے ایسا کرتے ہوئے د ...

It is an irrefutable reality that India’s prime intelligence agency RAW is leading terrorist activities in Baluchistan by using the soil of Afghanistan, harbouring and financing terrorists and projecting them as freedom fighters. This covert support is going on since 2002 and several other foreign agencies have also been supplementing RAW’s efforts. RAW had created Mukti Bahini, a militant wing of Awami Lea ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The Present Government led by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif launched the targeted operation in Karachi after obtaining consensus of all stakeholders like political parties, business community and members of civil society. For the purpose, Karachi was particularly handed over to the Rangers with power to take action against the culprits without any discrimination. In the past few years, gang ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Establishment of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was first proposed by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during his visit to Pakistan in May 2013. Li stated, “Our two sides should focus on carrying out priority projects in connectivity, energy development and power generation”. At that time, Pak-China bilateral trade had reached $12 billion. The proposed project of linking Kashgar in no ...

  By Sajjad Shaukat Every year, the Pakistan Army commemorates Youm-e-Shuhada (Martyrs Day) on April 30 and the whole nation joins it to pay tribute to the departed souls of those valiant army officials who sacrificed their lives for the safety and security of the country and its people. Several ceremonies are being held at the Garrisons all over the country, but the main ceremony is being held at Yadqar-e- ...